Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 12, 2021

Now he’s got the poultry mad at him.

Angry chicks.

Don’t count a single guest, Goat—just the married ones.

And don’t put your exes in one basket!

Did the check-ins cross the road?

So Stephan in the final panel got hen-pecked?

So they crossed the road just to hit him with a baseball bat.

Kinda poor taste for the brunette woman to be dressed exactly like the bride. What a jerk.

This joke laid an egg.

Can you just repeat the last panel for the rest of this comic’s life?

He had to “egg” them on!

With the humor, there is wisdom.

Don’t count them as married until they’ve both said, “I do.”

Don’t count the wedding complete until the rings are on the fingers.

Check-ins are Southern chickens.

I saw that pun coming when I saw a glimpse of the last panel

How did the chickens get the Rat Bat ?

Pastis has a hitch in his giddyup.

Somewhere in the last millennium, a friend told a joke (I think he made it up)

There was a loyal servant of the King who overheard a Count discussing a plot to overthrow the king. He ran to His Majesty and told him.

The King summoned the count and demanded all the details. The Count refused.

The King tried various bribes & torture but the Count held fast. Finally, in an attempt to intimidate the other plotters, the King called for the executioner. The king asked the count one more time but the count stayed mum. But, just as the ax was swinging toward his neck he said “No! I’ll talk!!”

However, it was too late. The ax hit it’s mark, and eventually the plot to kill the King was carried out.

Moral of the story: Don’t hatchet your counts before they chicken.

O. M. G. Soo clucked up on so many levels…LMAO

Great way to begin the week.

a stretch, but thank you anyway

Why did the chickens cross the road? To beat the feathers out of Stephan.

Go, chickens, go! Strike! Strike hard!

He’s off his med’s again… ;-)

Always happy to help a friend with a bad pun.

This may be the first time for me that I got through Pastis’ set up without knowing a pun was coming. Congratulations, Pastis, I didn’t see this one coming!

No more puns!

Well – it’s about time!

Guard duck could help

Pastis dares to go where no sane person would. I commend his bravery.

The three chickens need to be regular characters now.

Took me a minute…don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. ;)

Good thing those chickens weren’t chicken when ganging up on Stephan. I wonder if Rat put them up to it?

You got a twofer! First groan, First laugh of the day!! Thank you.

Why do I ever even glance at the Sunday strips? I mean, I get it, the joke is that the ‘Pastis’ character in the strip is an idiot who draws idiotic pun (or pun-like) gags for his strip. But one strip twenty years ago would have been enough. The joke does not get funnier by being repeated every week.

Wattle Pastis come up with next?

This one was just bad. Pastis was having an off day.

So fowl

Poultry in motion.

Okay, I laughed. Not so much at the pun, but the chickens beating the snot out of Pastis.

I could tell a pun was coming from the first panel, so it’s always hard for me to not glance ahead and spoil the outcome. Glad I didn’t, the payoff was worth it.

Has anyone under the age of 50 even heard of that phrase before (if they weren’t raised on a farm)?

Such a sorry ass but funny toon.

Funny how you can tell from the first frame that it’s going to be a PunTastic Sunday.

This guy is a genius!!! I wish I had this kind of talent!!! To me these are funny. Maybe he needs to open up a school or something. He could be rich.

Pastis just got cold-cocked.

Gawd; I love this cartoon!

Hey, the two brides are twins. What are the odds?

I can see some of these lines coming like the train on the advertisement below, but I still break down with laughter.

I asked for more Sunday pundays… I’m getting them. YAAAAAAY!

Same policy as The Honeymoon Hotel.

Eat More Chikin!

Last panel best.

Serves you right. Chickens of the world unite!

Deserved!

didn’t see that one coming!

That was pretty good.

they had to cross the road to do that

Revenge of the “Check-ins”! I have no pity for Cartoon-Boy. Give him another!

I thought it was a bad pun but Stephan thought he could ‘pullet’ off!