Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 09, 2024

…but I ate them my way!

I chewed them up, and spit them out.

My Way? Nice.

Do it your way Rat!

As a rat Rat should dig a “Rat Pack” reference.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Time to face the final curtain.

Well, he DID do it his way!

Love it!

What song is that from? I can’t quite place it.

Give him a good whack Rat.

Can we be Frank for a minute here?

Time for a murder of crows.

I love the song lyrics puns. I can hear the music all over again, as I read them. Great Sinatra song.

It would have been a pity if Frankie really went to Hollywood.

I’d hate to have PBS end.

I can honestly say that I have no egrets and never have had any egrets.

Looks like Pastis is about to get a bat to him belfry!

Just when you think you’re safe….

For once, I saw it coming.

I was in the mood for a Pastis pun. Now I egret it.

All by the highway!!

Whoa! Time out, Rat! How is that a lame pun?

One of his best puns, ever.

Love it.

Heron earth, there’s always some egrets. It’s a stork fact of life.

Pastis is too Frank. If I had My Way he’d be given an Anka monitor. :-)

Thanks, Steph! Now I’ll have that Sinatra earworm in my head all day!

Let the record show Stephan took all the blows and did it his way!

Let’s fly him to the moon.

That joke was a bit of ostrich.

If you’re going to have egrets, may as well make them big and fat.

Pastis must be due for a “random” drug test.

Oww! Thank you!

Frank Sinatra, “My Way”

I’ve done a lot of things in my life, but I have no egrets.

Many comic strips rely on puns. Stephan is the only ones that make you groan and laugh.

Everyone has a singing voice. Some voices may be deemed “better” than others BY OTHERS, but everyone can sing. So, “just sing, sing a song, make it simple to last your whole life long…”

Is the end near for this strip? Seems like a hint to me

Terrible, but I LOVE IT!

Their munchibility factor is low.

I Did It My Way, by the Frank himself

I think I read Navalny chose it for his funeral

Sometimes your puns are purely dreadful!

Lonely At The Top suits orange perp more than it does Sinatra….re. the desolate emptiness of his fame.

Got it on the first panel! That’s a major accomplishment for me, especially on a decaf day!

Rat’s gonna do it his way.

Classic Pastis!

Pastis should have show himself sipping on a glass of soured milk… “I’m having my whey!”

“A dumb question but what did you eat then?”

“Idiot, my whey!”

Very, very near, Stephan. Rat will handle things his way.

I hereby pledge to do nothing I will egret, from heron out.

Thanks for the ear worm!

And rat is back with his bat.

I was out at “egret.”

And Rat did it MMMMMMYYYYY WAAAAAAYYYY!

It’s MAD DOG TIME!

Rat did it his way

Hey….stole this one from Get Fuzzy

Surprised this one wasn’t thot of LONG ago!

HA!

I have a lot of egrets. And regrets.

No regrets … go for it!

Would Paul Anka be insulted by the punning of his words, or pleased that he’d been picked to be ’Pastis’ed? It’s hard to tell.

My mom’s NC beach house had the intercostal waterway across from it, and the swampy areas were full of egrets. Incredibly beautiful birds. Anyone who would eat them should visit the fishies in the bottom of the ocean.

Sometimes I agree with Rat!

Given that Paul Anka, who wrote the song, is still alive, Pastis owes him AND the Sinatra estate an apology

Rat’s taking care of Stephan HIS way.

We have a coffee mug with a Wee Fish, a female sheep, a female horse, a couple of EGRETS, the largest member of the deer family, a black & white bear from China, a river horse, a wildebeest, and a regular-sized Bambi relative.

Now sound it out ;-)

Anything that can be construed as making fun of post Frankie craze Frank Sinatra has some merit.

OMG OMG — ROFLMAO

Ah…Sinatra…play it for us, Rat!

A pun in a single panel….very rare, I believe. Didn’t have time to prepare myself for the punchline..

I can always see these coming. But that doesn’t take away from the great enjoyment!!!

Just a reminder: Pastis (UK: /ˈpæstɪs/, US: /pæˈstiːs/, French: [pastis]; Occitan: pastís [pasˈtis]) is an anise-flavoured spirit and apéritif traditionally from France, typically containing less than 100 g/L sugar and 40–45% ABV (alcohol by volume).So, will Rat really smash his drink? :D

Check out Pat Godwin from the Bob and Tom show to hear how the song really goes.

I really enjoy his puns.

THANK YOU for finally saying this!! I shall go on to live my life without egrets.

Just what made that silly old ant….think he could move a rubber tree plant…..