Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 05, 2023

Modest and mild mannered Paris is now referring to himself in the third person.

Does RAT mean “Really Awful Twerp”?

well Goat, are you the. GOAT of Goats?

My goats are rather awesome! At least to me they are!

Now we have a GOAT with an attitute

Goat is definitely the smartest of the group, at least as long as Zebra is not around.

Back in the 1960’s “the goat” was what they called the player who was most responsible for loosing the game. At least that’s how I remember New York News Sports cartoonist Bill Gallo using it.

GOAT is also an anagram of TOGA. Toga party!

Jef’s suddenly got competition for most obnoxious character.

I’m surprised that Pastis took this long to make this joke.

3rd panel:

“It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Peanut Butter Jelly Time!”

i thought goat refered to the goatse .cx domain?

Simone Biles. Better than Olga Korbut and Nadia Comǎneci put together.

Usually, goat means you stink. NOT A COMPLIMENT, goat breath

Vindication! They always knew they were the best.

GOAT = Going On About Tepidity…

Every dog (Goat) has their day!

I remember when “GOAT” meant the one blamed for a mishap.

I thought a goat was a GTO

Now it’s Goat’s turn to misread a term.

Go for it, Goat. You’re not a G.O.A.T., but you’re a goat. Yes.

Rat is the rattiest of all time

FINALLY, someone giving rat a taste of his own medicine!

I have a feeling that goat think Lebron James is the G.O.A.T…

Finally, Goat got rat’s goat.

Come on, Goat, it’s time for you to get back at Rat for all the times that he’s annoyed you.

It took over 20 years, but I’m finally getting some respect in this strip.

Goat meant something different in Charlie Brown’s day

Back in the Day being The Goat was a bad thing, short for “scapegoat”. Kind of like Climate Change to Liberals, blamed for everything.

In older Peanuts strips, “goat” means just the opposite.

I think we have about worn the G.O.A.T phrase, abbreviation, whatever you want to call it, out… really ad nauseam on sports, commercials and media in general.

I’ve always found that term mildly offensive, especially when applied to young people – not that it matters, since I am neither young nor a GOAT in any field. But in my mind “goat” will always be a lecherous old man.

Thanks to that acronym, Goat now thinks that his kind are the superior species.

Good one Steph.

Wasn’t he the one who said, “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee?”

Every time I hear the word goat now, I have to translate in my head which is meant. A human of great accomplishments, or a goat, the animal

Goat gloats.

Honestly, I was wondering how long it would take before this joke was used.

I’ve noticed lately that occasionally Goat acts like Pig. I guess being the smartest person in the room can get to you after a while.

On a serious note, Pastis could easily be in the running for that title as far as current cartoonists…

The first car I owned was a “Goat”…anybody?

I was about to say “Shouldn’t it be Kareem Abdul Jabbar?” but it seems that record has fallen. I can’t quite bring myself to suggest its current holder take over the title.

This was inevitable.Question is will this do permanent damage to Goat, or will his sane and decent soul be strong enough to prevail and over come. I have faith in Goat, after all the is the goat.

Well before M.J., mom called pop “You old goat.”

Multiple meanings there. Take your choice.

“totes my goats” get’s my goat

First strip where finally Goat is the absolute winner!

I am sorry to see Goat’s personality to devolve from cerebral to idiotic.

“Goat” USED to be somebody whose stupid mistake cost his team the World Series

Germans who thought (and think) that Hitler was a total megalomaniac mocked him by calling him Gröfaz – „Größter Feldherr aller Zeiten“ (greatest commander of all times). To the fascists this was difficult. It was obviously an insult but it was also a quote from Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel who was serious about it in the early years of WW2.

There were also some similar mocking acronyms in Germany later on for other megalomaniacs. Like Gröpaz referring to Trump.

It used to be that the “goat” in sports was the guy blamed for a big loss. That’s what it still means to me. This new usage is all due to one idiot who wrote a book.

As nice as it is to see Goat happy about something, do we REALLY need another egotist like Rat in this strip?

Sorry to burst your bubble, my caprine friend, but Goat, goat and GOAT aren’t necessarily the same thing.

Rat’s premonition is right! Normally meek and long-suffering Goat suddenly thinking of himself as GOAT and acting accordingly is scary stuff!

Can you do some thing with this? While at the hospital, I was told I needed at CAT scan. I said, I prefer a DOG scan.