Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 25, 2015
Transcript:
Rat: I had a dream that a monkey was trying to market his own brand of cinnamon, but didn't want to use the word cinnamon. Goat: What did he want to use? Rat: A word that meant the same thing, but I couldn't think of any, so he said that meant I was a sinner who would one days go to hell. Goat: Whoa. That dream sounds like some kind of omen. Rat: What kind of omen? Goat: A simian cinnamon synonym sin omen. Rat: You're the one going to hell.
Constancy over 9 years ago
I laughed, and when I read it aloud, I am still laughing.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Oh, what a tongue twister to say 5X fast.
Durandal_1707 over 9 years ago
I think the word he was looking for was “cassia.”
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
If you really like tongue twisters, try this one::I’m not the pheasant plucker or the pheasant plucker’s son, but I can pluck a lot of pheasants ’til the pheasant plucker comes.
awgiedawgie Premium Member over 9 years ago
Pastis is so good at them, if bad puns condemned a man to hell, he would be the Devil himself!
SR over 9 years ago
Well, Stephen could always ape-ologize.
unnormal over 9 years ago
@ Stephan:Some people may not think much of your drawing, but you have just proven that you truly are an artist.
Popothepresident over 9 years ago
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danfromfreddybeach over 9 years ago
quit monkeying around.
Seriously though, great tongue twister.
oldschool434 over 9 years ago
Stephan may be going to hell…..but the readers are already there
dadoctah over 9 years ago
I get my cinnamon from a sea anemone.
Plumbob Wilson over 9 years ago
This is what Pastis does best.
Bruce Underwood Premium Member over 9 years ago
I just love Punday comic
PICTO over 9 years ago
Hell is to good for Cartoon boy…send him to Cincinnati.
StCleve72 over 9 years ago
A cinnamon sinner man pseudonym
cdward over 9 years ago
Heavenly tongue twister.
Flossie Mud Duck over 9 years ago
I didn’t groan at this one. It is so well done that it doesn’t even sound contrived. Bravo, Pastis
Arty8846 over 9 years ago
I knew where this one was going when I saw the first frame but I kept going. I have no one to blame but myself. Pastis must be a verb. I have been Pastised.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
my tonque is stuck in the roof of my mouff.
lahuerasantera Premium Member over 9 years ago
that’s a hell of a pun! i’m impressed!
Vonne Anton over 9 years ago
We are not worthy…..
DamnHappyChappy over 9 years ago
Keep up the puns. I love ’em.
Arianne over 9 years ago
Oh, those Pastis Puns! “Thought I had enough, but I’m back for more.” This was excellent!
Stocky One over 9 years ago
Highly contrived. Ridiculous. And very funny!!
Queen of America over 9 years ago
I’ll be there right along with Pastis. And most of my friends.
MeGoNow Premium Member over 9 years ago
Now. If is dream was that he saw all of that in a movie, it would be a….. all together now…
a cinema simiancinnamon synonym sin omen
But what if the monkey was from Sonoma? Then it’s
a cinema Sonoman simiancinnamon synonym sin omen
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
I had a dream, too! —That Cartoon Boy was going to Hell, but that he rattled off a few of his choice puns and tongue-twisters at the gate, left Satan rolling on the floor laughing his fat red a$$ off, and escaped to the Better Place!It was a nightmare.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 9 years ago
No Rat, Endtown is.
mrgromit over 9 years ago
As a fellow recovering law dude, I can’t help but to wonder if Pastis didn’t slip a few puns in on his legal work. I saw some great ones in my studies and some questionable ones while clerking.
whiteaj over 9 years ago
Pastis does know how to torture the language! :D
Kirk Barnes Premium Member over 9 years ago
Wow. What a construction. Skillful.
Neoprene Wedgie Premium Member over 9 years ago
Whenever I see that Patsis is setting up a pun (which is often!) I cover the last two panels and try to figure out where he’s going. I made it pretty far this time – I had Cinnamon Synonym and Sin Omen, but couldn’t come up with Simian. You win again, Patsis.
Brian Fink over 9 years ago
Would Goat really have fallen for this though?
David Rickard Premium Member over 9 years ago
Anyone think Tim Rickard (Brewster Rockit) and Pastis have a bet going for who can do the worst pun this week?
cdgar over 9 years ago
One of the better ones.
Number Three over 9 years ago
I’m sure Stephan will see you there, Rat!
xxx
Sheila Hardie over 9 years ago
Moar crocs, please! The puns are fun, but I miss the crocs.
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Bravo!!!
BugsyQ over 9 years ago
Holy crap! That was FUNNY!!!
AnonMuse over 9 years ago
So, Pastis is going to be punished for eternity for this? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
tomielm over 9 years ago
Arianne, thanks for that! Very danceable—if one dances for fun, and I do!
Ingen Zeitgeist over 9 years ago
Stephan this was your worst so far, congrats 0-:
agila333 over 9 years ago
I get the warm fuzzies reading this strip and the comments thereupon. Its good to know that there are so many weirdos still out there. Just like that quote from the ancient, in black and white no less, sit com with Jackie Gleason where he told his next door neighbor, “Norton, somewhere there is a candle burning in the window of a nut house becoming you home.” Trouble is you can’t see any candles in windows anymore; fire hazard and all. When will the government get out of our lives?
Thudfark over 9 years ago
I usually get a good chuckle out of these and it helps to lighten the load. Laughter, as they say, is the best medicine. Case in point: the other week I was constipated, after reading a few strips I was laughing so hard I almost crapped my pants. Thanks for helping to bring out the wurst in me.
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
I don’t want to know the thought process in thinking up these puns.