Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 23, 2017

At least the acrobats can apply to Cirque du Soleil.

@LWP: and clowns at the rodeo

To get food, he should have a sign that says, “Please throw pies at me.” Who could resist?

And Pastis just made a couple bucks of the clowns misfortune

If I were destitute, I’d have a sign saying “willing to be seen in a VW for food”.

@TEMPLO S.U.D. …no, the rodeos are gonna get closed down, too.

The tentmakers union has folded and the calliope factory has gone silent… all because of those clowns at Ringling Bros.

Must be a refugee from Monty’s arc last week…

See Rob Rogers editorial cartoon. Trump is hiring.

RIP Barnum and Bailey.

Well, at least I did get to see Ringling Brothers Circus before it closed…

Baskets is hiring.

There was an article in our paper about the closing of the circus. One of the clowns said that he would get within ten feet of the audience and see all the children with their faces lit up…by their smart phones. He knew he’d lost them.

What are the Forces of Darkness gonna do when they’ve beaten the joy out of everything?

This is sure timely, with the Barnham and Bailey circus just closing for good last week.

It was 1951 and Breese Stevens Field field in Madison and my grandma took me and it was a Crosley.

Good news though. Open auditions for the lead role in “It”.

Rat speaks the truth today. It was just Sunday evening that Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey circus put on its very last performance. and now its clowns are out of or looking for work.

No more clown-ocide! Clowns are almost human!

JACKHS said:

And Pastis just made a couple bucks of the clowns misfortune

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Pastis would make the same amount if the subject of the strip was something else.

could read “give money or I will go into politics”

…“Will take a pie in the face for food”…

“Will work if pied.”

If the entire town population gave that poor clown food, that Volkswagen would have as much food as a restaurant!