Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 27, 2022

Pig can’t seem to decide if he is in the past, present, or future.

No, Pig, he was talking about those things you and Rat sleep in when you go camping.

Used a pretense as a defense…

If you are writing a political speech, you would use pretense.

Goat, I cannot say that I do not disagree with you, but my friends weren’t telling me the truth.

There, their, they’re, Pig.

Don’t talk badly about my dear old Grammar

I’m past tense. But I’m hoping this holiday season will change that.

Your Grammar is just fine Pig, I just saw her in her yard!

My high school English teacher believed all verbs should be either past or present continuing. He was a no non-tense type of guy!

“You are like a teepee and wigwam. You are two tents.”

relax, Pig

Good thing Goat didn’t talk about Pig’s grammar, or his Grampa, for that matter.

His tense insn’t past.

Pig could use some tens.

Some states are very emotional. But not Nebraska.

Your, you’re, yaw, yore. Choose the appopriate.

…appropriate.

Maybe Goat should be more specific.

nonsense.

camping in the backyard. got it. tents

“Yes, we’re way past tents. We’re living in bungalows now.” – Groucho

He even makes puns on weekdays. Where’s Rat’s Revenge when you need it?

Grammar is fine. So if Grammpa. However, Aunt Flo missed another period and there is cause for concern there.

I am only eightse or ninese.

Pig needs grammar classes‼️☺️

Just don’t let your particles dangle.

You know, Goat, if you actually took a few minutes out of your life to actually explain to Pig about these things, it would save the both of you a lot of trouble.

He asked, I answered. Now I’m tense.

If he had mentioned a pup tent and a wigwam you could say he was two tents.

The past, the present and the future walks into a bar

It was tense

Who cares about tenses, just don’t dangle any participles.

I don’t get it – Pastis going for a record…

“Your preposition, exclamation, pronoun.”

[SMACK!]

“Don’t you proposition my expletive pronoun!”

Fear me not of tense? Fear me dangling participles of.

Groan.

Y O U R

Y O U Apostrophe R E

They’re as different as night and day.

Don’t you think that night and day are different?

What’s wrong with you?

Pig! Read the danged word-balloon before you respond!

Pig should have said, "Hey Goat, are you see anything wrong . . . etc.