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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 07, 2014
Transcript:
Pig: Rat's making a map of where all the stupid people are. He's putting one black dot for each stupid person. Goat; How's that going? Rat: Solid blackage. Goat: How nice. Rat: It's a sad day when stupidity blots out all the world's mountains and streams.
Sherlock Watson about 11 years ago
If there are people living in the streams, they must be quite stupid indeed.
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
So where on that map of Rat is Rat?
Trollbridge about 11 years ago
Do the crocodiles qualify as “people” in the context of this strip?
Bilan about 11 years ago
The map doesn’t show that some areas are blacker than others. Guess where.
Ida No about 11 years ago
A sad night, too.
tfreim912 about 11 years ago
Must be the east coast! All those people living in high rises for $20 million have spread to cover the streams and rivers.
firedome about 11 years ago
rat’s finally pinpointed the problem. corporations reek of stupidity!
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 11 years ago
Stupidity is the greatest and most enduring wisdom.
alviebird about 11 years ago
The Georgia area must be particularly black. I’m surrounded by idiots.
juicebruce about 11 years ago
“We decide which is right, which is an Illusion”…………….Moody Blues…………Me thinks from…..Days Of Future Past
Dennis Johns about 11 years ago
We can all thank our pitiful school systems and politicians for Rat’s “Black-Out”. Politicians do NOT want a smart electorate; otherwise we wouldn’t fall for all the usual “Bread & Circuses”…. As long as the Bud and the chips are cheap, and the TV really stupid; they’re home free….
Twonky about 11 years ago
Like I said…
chris_o42 about 11 years ago
“The two most plentiful things in the Universe: Hydrogen and stupidity!” —Frank Zappa
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 11 years ago
Now how about a map where all the stupid RATS are?!?
puddlesplatt about 11 years ago
I’m living on a higher elevation, can’t black dot me*!
finale about 11 years ago
Wasn’t there a Twilight Zone episode similar to this?
Piksea Premium Member about 11 years ago
True dat, Rat.
evilstepqueen about 11 years ago
And, of course, there should be one clean spot right over Rat’s house, right? Because that would be stupid to color in your own area!!
Ugly Duck about 11 years ago
There’s plenty of space on the back side of the map.
Hectoruno about 11 years ago
Does he need oceans shown under the dots?
Number Three about 11 years ago
Impressive!
xxx
alviebird about 11 years ago
Yes, we do……because we are.
Dabattlebacca about 11 years ago
Wouldn’t the continent’s be the blackness and the oceans be blue, or does Rat know that he can blot out the ocean because of fishermen.
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
Blackage rules! Blacker than black!A true cynic’s view of the world—all black (no aspersion on the fabled NZ rugby side).
knight1192a about 11 years ago
Hey, wow, Rat’s either the Flash or Quicksilver. He filled up a map of where stupid people were by running around the world in record time to ensure there was a stupid person at each spot. Oh, but he forgot to erase each dot after he left those spots.
LOWRIDER84 about 11 years ago
Actually, every person in the country, standing 3’ apart, would only fill one state, and it isn’t even one of the big ones, it would be Indiana or Illinois.
CesarSantos over 3 years ago
Accurate.
PBS1! almost 2 years ago
What if one black dot stood for 1 million stupid people?