Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 14, 2014

Looks like Larry has some smarts after all. Tact, on the other hand…

Larry is honest. Don’t need to be smart to be honest.

He has a point. Let’s hope his mom’s side will prevail, though.

Luckily the intelligence gene is in the x chromosome.

I learned that on “car talk”.

No wonder Larry screws up almost every Biology class during his time in school…

This is embarrasing – i have been a pbs follower since the very beginning and am well versed with the croc language and love it – but i didnt get what larry meant by “hosed”.

Could some one please help and translate for me – thanks :)

you ess hosed = you is ???

looked it up on the urban dictionary. it basically means, he is screwed lol

@MayKittenDMX512 (Digital MultipleX 512) is the protocol for controlling theatre lights and dimmers. It controls 512 channels (0-255 value) per line, and is slowly being superseded by sACN, Shownet, and other Ethernet/UDP based protocols which can transfer far more information at a time.

DMX is transmitted over a matched pair, with the RS485 layer 1 protocol. 5-pin XLR-style connectors are used officially, although some hardware uses 3-pin connectors despite this being expressly forbidden by the standard.

RDMX does not exist. However, RDM, Remote Device Management does, as an extension to the DMX standard, also called DMX512A. It specifies a protocol for half-duplex communication over the previously simplex DMX cables, with no changes to hardware. This allows dimmers and digital fixtures to report problems, change address, etc. without requiring physical access.

Is that enough info? All off the top of my head, btw.

@clivia thanks :) – got it

i was under impression hosed is intentionally misspelled

Larry is so deeply philosophical! Know thyself, as the ancient Greeks said (but they said it in ancient Greek). Maybe there is hope for Junior yet, what with Patty’s share and the glimmer of a fine point or two buried deep within his dad…. Take heart, Junior!

Larry, translated: “Puberty is coming, son.”

Sometimes Croc logic hits the nail on the head ! Good luck Junior !

Apparently you got your “good looks” from your Dad, your Mother still has hers.

Patty is back to the beehive I see.

Ha—I’ve always liked the phrase “to be hosed”.

Reminds me of a song about the bad economy (one verse as follows):

“Look at the Dow[Darn], there it goesMy retirement’sNow completely hosed.”

(It’s called “Sock it to the holidays”, and it should be on YouTube. Heading out, so don’t have time to link. Sorry.)

I feel for my children. They always hide in the back of the cabinet.

hosed=toast.

He will now start the search for which Ho…alas, never to be found.

How do you tell a male chromosome from a female chromosome? Pull down its genes.

We tech/mech types used to say “hosed up” to indicate system failure. Not so much anymore.

Larry always tells it like it is…. Although he can’t help it.

Funnily enough, today’s page a day calendar features Larry’s very refined parents writing him off as a complete failure. Maybe the genes for smarts were repressed in Larry, probably pickled in alcohol.

Thank you Stephan for the great belly laugh.

Rabbits against Magic today shows how horribly fathers are portrayed, Pearls asks what’s wrong with making fathers the problem with everything in life.

Yep!

xxx

I may use this when I teach about DNA & inheritance to my 7th graders.

Yay! Crocs!

Hey, let’s not forget that Larry kicked a$$ on Jeopardy! Funny though, for some reason I can’t remember why.

Who knew the crocs had so much insight?

am i the only one who sees the bubbles blank

Am I the only one seeing this strip without any black ink?

My version of this comic has no black lines. No words, no lines. Is this what everyone else is seeing? So confused.

http://i.imgur.com/2jWlAVr.jpg

Found the black ink on another website. Strip makes MUCH more sense with words and pupils in their eyes. No sure what happened here.

Junior’s remark in panel 2 that ‘DNA resides in ALMOST every cell in our body’ raises the question: What cells in our body DON’T carry DNA?? Seriously seeking answer!