Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 05, 2020

Make sure it has holes for your horns.

At least Rat explained himself and said a fond goodby. But he never gave you the option of taking it off. I guess some insults just go too deep.

Today’s background music: “Raspberry Beret” by Prince.

Is that the kind you’d find in a second hand store?

Well, if that’s all it took…

Gotta love Goat’s take, though.

Rat needs to Grin and Beret.

Seems like a pretty reasonable price to be loose from Rat. Of course, Pastis will restart the comic tomorrow.

Sartorial prejudice, hate without race.

“But slowly, gradually, Sartorial Prejudice will move into the mainstream as a grateful people embraces its philosophy. Men with convertible shirt cuffs or stretch belts will be refused service at lunch counters; separate water fountains for snap-tab and spread collars will appear.

Of course, it will not be all that easy or painless. The few hard-liners in white socks will be lynched here and there, and for a time a dark night will fall upon America as roving gangs of young toughs in Chesterfield coats prowl the streets terrorizing anyone wearing a clip-on tie.

Eventually Sartorial Prejudice will become national policy. Federal employees will have to supply proof that, for three generations, no one in their family has worn stripes with plaids. TV cameras will be hidden in company washrooms – workers caught in sleeveless undershirts or valentine shorts will be given notice."

-Extracted from a piece by Steve de Souza

The strip is actually acknowledging that they’ve known each other for more than a decade! As opposed to most Pearls strips, where it might as well be that time never moves, like in Drabble or Foxtrot. It’s also genuinely sweet and rewarding to hear that Rat considers him his best friend, even if it’s only set-up dialogue for the punchline.

A beret I can deal with. But if he starts wearing a man bun, he’s dead to me.

So, a beret is a good rat repellent. Who knew?

Now you know why Pastis never features Frogs!

If you buy a beret and never see your friend again, that was probably money well spent.

French pork! Mmmm….!

Would Rat feel differently if the beret were green?

I guess it is warm where they are.

Pig and Goat will now perform a duet of “I Love A Beret”

Pig’s a closet CRMP.

Goat has the right idea.

Is that a raspberry beret? The kind you find in a second hand store?

But what if duck put on his green beret?

So Pig joined the Army and got a red beret ! … Croc Power !

It looks like the kind you buy in a second hand store.

RAT was intimidated……LOL …off he goes, but he’ll be back

Pig is surprised at Pig’s choice? One can’t make a style faux pas if one don’t have style.

Frakkin’ Frenchie!

I’m with Rat here. Beret are the worst!

So, Rat, has only considered, Pig, his best friend for only over a decade? Not two? This strip has been around since 1999

I really want a beret myself.

Um… Isn’t that a Raspberry Beret?

At least Rat didn’t beret pig about his choice of hats.

Just to test some Type-AAAA ‘friends’ we told them we bought our flight tickets. They exploded in rage. We permanently stamped them “TOXIC” and chose the highway alternative. Twas somewhat ironic about “…served cold…” they’ve both been in their Wisconsin graves for a few years and were much younger.

If a beret is a jerk repellent, I’ll buy one in every color.

Cool, Daddy-O!

If you really want to destroy a friendship, wear all white to a wedding.

Pig has a date with a politician.

Does this mean Rat was never a Mythbusters fan? No wonder I never liked Rat! LOL

It makes me think of the movie “European Vacation”, where Chevy Chase tosses his son’s beret off the top of the Eiffel Tower and a nearby dog leaps out after it (catching the beret, and landing in the pool below).

Goat’s name is Paris. Shouldn’t he be the one wearing the beret?

Pig needs a string of onions

What’s so bad about berets?

Goat has a great line for a change!

Pig seems to have gone astray/ rat is right about that beret/ t’is an odd affectation/cause for sheer consternation/

Rat is right about that beret/Pig seems to have gone astray/this odd affectation/(cause for sheer consternation)/ please God, make it go away!

Here, Goat! Take mine.

Never much into berets (of any color). I wear a Greek fisherman’s cap most of the time….

“Excuse me mate, you’ve got a beret on your head”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjG7NEtjma0

Berets are the one type of dumb hat my brother won’t wear, and he has a neon orange squid hat.