Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 06, 2009
December 05, 2009
December 07, 2009
Transcript:
Rat says, "Yo, Pig?You met the new oweners of this diner? This is Tina and that's Archie. They've renamed our diner 'Evita's.'" Pig says, "That's great! Hi, Tina. Hi, Archie. Tina says, "Hi" Archie says, "Call me Arch." Rat says, "Dude, you've got to taste their toasted rye bread and coffee." Pig says, "Oh yeah?" Rat says, "Yeah/ Before they serve it to you, they dunk the corners of the bread in the coffee. Tastes great." Pig says, "Oh, boy! I want that!" Rat says, "Well then tell them." Pig yells, "Dunk Rye for me, Arch and Tina!!" Rat says, "You're why newspapers are shrinking the comics page."
drawingpad almost 13 years ago
sigh…
XtremePearls over 12 years ago
Why is your username drawingpad?
Soroxas about 12 years ago
I don’t get the pun
Iwasfromrussia over 11 years ago
I used to not get these puns, now that I’m older I try to guess by saying all famous phrases I know
Iwasfromrussia over 11 years ago
I just realized that people in the comments section ruin puns 4 everybody elsr
mishield about 11 years ago
Guys, the pun is “don’t cry for me Argentina,” a song in the musical Evita, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, hence the name of the diner: Evita’s
KZ71 over 10 years ago
That one had so little setup I actually didn’t even see the pun coming…
aardvark86au about 8 years ago
The name of the diner gave this one away, at least partially.
dolf37 about 7 years ago
I suspected as soon as I saw “Evita’s” that it would be something on the “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” line.
proclusstudent almost 3 years ago
I found this one with “Dunk rye for me” as the search string for a strip that ran almost 12 years ago. Memorable stink that.