Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 11, 2016
December 10, 2016
December 12, 2016
Transcript:
"Rat's Guide To Nature Today's Lesson: The life of a 17-year Cicada." Cicada: Me. "Year 1: Stuck in dirt. Year 2: Stuck in dirt. Year 3: Stuck in dirt. Year 4: Stuck in dirt. Year 5: Stuck in dirt. Year 6: Stuck in dirt. Year 7: Stuck in dirt. Year 8: Stuck in dirt. Year 9: Stuck in dirt. Year 10: Stuck in dirt. Year 11: Stuck in dirt. Year 12: Stuck in dirt. Year 13: Stuck in dirt. Year 14: Stuck in dirt. Year 15: Stuck in dirt. Year 16: Stuck in dirt. Year 17: Emergence. Next four weeks: Try to find a mate. No mate. Death." Goat: And I thought my life was bad. Rat: Then a bird eats him. Pig: Finally! Someone more romantically desperate than me!!
BE THIS GUY over 7 years ago
I thought Goat was more desperate than Pig.
Sherlock Watson over 7 years ago
Maybe the problem is that his device is 17 years old.
Randallw over 7 years ago
Ashley Madison is for if it already has a mate.
blunebottle over 7 years ago
@ Bill Martin (yesterday):
ʻO Wau nō ke olonā, aka, aole au au, aole Hawaiian!
blunebottle over 7 years ago
Also, in the 4 weeks- make a lot of noise!
PICTO over 7 years ago
All those dating sites and not one of them has a mate good enough for an insect…Sad…
juicebruce over 7 years ago
Like the song said" Love the one your with"
bigcatbusiness over 7 years ago
Maybe now you’ll learn to tolerate more the infernal sound they make when they’re out.
whiteheron over 7 years ago
Wait a minute. Someone forgot the part where it starts out all grubby then takes off his skin, Gets all red-eyed and screams all day. (I think it is the teenage stage)
mortaur over 7 years ago
Could be worse. Could be MARRIED!!!
Snoopy_Fan over 7 years ago
Oh, no… I just realized I’m a cicada…
jdsven over 7 years ago
No, Pig, considering the time you dated Mrs. Butterworth….aka, Mrs. Bootyworth in the strip you’re still more desperate.
tigermtn over 7 years ago
Awesome. Made up for, say, three months of wretched puns.
A_NY_Outlaw over 7 years ago
maybe a new character- Charlie Cicada?
zeexenon over 7 years ago
Chicago zoo in late ‘60s major outbreak. Had to guard bubbler (a.k.a. water fountain) for family to drink. Have on video tape, buzz is like magic. Oldest lost teddy, stopped on way home for a new one, now she’s a 50 year old nurse at Children’s Hospital.
cdgar over 7 years ago
Talk about a letdown after 17 years of anticipation…..
tsandl over 7 years ago
The problem is, all those sites are for 18+. Pretty hard on cicadas.
Sisyphos over 7 years ago
What a rip-off! Cartoon-Boy gets away with repeating “stuck in dirt” for 16 years, and then we get the cynical downer ending to the really shaggy cicada tale!
Hey, Pig, make Steph resurrect Sweet Fanny for you! Yay! Who says Romance is dead?
alantain 9 months ago
At least he wasn’t a mayfly. Day 1: Hatch, find a mate, die.