Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 17, 2015
Transcript:
Goat: I think I have to give my hamster away. I don't have time to care for it anymore. Pig: Send him to that city in Europe that they control. Goat: What are you talking about? Pig: Hamsterdam. Goat: Amsterdam. And it's not for hamsters. Pig: Then what holds back the hamster river?
BE THIS GUY about 9 years ago
After you drop the hamster off, you can go to Frankfurt to get a frankfurter.
cdgar about 9 years ago
That looks like my hamster. Cute little guys.
Sherlock Watson about 9 years ago
In panel 4, the hamster — realizing that he won’t be sent to the city of legal pot and hookers — says one word:“Dam.”
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
There is no hamster river either, Pig.
markzwaan about 9 years ago
The river that Amsterdam was built on is called the Amstel. Which also happens to be the name of a beer brand (Amstel bier) that was brewed and drunk in Amsterdam since 1860. But now is owned by Heineken and sold all around the world.
dadoctah about 9 years ago
Just a reminder, it’s not “Hampster”. There is no P in hamster..Unless you squeeze them really hard.
Kind&Kinder about 9 years ago
I love a good metaphysical question. Thanks, Pig.
knight1192a about 9 years ago
What holds back the river? A boy sticking his finger in the dike. (Please, no correcting me about the story of the Dutch boy plugging the leak in the dike with his finger if you don’t get that this was a sarcastic joke aimed at Pig)
steve7701 Premium Member about 9 years ago
Hamsterdam? I’d say this strip is a tribute to “The Wire,” Season 3.
mammamoonbeam about 9 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5adq7hF8Zw
wcorvi about 9 years ago
I made a hamster and swiss on rye once, but he ate all the lettuce before I could eat the sandwich.
Sisyphos about 9 years ago
Give the hamster to Pig, Goat, and let him find out for himself on Pig’s Big European Adventure!
JudyAz about 9 years ago
In the late 1920s, President Hoover was watching a presentation by his Secretary of the Interior, who was describing a particularly wild section of the Colorado River as it roared through a gorge.
It was such a hazard, and the Secretary asked the President, “What should be done about this part of the river?”
The President stood up to walk over to the display to get a better view. He stubbed his toe on a desk, and as he winced in pain he shouted, “Dammit!”
So they did.
Even named it after him.
Ermine Notyours about 9 years ago
Knock knockWho’s there?AmsterdamAmsterdam who?Amsterdam tired of these pun strips. ;)
Sheila Hardie about 9 years ago
Hmmm… he has time to dawdle at… wherever he is right now… but no time to take care of a hamster? I call shenanigans.
dre7861 about 9 years ago
Or you could send him to New Hamstershire. It’s much closer and he can vote in the upcoming presidential primary.
bookworm0812 about 9 years ago
My best friend will take him in!
Number Three about 9 years ago
“Hamsterdam”
Cute. Very cute!
xxx
abbybookcase about 9 years ago
beautiful. the best version of this song i’ve heard. and i’m a fan of jaques brel with a couple different versions of jb is alive and well and living in paris
mammamoonbeam about 9 years ago
Dear Alexi, great thanks for trying to upgrade my computer skills. Although I am very appreciative of your efforts, what in the world is Word Pad"? I have never heard the term before.Enlighten me?
Logical Duck about 9 years ago
So is Rotterdam full of cads?
blunebottle about 9 years ago
Re: live links.Thanks, I’ll try that.
abbybookcase about 9 years ago
but the show with that title lives on. they also made a movie of the show
bmonk about 9 years ago
The lemmings hold back the Hamster river?
Uskoke about 9 years ago
@leftwingpatriot:my godmother, who’s german and from Frankfurt am Main (which is the full german name) says there’re no frankfurters in Frankfurt, it’s a foreign invention, like the chinese fortune cookies.the most common german fast food is Currywurst (=curry sausage)