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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 14, 2017
Transcript:
Goat: What do you have there, Pig? Pig: I used clock I just bought. Goat: How does it work? Pig: The man's head indicates the our. His right hand indicates the minute. And his other hand indicates the seconds, but it broke. Goat: What do you expect from a secondhand second hand second hand? Rat: Surely you can return to your law career.
BE THIS GUY about 8 years ago
There isn’t a firm that will hire him.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
how does one know what time it is on an analogue clock that has no second hand?
Sherlock Watson about 8 years ago
Re. Rat’s comment: I’ll second that!
Adiraiju about 8 years ago
Or jump off a cliff. Whatever’s less soul-destroying.
CarlHeckman about 8 years ago
He did a “second hand” joke a long ways back.
eromlig about 8 years ago
A triple…that’ll be hard to top. Or rather, bottom.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 8 years ago
I can feel my soul being shredded as I read this comic.
whiteheron about 8 years ago
I had already heard this third hand. And it is getting out of hand.
jackhs about 8 years ago
Give a hand to Steph
Keith Mefferd Premium Member about 8 years ago
That one took me a second.
phredturner about 8 years ago
Law career was too much work and the clothes were uncomfortable.
fofinho about 8 years ago
I think there is too much time on his hands. This pun is the second worst, hands down!
daveoverpar about 8 years ago
Maybe if he returns to his law career he can sue this site for it’s very poor design.
dangdudesworth about 8 years ago
This is one of the first pun strips i’ve seen in a while!
Plods with ...™ about 8 years ago
Since his head is the hour, what is it when his head’s up his butt?
mortaur about 8 years ago
Hold on a second…
TossedSaladCartoon about 8 years ago
My what interesting comments. I guess the majority of people here are professional cartoonists with more readers than PBS?
Stocky One about 8 years ago
What?! Stephen a lawyer? If that’s true, there could be enough gags in that for a year at least!
JPuzzleWhiz about 8 years ago
“Today’s strip has been brought to you, courtesy of the Department of Redundancy Department!”
darth_geekboy about 8 years ago
on second thought, stay with this job. there are waaaaaaay too many lawyers already.
knight1192a about 8 years ago
There goes the hope for the new year.
Number Three about 8 years ago
I like that!
xxx
Laurie Stoker Premium Member about 8 years ago
These are my favorite strips: the ones where Stephan makes a terrible pun and the rat calls him out on it!
eb110americana about 8 years ago
Alternate ending (Rat to Pastis): “A broken clock is right twice a day—but you, you just ain’t right boy.”
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
Please!
Your alter ego speaks wisely, Cartoon-Boy. We don’t deserve this pun-ishment!
Rick Smith Premium Member about 8 years ago
Maybe it is a girl clock, so there is no proud appendage for the seconds…
glowing-steak32 about 8 years ago
He’ll just pun it up in the office.
MarioFan85 almost 6 years ago
Steve had a law career
Ghostbloods_member about 4 years ago
A like it when he is able to make a certain sound over and over.