These 3rd-grade-level puns used to be (thankfully) few and far between, but are becoming more common – several in the last week. Hopefully Pastis just had an off week, and this does not indicate that his creativity has waned.
A guy sees the psychiatrist. He says, Doc… I keep having theses recurring dreams. One night I’m a teepee, the next night I’m a wigwam. Every night the same thing, what’s my problem? Doc says, that easy. You’re two tents!
Many of my friends enjoy camping trips, but I’ve gotten to the point where they can drop me off at the nearest resort and pick me up on their hike out of the woods…
Like I said, a lot of this kind of trouble would be avoided if anyone bothered to be specific about these things when talking to Pig. For instance, the guy could have just said “Would you like some tents?” instead of just “Tents?”.
Blind man swinging dog around in department store….“no, I’m just looking around!” Can’t remember(or better not try) the one about the hairlip buying camping equipment ad infinitum…
In a Max Schulman book the protagonist was meeting his college advisor. The advisor had some leather shoelaces in his hand. He showed them to the kid and asked, “What are these?” The kid replied, “Thongs.” The advisor beamed and said, “You’re welcome.”
Reminds me of a story I heard years ago. A woman was trying to buy a sextant (For those not familiar, it’s an instrument used in celestial navigation.) as a birthday gift for her nautical enthusiast husband. When she asked a clerk at a sporting goods/outdoor store if they sold sextants, his embarrassed response? “We just sell tents, ma’am. What you do in them is your business.”
BasilBruce almost 2 years ago
Whenever I watch “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” I always wonder why they don’t just go in the tent and arrest him.
BE THIS GUY almost 2 years ago
…or elevens
ronaldspence almost 2 years ago
Old joke, funny joke!
B UTTONS almost 2 years ago
Pig will have to rough it; but being a conscious soul, he’ll leave no trace.
He pack out what troubles he packs in.
syzygy47 almost 2 years ago
If that bothers Pig, he’s two tents.
leopardglily almost 2 years ago
Ba-dum-crash!
carlsonbob almost 2 years ago
Stakes? No, we’ll just have hot dogs and chicken.
Cornelius Noodleman almost 2 years ago
?stnet
Imagine almost 2 years ago
Camping is in tents. Very in tents.
Zykoic almost 2 years ago
An old sleeping bag can spoil a camping trip.
enigmamz almost 2 years ago
Maybe try a big name store, not play it cheap at the generic "camping store’?
mr_bill_10 almost 2 years ago
These 3rd-grade-level puns used to be (thankfully) few and far between, but are becoming more common – several in the last week. Hopefully Pastis just had an off week, and this does not indicate that his creativity has waned.
iggyman almost 2 years ago
Good thing he did not want 2, then he would be too tents (tense)!!
Doug K almost 2 years ago
It’s hard to find customers that are not so easily offended.
zerotvus almost 2 years ago
Don’t get a Coleman stove…….
kucpa Premium Member almost 2 years ago
A guy sees the psychiatrist. He says, Doc… I keep having theses recurring dreams. One night I’m a teepee, the next night I’m a wigwam. Every night the same thing, what’s my problem? Doc says, that easy. You’re two tents!
Goat from PBS almost 2 years ago
Maybe next time use Amazon.
Ellis97 almost 2 years ago
What does your emotional state have to do with anything?
colddonkey almost 2 years ago
Maybe should have offered to tip, seems most everyone thinks they’re entitled to at least 15% now.
Droptma Styx almost 2 years ago
You kind of opened up that line of questioning with the “need to relax” opener.
dziner88 almost 2 years ago
Many of my friends enjoy camping trips, but I’ve gotten to the point where they can drop me off at the nearest resort and pick me up on their hike out of the woods…
ChrisRiesbeck Premium Member almost 2 years ago
My favorite variant is the camping store sign “Now is the season of our discount tents.”
Newenglandah almost 2 years ago
Old joke: A man goes into a therapist’s office. He says “Doc, you have to help me. I’m a teepee! I’m a wigwam! I’m a teepee! I’m a wigwam!”
The doctor says to him “first, you have to calm down. You’re two tents!”
uthor almost 2 years ago
Are they in a camping store?
artegal almost 2 years ago
A guy goes into a psychiatrists office. He says, “Doc, I one day I think I’m a teepee, the next day I think I’m a wigwam. What’s wrong with me?”
The doctor says, “That easy. You’re two tents.”
ladykat almost 2 years ago
I am tense about sleeping in tents.
Snolep almost 2 years ago
“None of your business “ seems a remark more in character with Rat than innocent, sweet tempered Pig.
sarah413 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I can’t seem to face up to the facts
I’m tents and nervous and I can’t relax
Don’t touch me, I’m a real live wire.
Psycho Killer.
CaveCat87 almost 2 years ago
Like I said, a lot of this kind of trouble would be avoided if anyone bothered to be specific about these things when talking to Pig. For instance, the guy could have just said “Would you like some tents?” instead of just “Tents?”.
Zebrastripes almost 2 years ago
I agree with PIG ‼️. There is NO customer service‼️
marshalljpeters Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I generally only use one tent when I go camping.
198.23.5.11 almost 2 years ago
MR.FIELDS:Costello will never be able to do it.His brain is too tense.
ABBOTT:Too tense?
MR.FIELDS—Yeah.Two-tenths the size of a normal brain.
skysoxwiz almost 2 years ago
Blind man swinging dog around in department store….“no, I’m just looking around!” Can’t remember(or better not try) the one about the hairlip buying camping equipment ad infinitum…
gmu328 almost 2 years ago
some people get tense with a salesperson looking over their shoulders
Radish the wordsmith almost 2 years ago
Now is the winter of our discount tents.
KEA almost 2 years ago
can’t stand a pup tent for two… it’s two in tents.
proclusstudent almost 2 years ago
Camping the guy who was running a “the World is ending Real Soon Now” on a specified date scam? These have been going on for over 1900 years.
willie_mctell almost 2 years ago
In a Max Schulman book the protagonist was meeting his college advisor. The advisor had some leather shoelaces in his hand. He showed them to the kid and asked, “What are these?” The kid replied, “Thongs.” The advisor beamed and said, “You’re welcome.”
cmxx almost 2 years ago
This brought back memories of ancient elementary school, when my teachers often required complete-sentence answers.
Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Oh, I’m passed tents
Buoy almost 2 years ago
Did he get the boot? Oh, no, looks like he is barefooted.
LilPeruna almost 2 years ago
‘Tents?’ ‘Oh, I’m WAY past tents!’
JasonBall almost 2 years ago
He just did this exact joke on December 27th, 2022.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 2 years ago
Pig’s literalism doesn’t quite work here.
Sisyphos almost 2 years ago
Yikes, Pig! Are your ears clogged with bacon grease so that you can’t tell apart tents and tense?!
Or should we just blame Cartoon-Boy, as usual?
Birdman47 almost 2 years ago
Doing it tough in tents builds character.
Wizard4168 almost 2 years ago
Reminds me of a story I heard years ago. A woman was trying to buy a sextant (For those not familiar, it’s an instrument used in celestial navigation.) as a birthday gift for her nautical enthusiast husband. When she asked a clerk at a sporting goods/outdoor store if they sold sextants, his embarrassed response? “We just sell tents, ma’am. What you do in them is your business.”
Swirls Before Pine almost 2 years ago
These days the only camping that I still do is to attack my opponents as soon as they spawn.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 2 years ago
Almost as hard as finding good customers.