This is my 19th Nervous Breakdown; I am Shattered, and Mr. Pastis is Out of Time, and I Don’t Know Why. But I have no more Sympathy for the Devil, cause it is a Sad Day for the Respectable Street Fighting Man (me) who is 2000 Light Years from Home In Another Land, with the Honky Tonk Women Fortune Teller, Sweet Black Angel, and Respectable Little Queenie —named Ruby Tuesday, Carol, and Angie, whose only demands are “Gimmie Shelter” and “Live with Me”, cause they still Ain’t too Proud to Beg, since they are the Happy Beast of Burden and Mother’s Little Helper. But Come On, cause Time is on My Side as It’s All Over Now, or it should be. What a Shame, as I hope it is The Last Time Mr. Pastis will Play with Fire on Route 66. So Mr. Pastis, I tell you one last time, You Better Move On Before You Paint It Black, and Get Off of My Cloud or I will relocate you Under the Boardwalk, since (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction with my Heart of Stone over this Hot Stuff.
When the setup as tortured as this, the result is punishing. I once had a coworker who could frequently insert a pun in a short, on-topic comment in a staff meeting or other discussion. Usually, one or two people would laugh immediately, followed by delayed laughs and groans as I struggled to figure out what I missed. To me, those were what a pun should be and how a pun should work.
I enjoy toon boy’s stuff. We could all see the setup coming but this was great – he hit the basement and kept digging on this one.
Even if I didn’t enjoy it (I love Rat – he’s the personification of a lot of what I think – and would do if I wouldn’t get arrested – Rat is Everyman.) I’d still read it – if only out of morbid curiosity.
I hope the Rolling Stones, inc., sue your pants off, Cartoon-Boy! And then the Glitter Twins can roast Goat over a slow flame; no sympathy for the devil!
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
I’m glad Rat and Pig found for what they were looking, because You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
LeoDaSavage over 6 years ago
Did anyone else see that a pun was coming from the first panel?
Adiraiju over 6 years ago
There goes a man of wealth and puns…
Packratjohn Premium Member over 6 years ago
Ouch…. does anyone have any “mother’s little helper”?
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 6 years ago
I think Stephan has been rollin’ stoned.
Sherlock Watson over 6 years ago
Stephan had better be wearing a cup, or he’ll soon have Tumbling Dice.
Bilan over 6 years ago
They got what they wanted, but they got no satisfaction.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 6 years ago
You make a grown man cry.
A_NY_Outlaw over 6 years ago
that pun hurts almost as much as Pastis’ will be after getting kicked by that horse.
chris_weaver over 6 years ago
What a drag it is getting punned!
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
A sterling effort.
Gent over 6 years ago
You should’ve used the other horsie trick, Rat. The one with two, or four horses, each facing a different direction.
IanMason1 over 6 years ago
He’ll be punished one day
Kind&Kinder over 6 years ago
Their satanic majesties requested a trash haul-away?
GeifuKe over 6 years ago
This is my 19th Nervous Breakdown; I am Shattered, and Mr. Pastis is Out of Time, and I Don’t Know Why. But I have no more Sympathy for the Devil, cause it is a Sad Day for the Respectable Street Fighting Man (me) who is 2000 Light Years from Home In Another Land, with the Honky Tonk Women Fortune Teller, Sweet Black Angel, and Respectable Little Queenie —named Ruby Tuesday, Carol, and Angie, whose only demands are “Gimmie Shelter” and “Live with Me”, cause they still Ain’t too Proud to Beg, since they are the Happy Beast of Burden and Mother’s Little Helper. But Come On, cause Time is on My Side as It’s All Over Now, or it should be. What a Shame, as I hope it is The Last Time Mr. Pastis will Play with Fire on Route 66. So Mr. Pastis, I tell you one last time, You Better Move On Before You Paint It Black, and Get Off of My Cloud or I will relocate you Under the Boardwalk, since (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction with my Heart of Stone over this Hot Stuff.
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 6 years ago
LOL! I did not see a pun coming out of this one!
Willywise52 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Yes,PLEASE drag him away.
F-Flash over 6 years ago
Stephen rides again, and yes for the 1st time I saw this one coming.
WoodstockJack over 6 years ago
Caste cast cast was okay, but the jumping-jack flask? Way too, right?
Plumbob Wilson over 6 years ago
Don’t follow the horse, you’ll have to scrape that… oh, never mind.
Bobbers Premium Member over 6 years ago
Well, this one was pretty puny, but I’ll cut him some slack after Rat’s “…best thing that ever happened to me” and Pig’s essay on the meaning of life.
But there is a limit!
LKrueger41 over 6 years ago
When the setup as tortured as this, the result is punishing. I once had a coworker who could frequently insert a pun in a short, on-topic comment in a staff meeting or other discussion. Usually, one or two people would laugh immediately, followed by delayed laughs and groans as I struggled to figure out what I missed. To me, those were what a pun should be and how a pun should work.
tripwire45 over 6 years ago
Everybody must get stoned.
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave…
eolan59 over 6 years ago
You can’t always get what you want
eolan59 over 6 years ago
You can’t always get what you want
Brian K over 6 years ago
Let’s just hope that horse doesn’t have to pit stop on him
Thomas R. Williams over 6 years ago
Sometimes you get what you need.
WCraft Premium Member over 6 years ago
I’m rooting for the wild horses. Take him to “Pun Land” and leave him there!
paullp Premium Member over 6 years ago
Keep up the paronomasia, Stephan!
kd1sq Premium Member over 6 years ago
I enjoy toon boy’s stuff. We could all see the setup coming but this was great – he hit the basement and kept digging on this one.
Even if I didn’t enjoy it (I love Rat – he’s the personification of a lot of what I think – and would do if I wouldn’t get arrested – Rat is Everyman.) I’d still read it – if only out of morbid curiosity.
drawmelaughing over 6 years ago
It’s almost like walking through a mine field, you know the puns are there but the minute you forget about them, BOOM! I love them.
Number Three over 6 years ago
Wild horses can also tie him up. Right?
xxx
rgcviper over 6 years ago
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction from all these puns—both in the strip and in the comments.
Seriously … you have to wonder how Pastis comes up with all these. It takes thinking, like it or not.
Ray Helvy Premium Member over 6 years ago
Drag him away, preferably through the cactus patch.
Sisyphos over 6 years ago
I hope the Rolling Stones, inc., sue your pants off, Cartoon-Boy! And then the Glitter Twins can roast Goat over a slow flame; no sympathy for the devil!
tad1 over 6 years ago
I doubt Pastis will do a tribute to Mort walker, sadly.
Kah Kheng Khoo Premium Member over 6 years ago
Can someone explain this pun to me?
Kah Kheng Khoo Premium Member over 6 years ago
Can someone explain this pun to me?
John Reece over 6 years ago
Stephan, that was just awful. And that is high praise coming from me.
ND Cool Z over 6 years ago
The puns just keep ROLLING like those STONES!!