Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 30, 2011

but then all the texts would be pointless

But EVERYTHING they say is SOOOO exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Comic strip superstar,” eh, Rat? Is that your honest self-appraisal?Here: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder what texting is like in Arabic. Or Japanese, that’s a cool one.

Rat: what you are is a demagogue. . ..

Rat would be in more trouble if they used all the #&*%$ words.

I know that I’ve used more than my fair share of exclamation points today, and it’s only 6:50 a.m.!!!!!

RATS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol and :) are endangered too.

That’s why I often substitute “1” or “eleven” in my use of multiple exclamation points.

Just doing my own little part to help the grammar ecology.

OMG!!! U R SOOOOO RIGHT!!!!!

How many ‘!’s have been wasted in those ‘serious’ cartoons? I don’t believe that Mary Worth and Mark Trail are really shouting everything they say.

Should we use fewer exclamation points by slipping in a few questions!?!?!

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But, why does Rat think only young girls do this?!?

Well said, Rat!

It’s just pointless.

LOL LOL xxx

Many of the spare ‘)’s are used as text happy face smiles.

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Not only that, they’re using up all the capital letters; we’ll all be writing like e.e. cummings soon!÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷I’ve never heard anyone call a bullhorn a “blowhorn” before; is that a California thing?

"Blow"horn?

LOVE.IT

Like, OMG!!!! But my BFF just told me she was AFTP and CNTRN!!!!!!!!!! The girl in the hallway just looked at me like “Pfff” and I’m all like “Ugh” so she just “Augh!” and walked OFF!!!! How can I NOT express that with !!!!!!!!!!!!

So true Rat, so true…

You should know that not all girls are obsessed with texting! We only use !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when we are super excited.

I had one grunch, but the eggplant over there/ Nope, not the same drama.

I think “blowhorn” made this strip!

“A rat with a #&*$* blowhorn”—classic!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I clicked to this page I got a HUGE ad for Intel…wtf!?!?

Anyway spending ten minutes on an MMORPG would know that young guys are just as guilty of that sort of thing.

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i believe the ! are meant to help him censor some of his cussing just a thought though

I shall do something evil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Watch out. You’re about to hit a moose.

just before reading 2nd panel i texted my friend with like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that many