Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 15, 2004

Transcript:

"There's someone at the door for you." "Who is it?" "It's my sister, Farina." "Your sister, Farina? You mean the girl who lives in a plastic bubble 'cause she's a germaphobe? The girl I fell in love with? The girl who rejected me because I was not a bubble boy? The girl who went on to marry someone else and have a kid, forever breaking my heart and helping to turn me into the cynic I am today?" "Author's note: Due to the preceeding story update, which was necessitated by the fact that "Pearls" continues to pick up new papers, the readers of which are not familiar with past storylines, there is no room left for a joke today. I asked the editors of many papers if I could borrow some space from "Mary Woth," but they said no. I apologize for the inconvenience. Yours, Stephan