Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 14, 2013
Transcript:
Goat: Hey, Rat. I'd like you to meet my griend, Dr. Donkey... The Doctor did his undergraduate work at Harvard, attained his Master's from Oxford, and received his Doctorate at Berkeley. Rat: Sounds like a smart ass. Censor 1: Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Rat: Hey... legit word for donkey, pal. Censor 2: Arrghh... stupid technicality!
Bilan about 11 years ago
Fortunately, the censors don’t need censoring.
Bilan about 11 years ago
He went to UC Berkeley? Does that make him a Bear Ass?
hariseldon59 about 11 years ago
I wonder if he’s related to Danny Donkey.
Ida No about 11 years ago
He IS a smart ASS!
bubjerryk about 11 years ago
I support Rat’s right to use the word of his choice – as long as it isn’t Lemming
margueritem about 11 years ago
He’s so smart that he can sit on ice cream and tell what flavor it is.
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
I’m on the side of both Rat and the censors.
jeeprider Premium Member about 11 years ago
my dad always said, why don’t donkeys talk? cuz no one likes a smart ass
amyhre2001 about 11 years ago
Smart ass or rich ass?
Partyalldatyme about 11 years ago
Whenever I’m accused of being a smart ass, I respond, “Better than being a dumb ass.”
Harry Grapjas about 11 years ago
Not being English, I have never been punished for using words like F*. I can call my wife a B* and she’ll smile, but I shouldn’t use the Dutch equivalent or all hell will break loose.
Ottodesu about 11 years ago
In Australia, a Member of Parliament from the Country Party once finished his speech with the immortal words:" … and I’m a Country Member!"To which was given the response:“OK, we’ll remember!”
eddie6192 about 11 years ago
The “Smart Ass” here is Toon Boy.
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
The words themselves aside, I do love to see Cartoon-Boy beating up the Comic Strip Censors!
flyertom about 11 years ago
jmartin1955 about 11 years ago
Looks like you out smarted the ass hat censors
Marc Schiffres about 11 years ago
I still feel like there’s at least one daily paper that would censor this…..
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 11 years ago
You can always tell a Harvard donkey…but you can’t tell him much!
The#1BoiseStateFan about 11 years ago
Seems like I’m always the smart ass……
Kaputnik about 11 years ago
The censors aren’t there because of the word “ass”. They’re there because Pastis is recycling an ancient joke.
Vonne Anton about 11 years ago
Does this mean I’m only allowed to go b-donkey fishing now?
gamer2k4 about 11 years ago
Shouldn’t the snout in the last panel be colored grey, not tan? I’m pretty sure that’s Dr. Donkey’s nose, not Goat’s.
Destiny23 about 11 years ago
Yes, context is key. On The Daily Show, they can say “Dick” in reference to Cheney, but the same word is bleeped when used as a phallic reference.
Destiny23 about 11 years ago
At least the GoComics’ nannybot is less aggressive than it used to be. I can remember typing “Dick Van Dyke” and it came out “**** Van ****”…
Enoki about 11 years ago
No doubt about it… Was also a Major in the Army and his first name is John but he prefers Jack…
That also makes him Major Jack Ass.
ChessPirate about 11 years ago
My friend Long Duc Dong was telling me about his trip to Bangkok to see his uncle, Lo Wang…
johnathanBing about 11 years ago
Is the good doctors first name Jack?
Number Three about 11 years ago
Duhhhhh!
LOL xxx
knight1192a about 11 years ago
Poke fun at the censors with what Carlin called double words. Very nice.
craigwestlake about 11 years ago
You realize the most intelligent snake is the Smart Asp…
Jeff0811 about 11 years ago
I remember a LONG time ago about 15 yrs or more, seeing a smart donkey sitting in a chair reading and a stupid rabbit. The caption said something about Smart ass / Dumb bunny. My dad saved it, he identified with the bunny.
HowieL about 11 years ago
There’s a company in the US that makes these large, really really large industrial fans. They just came out with a line for homes too. See www.bigassfans.com. (No, I have no connection to them.)
barister about 11 years ago
Just shoot me now……aaarrrggghhh.
Zebra=D almost 11 years ago
the comic censor comes back on 2/12/14
comicsnerd74 over 9 years ago
Okay. Whoa.
Larry Croc almost 7 years ago
mee ees srmat too! Mee eet smart ass!!
bewarethelowfflyingcornmuffin over 1 year ago
yes, yes it does