Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 10, 2021

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5/12 isn’t a bad batting average.

Well, here’s my friend’s old business card when he worked for a radio station: J. Jason, DJ, FMAM

No doubt you tried, Step.

I love it when the punchline is “This joke was really bad.” Ha ha!

Yeah, he’s always trying. Very.

good try anyway, Stephan, as it might’ve saved you from a beating

I sure a commentator or two will find a way to fit them in

Ha… you didn’t try!

Why did July about it?

Try “Calendar Girl” to cover all the bases:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdY97Tt_iE

(I know this video is awful, but it does do the job).

‘Jejune’…..Now that I’ve learned a new word for the day I can go back to bed…and it’s not even 2 am yet!

He could try just using abbreviations, unless he’s afraid that Jan might stack the Dec against him.

Would July about that, Stephan?

My brother played in a marching band and the trombone player kept hitting him in the back of the head.

Could have thrown in a reference to the Decemberists

So what instrument does Pig play?

Still the King… well done

And yet he did.

Why didn’t their friends Jan and Julie get to join their august group?

Can February March, no but April May!

I bet they will be playing April come she will.

In a marching band there’d been at least a place for a July if not for a Romeo.

You could have added April’s daughter July… :P

Cute.

AGT …… A band Director who is a mayor !

No ember of my prior passion for parades remains.

My other friend says parades are dangerous. I told her “Jan, you worry too much”.

Could’ve added another: “…with such august company THIS JULY.”

With Rat’s comment, Stephan was successful in mentioning all twelve months.

First time in my life I am oppose to the old saying “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”

I hear January Jones is the Grand Marshall. Or did July to me?

Dirty ways has September. Or something like that.

You can only do so much in a bubble….

“You Gotta Love August”

That’s not true, you didn’t try at all—July about that.

yol (yawning out loud)

Meh

He could have got one more if he added the date in which the we’re going to play.

Love how ‘different’ this strip always is.

No more puns.

Stephen pastis is the king of horrible puns. He probably has a crown and everything.

Stephan, don’t July… even though I doubt he was.

Couldn’t you just run a repeat once in awhile or give us a warning: “Today’s cartoon relies solely on a pun for humor’

Gee, I dunno. Jack Norwood managed to work January and February into a song.

Couldn’t they play “Calendar Girl” as a change of pace?

Pastis should be tried………………..and sentenced.

Septober, Octember, Nowonder, Dismember, just sayin’

Let’s give Pastis credit for trying this.

Thought I’d ask my friend Janice if Stephan’s word play made her feel suspicious. So I said “Jan..You wary?”.

Pourquoi cet imbécile essaie-t-il même?

Can Jan-you-ary think of any? I can Fe-brew-ary up some. Don’t July, tell the truth. I Sep-tend-er to say terrible puns, Oct-over and over. Never-mber have I stopped, until now, when I have Decem-ded into madness.

You’re slipping Steph.

You know that the parade starts off from Four Seasons Landscaping…

Better than I could have done — but that ain’t sayin much.

Mr. Pastis is losing his touch. In the olden times, he’d have found a way to include all fourteen months.

C’mon Rat?! He only had 4 panels to work with…

Well done!

A man was convicted for stealing a calendar. He got twelve months.

Ju lie, Stephen! Ju didn’t try at all!

I have a niece whose name is April. Want to guess the names of her three daughters?

Ju lyke this joke?

I don’t think that’s what “jejune” means.

Deadlines are hell…

Didn’t remember the 21st night of September?

There was a Nancy comic strip in the days when Ernie Bushmiller was drawing the strip that had Sluggo introducing Nancy to three female friends of his who, I believe, were sisters:

First sister: “I’m April.”Second sister: “I’m May.”Third sister: “I’m June.”

Nancy (to Sluggo): “Speaking of months…March!”

Should save these for Moandays.

There’s nothing left after the fire, Septembers.

LMAO — I shouldn’t laugh, it only encourages you!

You’re a disgrace, Cartoon-Boy! Sneaking in those other months by having Rat list them in the last panel? —For shame!

It’s like when I tried to get away with doing my spelling assignment back in 3rd or maybe it was 4th grade, “use this week’s new 20 words in a sentence,” by writing “This week’s spelling words are [1 through 20].” Did not fly with Teacher….

Stephan Pastis is my hero. But another hero of mine is Russ Meyer, so there you go.

I have faith that, in a Sunday strip with more panels, Pastis could’ve included all twelve months.

I DON’T believe you tried, Pastis.

Ju…LIE

keep it up, it’ll come to you pastis

(Sigh)

Must be terrible, to have a writers block for seven months.

He couldn’t even work the current month in??

Not hard enough

oof