Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 27, 2015
Transcript:
Rat: Check it out, PIg. I invented a time machine. But I'm worried about trying it. Pig: Why are you worried? Rat: Because I'm not sure it travels back. It could travel forward. Pig: So/ Let's try it. What's the worst that could happen if we move our lives forward a bunch of years?
knight1192a over 9 years ago
That’s not the worst that could happen since no one is truly immortal.
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
Today’s background music: “And When I Die” by Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Richard Strader Premium Member over 9 years ago
OK, this one tickles the s*** out of me!
wiselad over 9 years ago
that means if they go backwards we get this? http://oi60.tinypic.com/v5zv2f.jpg
MarcusL over 9 years ago
Stephan, congratulations on finally winning the Reuben!!! A more deserving cartoonist doesn’t exist – I’ve been waiting and hoping you can finally wipe the sneer off Rat’s face… and maybe you can move back into Steph’s off the porch… You’re my favorite cartoonist since Gary Larson and Berkeley Breathed retired. Keep up the good work!!!
PICTO over 9 years ago
Next time invent a “way back machine”.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 9 years ago
It still has a few bugs to be slain.
whiteheron over 9 years ago
Here lies RatThere lies PigThe mistake they madeTurned out to be big.
cdward over 9 years ago
Congratulations, Stephan!
hariseldon59 over 9 years ago
Tomorrow Rat and Pig will “undie”.
SallyLin over 9 years ago
Congrats, Cartoon Boy!
SwimsWithSharks over 9 years ago
This is the end.
TheBigPickle over 9 years ago
The End. Roll Credits…
brooklyn51 over 9 years ago
We’re all in a time machine of our own devising.
damifid0 over 9 years ago
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
See, the problem here is that there’s no one to punch the “return” button on the time machine. I guess Rat and Pig are gone for good, lost in the future from which there is no return. So, yeah, nice grave-tending is all that’s left for which to be grateful….
Banjo Gordy Premium Member over 9 years ago
Don’t Mess With Father time or Mother Nature!
Banjo Gordy Premium Member over 9 years ago
Don’t mess with Father Time, & Mother Nature for that matter!
R2-Wolf over 9 years ago
My soundtrack vote is Dust in the Wind.
R2-Wolf over 9 years ago
Apparently Rat isn’t very skilled at temporal technology. A proper time machine moves you back and forth through the 4th dimension, without being effected by the time shift.
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
Yes, commenters, this strip illustrates why Stephan has attained Reubenesque status!
Saddenedby Premium Member over 9 years ago
so if rat and pig had met themselves in the future instead of their grave, would they have caused all of time to be misaligned? i guess that is why i am not a big fan of time travel. you just end up meeting yourself coming and going.
bigoldguy Premium Member over 9 years ago
Stephan, congratulations on the Reuben. You’re my favorite cartoonist, along with Bill Watterson, Richard Thompson, Tony Cochran, Brekeley Breathed, Brett Koth, Gary Larson, Wiley Miller, Scott Adams, Charles Schulz, and a bunch of others.
BlackTie over 9 years ago
“On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.”
gbars70 over 9 years ago
What’s with the REUBEN award? It’s been a year of no crocs!
abbybookcase over 9 years ago
so castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually
Brick Tricks Webcomics over 9 years ago
Shoot. Pearls was my favorite strip. Goat can’t carry the comedy by himself. Sorry Paris. (please don’t tell e I’m the only ne who remembers that Goat’s real name is Paris.)
Number Three over 9 years ago
Why do I get a thrill seeing Rat’s gravestone?
xxx
drgushue over 9 years ago
rdusenbury over 9 years ago
I thought rat wanted to go out violently, not peacefully.
Kind&Kinder over 9 years ago
If you haven’t heard it, Dylan’s version is on his first album. It’s as rough and gravelly a presentation about a grave as I think Blind Lemon might have liked. But it’s all good!
finnygirl Premium Member over 9 years ago
Congratulations to Stephan!
Sheila Hardie over 9 years ago
Oof!
danketaz Premium Member over 9 years ago
Always thought Rat would drop dead if Pastis won…and so he has!
Esnyder212 over 9 years ago
Bye Bye
kaffekup over 9 years ago
They should actually be standing there, looking at the graves. That is, if they made it back to today to live the rest of their lives. If not, there would be no graves at all until some future time. And congrats on the Reuben, I’ll have to go look it up.
JohnTaylor3 over 9 years ago
So…strip is over? Bummer.
chromosome Premium Member over 9 years ago
Congratulations on the Reuben!
glowing-steak32 over 9 years ago
Great Scott!