Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 06, 2015
Transcript:
Rat: What's the matter with you, Goat? Goat: I'm writing an article about an ailing Sikh priest who gets his dog to attack someone but there's a misspelling in the quote I want to use. Rat: So what's wrong with that? "'Sic him,' said the sick sikhh [sic]." Rat: Get a real job.
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
If you have a complaint, Rat, you should locate SP’s boss Ezekiel. In other words, seek Zeke.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
what a tongue twister
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 9 years ago
Steph should sack someone who says he sucks… and sometimes even seeks to sock him!
corzak over 9 years ago
“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick . . . " – World’s Hardest Tongue Twister, according to Guiness Book of World Records.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 9 years ago
Corzak… some researchers have declared that the hardest is the nonsense phrase “pad kid poured curd pulled cold” ……..but I do find the “sick sheik” one harder to say.
alviebird over 9 years ago
This one’s a little easier.
I slit a sheet. A sheet I slit. Upon a slitted sheet I sit.
bignatefan over 9 years ago
Was the story set in Sikkim?
doublepaw over 9 years ago
Sick
Plumbob Wilson over 9 years ago
Sic semper S.Pastis.
PICTO over 9 years ago
That article sounds like a lot of doggerel and it’s making me sic.
jreckard over 9 years ago
Mr. Pastis, that cheeky geek, should sneak a peek into proper pronunciation. Then he could seek for a chic sikh.
arye uygur over 9 years ago
If this particular comic were published in a Turkish newspaper it would be pornographic.
juicebruce over 9 years ago
Would you please say that in Croc…………………
Emmett Wayne over 9 years ago
I think I am going to be sihk.
jdkingbear over 9 years ago
That reminds me: what is the definition of twins? Why, womb mates, of course.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
THANKS FOLKS! MY TONQUE IS NOW TIED.
Stocky One over 9 years ago
Sickening.
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 9 years ago
He couldn’t get hired in a real job, Rat. McDonald’s wouldn’t even want him
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Cartoon Boy has been trying too hard and needs some rest, in isolation, away from the rest of the world. A very private sanitorium, for example. With a strait jacket. And a gag. No visitors. Let him out after six months or a year….
eddie6192 over 9 years ago
Toon Boy is a sicko.
Arty8846 over 9 years ago
That’s worth two long groans.
Noah121 over 9 years ago
I saw that one coming from the first panel :)
Ermine Notyours over 9 years ago
“She sits and sips Schlitz.”
sarah413 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Rat’s on a sikh and destroy mission. Go sic him!!
lotsalaffs Premium Member over 9 years ago
They are so bad they’re actually funny.
nena.person over 9 years ago
Quoting people verbatim makes me sic.
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member over 9 years ago
Bravo!
Brian Fink over 9 years ago
Wondering how often Stephan’s wife says that to him (just to get him out of the house :) )
damifid0 over 9 years ago
I like this strip[toon] by pastis. Keep ’em coming toon boy. :) Peace.
Mikel V over 9 years ago
And the sick sikkh shaves with a Shick, so he can pick chicks
ChessPirate over 9 years ago
“Rat-a-tat” goes Rat’s bat…
legaleagle48 over 9 years ago
Actually, he WAS a lawyer, but that was more for his parents than anything else. Cartooning has been his day job for years now, as it was also always his dream job.
KEA over 9 years ago
it has been my experience that people who complain about puns either don’t get them, or can’t construct them (or both)
usfellers over 9 years ago
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.I love this strip!
Number Three over 9 years ago
Oh shut up, Rat.
xxx
Carl R over 9 years ago
The sixth sick shiek’s sixth sheep’s sick.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 9 years ago
Weird, just the other somebody posted a story about sic on FB.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 9 years ago
The New York Daily News ran a repeat strip in place of today’s cartoon !!
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
Alliteration!