Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 23, 2018

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    BE THIS GUY  over 6 years ago

    Simple, don’t count the digit that’s suppose to be the thumb and use the finger that is then the middle finger

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    AtariDragon  over 6 years ago

    The ass won’t have that trouble with rat, since equids only have one digit on each “hand”.

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    alaskajohn1  over 6 years ago

    Most comics characters only have four digits per hand.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 6 years ago

    whereas with the three-fingered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles utilize their index finger also as their “bird” finger… which does make me squeamish at times

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    bland tofu  over 6 years ago

    Technically, he has three fingers and a thumb, so he would point the finger in the middle.

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    knight1192a  over 6 years ago

    Look at your hand and the answer to Rat’s question is obvious. Homer may have four fingers on each hand, but he’ll choose the longest.

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    oldpine52  over 6 years ago

    One a$$ asking another one a question.

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    Randallw  over 6 years ago

    I read only yesterday that there is an episode where Homer gives people the finger but it is edited on tv so he appears to only be waving his fist.

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    sirbadger  over 6 years ago

    Is it wise to use the A word in a comic strip?

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    LrdSlvrhnd  over 6 years ago

    Well, once you rule out the thumb, I think the middle finger of the three left would be fairly obvious.

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    Dobie Takahama  over 6 years ago

    Well, he gave the bird in The Simpsons Movie!

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    chris_weaver  over 6 years ago

    How about: if God is omnipotent, can he create a rock that is too heavy for him to lift?

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    salakfarm Premium Member over 6 years ago

    This is a cartoon for the ages. Addressing one of the imponderable questions, it should win both a Pulitzer and a Nobel.

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    Gent  over 6 years ago

    So, that’s why Mickey Mouse never showed that finger to anyone too.

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    serithinflight  over 6 years ago

    Simple revert back to the original hold up 2 fingers in a “peace” sign it used to mean Pluck you based on the 2 fingers archers used to draw an arrow. enemy archers that were captured tended to have those fingers removed so they could not draw a bow thus the sign showed they still had there fingers intact. over time the gesture in America at least as the British still use 2 fingers became one. The Pl in Pluck changed over time to an F.

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    KS82  over 6 years ago

    Watch the Simpsons Movie.

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    Goat  over 6 years ago

    Many cartoon characters have 4 fingers due to their rounded design:https://news.avclub.com/here-s-why-cartoon-characters-only-have-4-fingers-1798259730

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    ND Cool Z  over 6 years ago

    I’ve seen a few 4-handed cartoon characters use the ring finger instead of the missing middle finger, like for example, that banned Dexter’s Laboratory episode “Rude Removal”. I’ve never seen the episode itself, but its title card proves my point. Btw, the wise ass looks like Danny Donkey, and that’s what Danny is too!

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 6 years ago

    I wonder if Homer could do the Italian “fig.” Thumb between the first and second finger.

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    F-Flash  over 6 years ago

    Are you pondering what I’m pondering Pinky? I think so brain, but if they called them “Sad Meals” no one would buy them. Now that’s a deep question.

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    jessie d.  over 6 years ago

    Trump is the middle finger for America. Kinda a roving middle finger ambassador to the entire world.

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    Steverino Premium Member over 6 years ago

    This is the earliest form of digital communication.

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member over 6 years ago

    A better question would be, why most of the characters on “The Simpsons” are yellow?

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    Packratjohn Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Matt Groening acknowledged (or so I heard) that his characters have four fingers. “Think how much ink we save!”

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    willie_mctell  over 6 years ago

    Is that what happened to Danny the Donkey?

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    the lost wizard  over 6 years ago

    Wise ass meets smart ass.

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 6 years ago

    It would sill be the one next to the index finger.

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    Gent  over 6 years ago

    He not WiseAss. He DumbAss.

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    zeexenon  over 6 years ago

    Post hoc ergo propter hoc is logic we all must know before any politician speaks. Most brains try to fill in the unasked question’s answer, visualize picture puzzles too soon, and, worse of all, believe weather forecasts.

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    Charlie Tuba  over 6 years ago

    I was told by a cartoonist that the four fingered hand is one without a pinkie. So the remaining four would be: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger.

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    skipper1992  over 6 years ago

    “I hope this has been enlightening for you.”

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    ChessPirate  over 6 years ago

    “Ask him any of the world’s deepest questions – except one…”

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    codedaddy  over 6 years ago

    Is that Danny Donkey? I don’t recall him being drawn with a pig snout like Goat and of course Is that Danny Donkey? I don’t recall him being drawn with a pig snout like Goat and of course Pig.

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    Daeder  over 6 years ago

    Instead of being on top of a hill, I think the wise ass should be in a field. That way he could be a “wise ass in a wise acre”.

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    Artie Adams  over 6 years ago

    The one in the middle. The thumb is not a finger.

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    Doublejake  over 6 years ago

    Hold up two fingers and tell the recipient, “Read between the lines”??

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    Sisyphos  over 6 years ago

    If Rat’s silly little question stumped him, then he is in fact a dumb ass on a hill….

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    pcmcdonald  over 6 years ago

    That’s and awful dark hill, I don’t think it’s dirt.

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    501179  over 1 year ago

    homer has four fingers one is a thumb so the other three has a middle one

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