Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 23, 2016
Transcript:
Man: Sir, you say you want to build a giant wall between the U.S. and Mexico? Rat: Yes. A big pretty wall. Man: But don't a large percentage of illegal immigrants come by air? Rat: Yes. So I will build a floating wall in the air to block their immigrant planes. Man: But don't some come bye sea? Rat: Yes. So I will build walls along our beaches. Man: But what if people climb over the walls? Rat: I will build walls on top of walls. Man 2: But what if they dig under? Rat: I will build under the walls! Man: But what if they-- Rat: I will go into Mexico and build four walls so closely around every man, woman, and child that they can't even bend over to sneeze!!!! Man: What if we just built a wall around him? Man 2: One step ahead of you. Rat: And don't call me racist. I eat at Taco Bell twice a week.
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
Remember to leave an opening to provide him with food.
Sherlock Watson over 8 years ago
Be sure to put a cask of amontillado in there, in case he gets thirsty.
Bilan over 8 years ago
Dang. Just when we were allowed to go get Romeo y Julieta cigars.
greenbird over 8 years ago
And now The Donald is saying that the U.S. will pay for his wall, but heâs sure Mexico will reimburse us after itâs built.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray over 8 years ago
Donnyâs stock in CEMEX will soar !
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/cx
stevenbmalberg over 8 years ago
A good thing that the âwallâ will not be built. The âwallâ idea was the dumbest idea that ever was. Does anyone remember how well the âMaginot Lineâ worked?
The Moose Group over 8 years ago
Better yet, build a 4Ă4 room of bricks, drop both Hillary and Trump in, then seal it up.
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Rat is such a caricature!
Wall construction, kiddo! Thatâs where itâs at!
Andrew Capp over 8 years ago
This has got to be most pathetic and juvenile election campaign Iâve ever seen.
Reppr Premium Member over 8 years ago
Vote Trump!
juicebruce over 8 years ago
Stephan looking at the Hil-Da-Beastâs history how about a strip targeting her âŠâŠâŠ..that way things will be kept evenâŠ..you can start out by having her married to Bill CrocâŠ
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Meh, Donald Dump is basically a rat
kentblanton over 8 years ago
May have to build a wall around this strip, enough idiots already.
Qiset over 8 years ago
China built a wall, Turkey is now building a wall, Hadrian built a wall, Israel built a wall, those worked. The Magenot line didnât wasnât built to stop the current level of technology. Different reason for failure.
e.groves over 8 years ago
âThey built a wall in China, a thousand miles long, to keep out the foreigners, they made it strongâŠâ
Sandfan over 8 years ago
Static Defense [i.e. walls] is such a discredited option that it is hard to believe that any rational being would consider building one. It didnât work for Jericho, China, France, or East Germany. On the economic side, one 3.5 mile stretch of wall built by Customs and Border Control cost $58 million dollars. The US-Mexico border is just under 2000 miles. You do the math.
corzak over 8 years ago
@Sandfan is correct. The whole âbuild a wallâ idiocy is bait for the mob.
bsqnbay over 8 years ago
âYou want me on that wall! You need me on that wall!â
tripwire45 over 8 years ago
OK, now lampoon Clinton, too. Plenty of material to work with.
ShadowBeast Premium Member over 8 years ago
Why build walls for the airplanes when anti-air missiles would work better?
Ignatz Premium Member over 8 years ago
âStephan looking at the Hil-Da-Beastâs history how about a strip targeting her âŠâŠâŠ..that way things will be kept evenâ
Only one candidate is crazy.
The ugliness of this election season is ENTIRELY caused by only ONE of the candidates.
Ignatz Premium Member over 8 years ago
And most of them get here by coming legally, and just staying when their visa expires. With good reason: they have a job, theyâre supporting a family, and itâs fine with their employer.
michael mack over 8 years ago
Garbage.
ĂŠÂČ over 8 years ago
This reminds of something that someone (I canât remember who) said near the beginning of the Trump campaign: âBefore I support Trump on building a wall, I need to know which side of it heâll be on.â
Al Nala over 8 years ago
Good fences make good neighbors, which is why thereâs a bigger fence around the White House.
inshadowz over 8 years ago
Seems like an appropriate response to Trumpology. Why donât we just do this? Bonus: Requires fewer bricks!
rowf39 over 8 years ago
Oh. how I hate it when comic strip writers try to be political!
