Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 30, 2015

I have to go with Pig here. Who says “how much does it run,” unless it’s a desperate attempt at a joke?

How do turtles get broken legs? Were they jogging too much?

Finding it hard to visualize tiny amphibian casts and crutches.

Ah, the pet that you can be doubly sure that won’t run away.

Pig made me ask myself how many stupid questions I ask in a day. Although I consider myself reasonably intelligent, I’m afraid I don’t come out well. So….I know there are many people more intelligent than I who would ask fewer stupid questions (use your own definition of “stupid”). I’m currently accepting that there is a hierarchy of minds extant, and that at the top, no one asks stupid questions. The result of all this speculation? Probably l need to be more tolerant of those whose queries I used to find “questionable,” and those higher might be more tolerant of mine!

Oh, Pig! Luckily, I don’t hate stupid porcines. But they sure can be frustrating!

I hate stupid comments left about this strip, so we are even.

Silly Pig, Goat wanted to know the cost of the turtle not the ability to move !…………after all the turtles are for sale……Stephan next time use the line"How much did that set you back?" or “I bet that was a lot of dough”

There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people.

Is putting the turtles on their backs so they won’t run away considered a good turnover Pig?

c’mon… it’s a run pun!

Colloquialisms are frequently the cause of misunderstandings and present great difficulties for people trying to learn the English language. Make the bed, old as the hills, drive up the wall, skin a cat etc. if taken literally, as Pig did, can be very confusing!

“How much fur do you get from a skunk?”“As fur as possible!”

I really miss Worry Warthog

It isn’t the stupid questions that are the problem; it’s the stupid answers.

must be in the south. if they see a turtle on the road, they go mario kart and try to run over them.

What makes this strip even worse is that you can’t see the turtle’s leg cast (a visual joke) unless you zoom the comic

If his leg is broken, at least we know he can’t kick the bucket.

How do you get down off a horse? You don’t, you get down off a duck.

I’m pretty sure turtles don’t run… broken legs or not. :D

I once saw a turtle crossing the higway at full speed, it was not much, but you could see its legs jumping frantically. Could not tell if it was a dessert turtle or an aquatic one, which is known to travel looking for new ponds.

Love the warped humour.

You should never mock turtles……..

as we were running late, my ex would say, “off like a herd of turtles on crutches” as opposed to my mother who says “off in a cloud of turtle dust”

Ask a stupid question.Get a stupid answer.

xxx

STEPHAN: Look Pig, I got an electric pencil sharpener!PIG: I didn’t know you had electric pencils!

This sounds like tertiary tortured tortoise tomfoolery to me.

Some people will tell you, there are no stupid questions — other people have the job of answering them, and will beg to differ.

Turtles don’t run even when their legs aren’t broken !

Can someone explain it? (please)

I’m surprised the last panel didn’t show Pastis getting pummeled by Rat or other characters …