Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 09, 2014

At least he didn’t make an as*s of himself.

Try writing a joke that’s not lame three times fast.

I’m surprised Rat isn’t threatening Stephan with a poisonous serpent.

For those of you wondering where Cleo was when she was bitten, she got it in the apse.

Cleopatra originated the phrase, “Nobody likes a wise asp.”

Rat – I think you should know better by now…

Three times? I couldn’t get through it once.

….not gonna happen

Time to forget about word play for awhile, they are becoming much to obvious in the first panel and too labored.

Hitt heem wif bacebal bat, Rat! Hee ees deserve eet.

Two saps using the apse asps apps.

“Asps! Very dangerous! You go first…”

I once heard about an architect that had a neurosis that caused him to design very complicated multiple apartment building projects. He was diagnosed with having a complex complex complex.

oh yeah. college was SO worth it

I just don’t get it anymore.

I’ll give the apse asps apps a pass.

toy boatthree times fast

I haven’t been reading PBS long enough. I was into the second panel before I ducked for cover from the oncoming pun/lameness.

That’s why Monday’s strip was so breathtaking. Pastis delivered one without the obvious buildup.

Does this make my asp look big?Get this man help, ASAP!!

I’m trying to find a way to say, “Don’t let your last asp lapse” and make if humorous, but it’s just not working. It’s still hard to say, though, and if I’m any good at this, you’ll be saying “last asp lapse” to yourself all day. My work here is done.

Stephan Pastis, I’d like to make a pass at you!

It’s your strip Stephan – Never forget that.

I tried… and now I have to clean off my computer screen

Nobody can say “Toy Boat” fast ten times.

The truly sad thing is that there probably is an app for that.

I don’t care if Rat thinks the joke is lame, I never agree with his opinions anyway. When I read the first panel of a strip like this I know we’re going to be rewarded with a play on words or a silly tongue twister. Keep up the good work, Stephan!

love it!

Cartoon-Boy wrote a joke? I just took the apse asps apps literally. Was it humorous?

@Good Question—Pabst? Why would U want a beer that hasn’t won an award in over 120 years?!?

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit,And on the slitted sheet I sit.:(Steve Martin, The Jerk)

Don’t be rude, Rat! I found it pretty funny.

Well, I would.

xxx

“Breaking the fourth wall is fun and all, but Pastis is overdoing it.”-I’m not sure that this is actually a case of “breaking the fourth wall”. That concept came from the theatre, where the “fourth wall” is an imaginary wall between actors and audience. When an actor addresses the audience directly, he has broken the fourth wall. -In the Pearls Before Swine" universe, the Creator (Pastis) — or at least his Avatar (look up the meaning of that word in Hinduism) walks amongst his creations (the other characters). The “wall” between the PBS universe, and our own remains intact. -Regardless, I don’t think it’s overdone.

loved it!

IIRR, Carry on Cleopatra was the one in which Julius Caesar (Kenneth Williams), while being stabbed, gave the deathless line:

“Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!”

I’m sure Pastis would like that one.

Woah.

I tried, I can’t! It’s too hard to say it!

Say Stephan sucks 3 times fast.

Saw that one coming as one of those apse lapse traps.