Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 09, 2015

Pig needs to change his recruiting pitch.

That first panel looks more like Pig’s re-enacting the shower scene from Psycho with the way he’s holding the screwdriver.

Interesting that Pastis chose a flat head screwdriver over a Philips. Guess he wanted to make certain it wouldn’t loose as much detail when shrunk down in papers and still be recognized as a screwdriver. That and flatheads would be a little easier for him to draw.

I remember a “Pearls” strip where Pig asks his neighbors if they’ve found Jesus (stolen from his Christmas nativity scene).

I think the result would have been the same if Pig had adressed to the guy saying: “wanna see my babydolls?”

Pig has a recurrent problem with awkward phrasing. This time, the girl’s boyfriend only beat the snot out of him rather than doing permanent damage….

Most cafes don’t let you make babies at the counter… you have to use a table.

True story… Once upon a time at the bookstore where I work, a new employee, a shy sixteen year old boy, was approached by a nervous acting mid-twenty-ish female customer. What she was looking for was a new book on the subject of overcoming infertility that was very popular at the time. But the question that she managed to fumble out to the kid was, “I’m trying to have a baby. Can you help me?” He just gave her a slack-jawed uncomprehending look till I turned to her and said, “I know the book you’re looking for. Let me show it to you in the Family and Child section.”

This has been my favorite strip for quite a while. Thanks Stephan, and congratulations on the Reuben Award!

Perhaps Larry or Bob Croc could help out pig………just pay them with beer !

The English language is full of pitfalls! Thankfully!

It’s all in the delivery…..

Glad I got to see these comments before the censors did!

Just put more men on the job. Get ’er done..

No. No. Just…noooooo… :)

Good job he didn’t ask PM David Cameron, or he’d have got an even bigger surprise.

It would have been funnier if Pig asked the man.

But either way, I got a great laugh.

Thank you, Mr. Pastis!

xxx

i remember my bar days when every so often there’d be a nuts and bolts night. nuts and bolts of all different sizes would be distributed and you were supposed to find the nut that fit your bolt or vice versa. the ensuing dialogue i will leave to your imaginations.

Glad to hear about your winning the Reubens Award…congratulations!

Reminds me of the poor girl in High School who looked at her glasses one day, and announced, “I need a screw!”