Carl R over 8 years ago
One truism is that if you canât control your borders, you canât have an immigration policy at all. The other is that the inevitable result of uncontrolled immigration is that the average economic wealth inside the country will eventually be the same as the average economic wealth outside the country, at which point the flow of immigrants will stop on itâs own. These two economic truths are backdrops for the rest of the discussion, so keep them in mind as you hate on each other.
phredturner over 8 years ago
Most actually come through Canada these days..easy peezy
Claire Jordan over 8 years ago
Itâs like this idea that you have to stop migrants coming in because there will be a few Islamist terrorists hidden amongst them. Sure there will be, but Islamists have access to oil money so if you stop them coming in the cheap way theyâll just buy a plane ticket. Only the innocent migrants (the great majority) will suffer and now you donât know where the terrorists are any more. Better to let them hide among the migrants so you know where they are, and then hide plenty of your own spies there to watch them.
A_NY_Outlaw over 8 years ago
rat is going to make some mason very happy.
toahero over 8 years ago
More Mexican immigrants are leaving right now than entering.
Trumpâs wall will trap them inside America.
ursamaj over 8 years ago
So, according to you, Trumpâs candidacy was a masonic plot all along. Aha, I knew it!!!
SeaFox10 over 8 years ago
How about we just shoot the illegals trying to get in, and then there wonât be anymore to worry about! Problem solved!
Donna S over 8 years ago
LOVE this! (and Taco Bell!)
Vonne Anton over 8 years ago
As someone who lives along the border, I can tell you many citizens have no problems with Mexicans entering and/or leaving. They are an asset to the communities. Bisbee, AZ, wouldnât have a fire department if not for illegals coming over to help when needed. The wall concept is about unfounded fear, thatâs all.
johngregor Premium Member over 8 years ago
I love Pearls before Swine, but the last few months Stephan has really been struggling. I think it would be a good idea for him to take a 6 month break and let his creative spark reignite itself.
Number Three over 8 years ago
Is Rat planning on building a wall?
I wasnât paying attentionâŠ
xxx
William McCracken over 8 years ago
Stephen is not paying attention. It is illegal immigrants and jihadist we want to keep out, not legal immigrants.
William McCracken over 8 years ago
Mexico want to build a wall on their southern border; http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/09/hypocrisy-mexico-announces-plans-great-wall-southern-border-central-america/
JPuzzleWhiz over 8 years ago
Rat â youâre a racist!
OldMan44 over 8 years ago
Stephan Pastis, I like your humour. I like your strips. Such a pity they are so one-sided. When does the âHâ girl get her comeuppance from the Rat?Donât tell me: NEVERYou love Hillary and everybody who reads your strips should love Hillary!UNSUBSCRIBED.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 8 years ago
oh paaastisss is this your berkeley education showing LOL
jackpop over 8 years ago
Too politically correct. It is not funny anymore. I never saw anything about the nasty woman.
cosman over 8 years ago
Donât need a wall.. just put above-ground solar-powered sensors every 660 ft. apart, and tunneling sensors at all likely locations.
Spade Jr. over 8 years ago
Last warning, Pastis: âgeneralâ political humor is always OK. Blatant editorializing like in todayâs strip belongs on the editorial page. Do this again and this âcustomerâ stops âbuyingâ your productâŠ.and may just suggest to the 11+ million visitors who frequent his websites that they do the same. I never threatenâŠ.I just promise.
billpat1 over 8 years ago
I remember when comic strips were funny
jdkingbear over 8 years ago
Bet you a dime to a dollar as soon as the election is over, somebody (if not more than one) will announce their intention to run in 2020. Canât wait :(
Alfkowitz over 8 years ago
Well, see, there you have it. If something doesnât work 100% of the time then you shouldnât bother. Which is why vaccines are a waste of money. And people shouldnât lock their doors at night, âcause itâs racist.
The one and only Eldest Arc (now at peace) over 2 years ago
Taco Bell, we attack your toilet (bad experiences)