Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 02, 2021

Ronald sometimes gets impatient waiting for the cows to die, and smothers them to death with a pillow while they are sleeping.

Neighbor Bob is resurrected from the yesterday Rat’s rage. Good to see him again.

Channeling my inner pedant: An old COW is female.

Most cows prefer she/her/hers. Bulls, OTOH…

cow possessive pronoun is her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLy27bK-wU&ab_channel=BobVincent

I look at that guy, and I think of the McKenzie Brothers.

“How about a beer, eh?”

If not Ronald, then it must’ve been Wendy, Jack, or Carl.

My feeling is no killing animals unless it’s for food or to clothe ourselves. Killing animals for sport is horrendous.

That would account for the taste of a Big Mac, or rather the lack there of.

I agree that that might be true for the first cow McDonald’s used, but they have to be on their third or fourth cow by now…

I love animals but I also love burgers, bacon, sausage and the like. Go figure.;/

How is it I never thought of that. Thanks Pig!

Does this mean Pig’s never swatted a fly or a mosquito?

Quick recovery from that fall, Bob!

A cow doesn’t have to be old or to die in it’s sleep to have achieved all of it’s dreams. Sometimes it’s “ready or not”. And sometimes one’s life/purpose is to fulfill the dreams of others.

Holy cow!

I am too soft hearted to kill any animal myself, but I worked on the line in a slaughterhouse for several years in my younger days. Death is part of life and sustains life. Every living organism is food for something else at some point in time. Pig is just too divorced from where his food came from to understand that. Killing for food is acceptable. Killing for “sport” is unacceptable, and that includes, in my opinion, “catch and release” fishing which I regard as people torturing fish for fun.

Does Pig eat pork chops too??

Why is there a slice of bread on Bobs hat?

Is that how you think you’ll finally turns into bacon, Pig? You is wrong!

Ronnie! Pow cow now!

Pigs aren’t very predatory creatures, unless you’re a wild boar.

I always wish our livestock has short but good lives. Sadly some do, many don’t.

And what about those poor potatoes that were cut into pieces and boiled in oil, or the poor coffee beans that were first burned then ground into tiny pieces before being thrown in boiling water?

I’ll go for that.

It’s ok PIG! We don’t want to upset you with the truth…enjoy your aged hamburger….

That sounds like the true IMPOSSIBLE BURGER!

“Bun and Run” by Martin Mull

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF6NHvI_Z14

Don’t think that Ronald has that much patience.

Pig would be appalled to learn how pigs are treated and made into bacon…

Ronald McDonald was retired a few years ago during the creepy lurking clown fad.

Ronald McDonald is to cows what Colonel Sanders is to chickens.

Knowing Mc’s past…it was probably a sick cow.

recommendation: see ‘Temple Grandin’

Pig could never kill a living thing… says the same guy that coined the phrase, “But BLTs taste so darn good.”

Before I state the following, let me say I am a meat eater part time….BUT….people don’t think about the fact domestic beef, etc. does involve the killing of animals. Ever notice how the general public doesn’t want animals they consider “cute” killed for food?

Whenever we had a really sick cow the expression was “time to send her to McDonalds”.

The cafe allows outside food?

Keep chewing, Pig. Keep chewing.

A-hem….a cow is not a “he”

McDonald’s is brining back the “McRib” sandwich.

Bob’s words will be lost on Pig since Pig eats bacon too.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

I have a friend whose young daughter was obsessed with cows which included cows on everything in her bedroom. One day, the inevitable question came as the little girl was munching on her burger. “What is hamburger?” Her mom considered lying but told the truth. “It’s cow meat.” The little girl chewed thoughfully then said, “Cows taste delicious,” and finished her meal.

https://digital.hbs.edu/platform-rctom/submission/whats-beef-a-look-inside-lab-grown-meats-aim-to-tackle-climate-change/

By the way Stephan, cows are female. If you’re going to use a masculine pronoun, you should be referring to the bull. (I just avoid the issue and refer to them as cattle)

Well, its not like Pig was the one who killed the cow.

Pretty much the conversation I had with my high school culinary art students who would freak out first time they worked in the kitchen with raw hamburger.

Well pig, bacon may not be in your dreams but I see it in your future.

Puts a whole new twist on the term “waiter”.

Slightly off topic, but this strip stirred up a thought. Do pro-life people eat eggs? (I admit, it’s a rather stupid thought, but there it is.)

Like the suicidal cow in Restaurant at the End of the Universe

And the cow had an up-to-date will…

Well, that’s what it tastes like.

Neighbor Bob isn’t lying. And I’m an independent liberal who’s a meat, and pork eater

Shot by a near sighted moose hunter!!

But a burger IS different, because I don’t want to murder Bambi, clean out his guts, and hang his head on the wall. Duh.

Wow.

No mention of the Restaurant At The End Of The Universe and cows that want to be eaten?

Just wait ’til Pig finds out where BBQ ribs, ham, pork chops, pulled pork, and sausage come from!?!

“How do you think that beef got on your burger?” I thought the beef was the burger.

Eat mor chikn

I’d have to find a butcher that does venison since I’m not a hunter.

Eat turkey burgers.

Well, HE didn’t kill it. Someone else killed it. I couldn’t kill a living thing either (except euthanizing an animal and it’s not like that’s an easy thing to do). But I’ll enjoy a burger or a taco as much as the next guy!

In 8th grade our school class went to a dairy. Went this one girl seen where milk came from she get really upset and sick. In the 8th grade and did not know where milk came from. She thought it was made in a factory like soda or something. When we told her that hamburgers also come from cows I though she was going to pass out. She never came back to school after that. Never did find out why.

Pig is such a sweet, naive dreamer! Does he know that McD’s has its pork BBQ on the menu again?…

As a cow, never go to sleep!

Cows are female! No one has commented on referring to the cow as “his” instead of “her” unless of course it was a steer.

“Somebody else killed it. Pay attention. I said I could never kill a living creature, not that I couldn’t have a living creature killed for my benefit!”

I wonder how Pig feels about ham sandwiches.

Wouldn’t that be nice, though.

Bob’s front hat flap looks like a piece of toast. I can’t unsee it.

Pig doesn’t realize that a cow by definition is female.

A cow is not male. A bull is.