Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 23, 2015
January 22, 2015
January 24, 2015
Transcript:
Rat: Check it out, Goat. I bought a parrot. I thought it would be great to have an exotic bird for a few years.
Goat: Parrots live 75 years or longer, barring some harmful external circumstance.
Rat: Cigarette?
danfromfreddybeach over 9 years ago
Polly want some crack?
delpatjr over 9 years ago
lucky strike?
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Polly is going to be around a lot longer than you, Rat. You might as well start feeding her your lines now, before Cartoon Boy does it for you!
mjb515 over 9 years ago
A rat’s lifespan is only supposed to a max of 5 years, so “a few years” is true, but perhaps the parrot should be keeping Rat as a pet?
Liam Astle Premium Member over 9 years ago
“That parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. That is an ex parrot.”
mlmarmer over 9 years ago
Hey Rat, Teflon cooking spray will do the Parrot in, when you cook with the spray. Parrots can be real nasty. Or a big snake will take care of it.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
bye bye birdy
shade8211 over 9 years ago
if he resells the parrot for a modest profit in a short amount of time is that technically flipping the bird?
cdward over 9 years ago
Wait, don’t parrots eat rats?
singlefemalelaywer over 9 years ago
Give him a tasty menthol…….
singlefemalelaywer over 9 years ago
parrots eat rats, be careful.
Observer fo Irony over 9 years ago
If Polly’s wings had not be clipped then she could fly to Stephen’s ex-wife’s house and live with her.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 9 years ago
national headlines ‘RAT INVITES CROCS OVER FOR DINNER, PARROT MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING’ – would that be a “harmful external circumstance”?
Lyons Group, Inc. over 9 years ago
Oh, great. Now we’re glorifying substance abuse in these posts!
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 9 years ago
Pass him the vodka too!
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
Not Kool, Rat, not Kool.
Kali39 over 9 years ago
“This is a late parrot! If you hadn’t nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up daisies! This is an ex-parrot!!”
dzw3030 over 9 years ago
Interestingly enough, there are no parroted responses in these comments.
Number Three over 9 years ago
Goat should teach the parrot to insult Rat.That would be hilarious! But not when Goat has a few broken bones of course.xxx
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
Hopefully PETA doesn’t see this.