Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 07, 2024

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    Hello Everyone  about 2 months ago

    I think Pig has made a new Expression!

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    Robin Harwood  about 2 months ago

    I don’t know whether Pig is right or not, but I’d like to see someone try to put the horse back into the toothpaste.

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    Bilan  about 2 months ago

    Can you say that the toothpaste has left the barn?

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    BasilBruce  about 2 months ago

    You shouldn’t throw stones after you burn the bridge.

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    The Duke  about 2 months ago

    Depends on the size of the horse and the size of the toothpaste tube.

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    carlsonbob  about 2 months ago

    You can’t put the genie back in the barn.

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    Keno21  about 2 months ago

    Pig is not the sharpest bulb in the ocean.

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    Imagine  about 2 months ago

    I prefer mixed drinks.

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    iggyman  about 2 months ago

    The grass is always greener on the other side of the horse’s cart!

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 2 months ago

    If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the glass house.

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    MeanBob Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Don’t worry Pig, we’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.

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    Nuke Road Warrior  about 2 months ago

    You also can’t put the toothpaste back into the horse.

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    cdward  about 2 months ago

    You can do it, Pig! Swing for the gold!

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    Differentname  about 2 months ago

    My favorite is from the TV show Angel. Harmony, the cheerleader turned vampire hearing Angel talking trash about her ex-boyfriend/sire Spike. “You’re preaching to the horse’s mouth.”

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    win.45mag  about 2 months ago

    No, but you CAN give it pearly whites !!

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    Kurtass  about 2 months ago

    Sounds like Crankshaft.

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    Foob  about 2 months ago

    Pig’s not the sharpest hammer in the bag.

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    rshive  about 2 months ago

    Pig is correct. Just not metaphorically.

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    Gent  about 2 months ago

    That a meta joke eh Piggy.

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    Dom999  about 2 months ago

    people who live in a glass house have to answer the door

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    Linguist  about 2 months ago

    Pig’s putting the horse before the barn.

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    The Orange Mailman  about 2 months ago

    “You buttered your bread, now lie in it.”

    And from The Little Rascals: “Birds of a feather throw stones together.“

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    Pocosdad  about 2 months ago

    It’s time to grab the bull by the tail, and face the situation.

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    daniel2.mueller  about 2 months ago

    We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it …

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    Gent  about 2 months ago

    The pig that brokes horsies back eh.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 2 months ago

    You’ll be published when pigs fly, Pig.

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    Goat from PBS  about 2 months ago

    Pig bit off more than the cart before the horse.

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    Slowly, he turned...  about 2 months ago

    Well, the horse is really in the toothpaste now!

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Pig is a mix master.

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    Ellis97  about 2 months ago

    A bird in hand is a friend indeed.

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    anamchara42  about 2 months ago

    Thanks Stephan, I needed this.

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    Kaputnik  about 2 months ago

    If the horse was standing in a barn with fetlock deep toothpaste on the floor, if the horse then left the barn, and if you led the horse back into the barn, you could indeed put the horse back in the toothpaste.

    Granted, it’s not a common expression, but Pig was being creative.

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    rgulyash  about 2 months ago

    I was ate before I was nine

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    fjc007  about 2 months ago

    A bird in the hand is worth it’s weight in gold!

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    tsk5565  about 2 months ago

    Pastis didn’t want to try “Put the toothpaste back in the horse”, for the imagery.

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    CaveCat87  about 2 months ago

    A watched pot doesn’t fall far from the tree.

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    Frank_Lecanto  about 2 months ago

    Too many cooks and not enough Indians

    Don’t cross your bridges before they hatch

    A stitch in time is worth two in the bush

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    poppacapsmokeblower  about 2 months ago

    People who live in glass house shouldn’t throw orgies.

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    poppacapsmokeblower  about 2 months ago

    I don’t recommend putting the toothpaste in the horse either.

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    artegal  about 2 months ago

    It’s definitely time that expression did exist!

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    wirepunchr  about 2 months ago

    Pig can’t even mix meta-threes.

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    alreadyinuse  about 2 months ago

    Ever notice people will give a penny for your thoughts but then you give them your two cents?

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    IndyW  about 2 months ago

    You can’t unring that bell pig.

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    SheMc  about 2 months ago

    Don’t worry Pig, we all do!!!

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    Katje  about 2 months ago

    Oh, simple: Call a horse hypnotist. Guide the horse back into the tube using soothing suggestions and a pocket watch.

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    Out of the Past  about 2 months ago

    If horses were wishes, they’d ride beggars.

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    Paul D Premium Member about 2 months ago

    We have no time for amateurs, Pig. Leave the creation of word-salads to the professional politicians.

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    dadlivonia  about 2 months ago

    not a question

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    Squoop  about 2 months ago

    Don’t cry over spilt black kettles.

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    zeexenon  about 2 months ago

    Professor said something like that in Literature-202. You can’t make a rolling stone stop with a pig’s ear.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 2 months ago

    You can lead a horse to a deworming, but to put the worms back you’ll need a bigger horse.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Once Elvis has left the building, all the King’s wild horses couldn’t drag him back in.

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    KEA  about 2 months ago

    ♬ You can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd…

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    christelisbetty  about 2 months ago

    Don’t poke a pig to make it drink.

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    TurbosDad  about 2 months ago

    Don’t change a gift horse in midstream while looking in its mouth…

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    billdaviswords  about 2 months ago

    I think I’m gonna start saying, “You can’t put the toothpaste back n the barn,” now.

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    OBBWG  about 2 months ago

    Several years ago (October 23, 2009) the New York Times ran a fun article about mixed metaphors called “All Roads Gather No Moss. A Rolling Stone Leads to Rome.”

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    Mark Fontanella Premium Member about 2 months ago

    MY favorite to say is “He’s not the sharpest bulb in the shed.”

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    Buoy  about 2 months ago

    It’s as easy as falling off a piece of cake.

    If we can hit that bull’s-eye then the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards – Checkmate.

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    docusna  about 2 months ago

    Even a blind squirrel is right twice a day.

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    Jeffin Premium Member about 2 months ago

    That metaphor was getting a little long in the tooth anyway.

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    Jeffin Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Have we metaphor? Perhaps back in our euphemism?

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    Scott S  about 2 months ago

    In the Army we said that the round is out of the tube, the metaphor referencing that the piece had been fired, the projectile was heading downrange & would land/explode somewhere, & it was too late to see whether it was aimed correctly.

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    DaBump Premium Member about 2 months ago

    I love to mix metaphors, but that’s a paint of a different color!

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    willie_mctell  about 2 months ago

    You can take the horse out of the toothpaste but you can’t take the toothpaste out of the horse.

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    Darque Hellmutt  about 2 months ago

    people who live in glass houses, shouldn’t.

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    TimeLordSoundwave  about 2 months ago

    The 7th Doctor on Doctor Who did this.

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    eddi-TBH  about 2 months ago

    People who live in grass houses shouldn’t stow thrones.

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    Daddyobie  about 1 month ago

    You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead. – Stan Laurel

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    chireef  about 1 month ago

    people who live in glass houses shouldn’t be the one without sin

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    Swirls Before Pine  about 1 month ago

    I only use toothpaste that has been through a horse’s tubes.

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