Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 28, 2024

After leaving the cafe, she got on her cycle.

I have also been misunderstood with that particular word.

Get a grip, Pig!

Isn’t that a menopause thing?

Wasn’t that one of those products of the sort Ronco sold? Cramp-on, cramp-off….

Suddenly, I got a muscle cramp in my right calf while reading this.

Maybe they’re like cruffins.

From the Amer. Herit. Dict. 5th Ed.:

crampons: A framework of metal spikes strapped or clipped to the sole of a boot or shoe to prevent slipping when walking or climbing on ice and snow. Also called climbing iron.

Well, Pig, for some of us that’s what it’s like: surviving it is like climbing a high, dangerous mountain. Cramp ON!

The word “Piton” makes Pig uncomfortable, too. He doesn’t like to discuss urinary problems, either.

I remember an annoying commercial for a product called “HeadOn”, which supposedly relieved headaches by rubbing the product, which resembled a glue stick, onto one’s forehead. I’m surprised that they never came out with an ED relief product called “HardOn”.

Pig: What do you mean males can have angina too?

Pig would be more interested if she said she was buying pie-tons.

Some things cannot he discussed with the opposite sex.

I’m not comfortable talking to a pig, but you are special!

Crampons are spiked-sole climbing boots, you brainless bacon!

Don’t leave without your coat, Tex.

Having 6 sisters and 4 daughters—that would seem to be more appropriate…

Good idea in case she falls off the roof.

Pig being ignorant, as usual, doesn’t realize that he put his foot in his mouth.

I would have thought exactly what pig did.

Sadly, there are people out there who get “offended” by perfectly normal words that have nothing to do with what they believe they do. And they don’t want anyone using those words because they don’t really want to know what they mean. They just want to be offended.

A lot of things make Pig uncomfortable.

Then she’s going to need some ice.

You shouldn’t call pig illiterate because his parents were married two weeks before he was born. ;-}

I feel like Stephan heard the word, “Crampon” somehow and thought, “I need to make a strip about this!”

masticate, uvula, formication

So different the Censor didn’t even show up.

Walking on a glacier is a blast!

Maybe one day, enduring monthly cramps will become a competitive event, and the fans will yell from the sidelines ’Cramp on!"

And throw Midol and hot water bottles.

Please see my comment on today’s (09/28/24) Ripley’s BIoN cartoon!

A lot of politicians aren’t comfortable either talking about feminine issues such as gender wage gap, accessible and affordable women’s healthcare, glass ceilings, etc.

As a matter of fact, “crampons” is an excellent word for the feminine issue Pig is thinking of.

I’m here for the comments. Well done everyone.

“Crampon,” is the beginning of menses, “Crampoff,” is the end.

are crampons the heavy duty model?

Someone just recently said that being like a tampon meant being in the right place at the wrong time.

I have a friend who thought the word vacillate sounds questionable. As a youth he would ask females how often they vacillated and some would get embarrassed.

Class 4, Pig.

There are some things you don’t know, Pig. I guess ignorance is bliss.

Isn’t a crampon for when you have cramps.

Back when I needed to use tampons, I often got crampons

I don’t know if Stephan reads these comments, but if he does, he should read today’s Ziggy because it could have been written for him.

Pastis has reached a new height in punnery. Although some call it a low.