Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 08, 2012
Transcript:
Rat: What are you supposed to be? Pig: Vito Corleone. I'm going to a mob costume party. Rat: A mob costume party? Pig: Yeah. And this is a statue of Jimmy Hoffa. Guard Duck made it for me. I bring one every year. Rat: What for? Pig: At the end of the party, the mobsters blow it up. There's a little fuse in his head. But I think we need to change the design. Goat: Why is that? Pig: Because people are always re-doing the fuse to make it shorter. That way it blows up right when they light it. Goat: But that's not safe. Pig: I know. That's why I'm changing it. Goat: What are you gonna do? Pig: I'm gonna make them a Hoffa they can't re-fuse.
fatjimi almost 13 years ago
It’s hard to add to perfection.
legaleagle48 almost 13 years ago
I honestly did not see that pun coming!
hariseldon59 almost 13 years ago
Last panel is classic. Although I half expected Stephan to wake up with the head of a zebra in his bed.
wiselad almost 13 years ago
you correct Goat, is not safe. So there is no money to take after it gets blown up
Bargrove almost 13 years ago
This was stolen from “Watts My Line.” (ugh) or “He Couldn’t Resist Her” (well, you said you liked puns)
clivia grana almost 13 years ago
this just made my day :)
Ottodesu almost 13 years ago
Yes, I agree, today’s strip is quite exceptional.
firedome almost 13 years ago
i’ve really missed the pun strips. what a way to start the year!
cartooncritic 2544 almost 13 years ago
kid, you’re bad
zero almost 13 years ago
Hoffa load is better than none…
zero almost 13 years ago
Hoffa laugh is better than none. . ..
GalleyOar almost 13 years ago
Cement shoes… Rat knows all the fine points.
dimensioncr8r almost 13 years ago
You just keep getting better Pastis.
pearlsarefuzzy almost 13 years ago
Wait for it…wait for it….bada bing, bada boom!
HighPeaks almost 13 years ago
After miraculously escaping federal prison last year to the incredulity of all his followers, justice at last extracts its due from cartoonist Stephan Pastis.
WelshRat Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Rat’s gonna blow Pastis’ cover?
Kaputnik almost 13 years ago
Love this pun strips, the way you see them coming, but can’t quite figure out what it’s going to be.
The only thing i don’t like about them is the last panel where Pastis thinks he has to apologize for the pun. Never apologize for a pun! Be proud, Stephan! At least, if you can get out of the river.
red_96vette almost 13 years ago
Ahhhhhhh where all the suits should be…….
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
almost gaged on my coffee.
Kvasir42 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Love this (and did not see it coming) but shouldn’t Rat be standing in the end zone of Meadowlands Stadium?
rshive almost 13 years ago
But Pig, where are you going to find such a Hoffa?
Eggybean almost 13 years ago
I knew it was coming and I still lmoa… Sign of a great punalinquist!
stephen0118 almost 13 years ago
I’ll have to agree. These pun strips are the best.
rockngolfer almost 13 years ago
He is in Queen Victoria’s basement if you read that strip.
Pomposus Maximus almost 13 years ago
Over the times, when Rat announced “say your prayers” or “Please retire early…”
bearguy almost 13 years ago
jblank13 almost 13 years ago
Gosh, I love the pun strips. What a way to start the year.
griffon8 almost 13 years ago
I always like the pun strips. I start reading the absolutely ridiculous setup, knowing that some pun is going to come, but rarely being able to figure it out before the reveal.
HadYourPhil almost 13 years ago
One of the best.
GoodQuestion Premium Member almost 13 years ago
He doesn’t look like he’s sleeping, but maybe he’ll quit smoking . . . Love the look , pig – you hirsute swine . . . . ☻
wcr almost 13 years ago
Well done! Your punocity never fails to impress.
A_NY_Outlaw almost 13 years ago
Swim with the fishes Pastis!
Number Three almost 13 years ago
LOL LOL, Cute!
xxx
cond almost 13 years ago
jeez rat
bwardlaw almost 13 years ago
As with Kennedy jokes, I think of family feelings. 1st PBS I’ve ever questioned.
finale almost 13 years ago
Take the Cannoli….leave the Cartoonist.
dzeeba almost 13 years ago
the pun strips rock
finale almost 13 years ago
BTW: Anyone else creeped out about the strange, macbre way Pig does bear some resemblance to Brando?
deadheadzan almost 13 years ago
Stephan, the god father of puns!
Defective Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I didn’t see that one coming, either, but knew something was being set up. Can’t believe Pig was allowed to deliver the punch line! He did it so well! One of the best of the punnies, too.
Sherlock Watson almost 13 years ago
Stephan, you remain the heavyweight champ of cunning punning. Extra-heavyweight with that cement tub.÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷Sing along with Sherlock: “Everybody have pun tonight…”
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member almost 13 years ago
You just have to admire the quality of a good pun.Even this one.
(Acutally I did laugh over it quite a bit, but I’m over that now.)
Theomordha almost 13 years ago
Hoffa dis yolk an hoffa dat pun, dey all good.
totalspaceman2010 almost 13 years ago
Hahahahahaha! I love the silly ones.
pocounohamster almost 13 years ago
Stephan should have advised his friends that this would be happening…harking back to his blog of I’ve Got Friends…one being a man that is going to be executed by a firing squad.
Apollo366 almost 13 years ago
Way to go Rat!!
Nice work Pig & Stephan.
EdFenster Premium Member almost 13 years ago
The teamsters may be making a very special delivery to Mr. Pastis.
Gracey James Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Thats a bell ringer there Stephen!
handelbarr almost 13 years ago
what a great use of writer’s block! Thanks Stephen. May you RIP :-)
anthb almost 13 years ago
Love it, Stephan!
Yammo Premium Member almost 13 years ago
YEA!!! I love your word-game strips!
bigbadpete almost 13 years ago
Cannot think of a better pun than this one. Way to go Stephen!
fredmanson almost 13 years ago
Hey Stephan!! How is the water???
Logical Duck almost 13 years ago
It’s been so long since we’ve had the classic PBS pun framework: long set-up => pun delivery => payoff from Rat, that I thought Pastis had abandoned them. So today the punch line took me by surprise. So glad he is still doing them.
CORetired06 almost 13 years ago
I truly love it when Pastis does the puns. I can always use a good belly laugh. Thanks, Steph!!
bmonk almost 13 years ago
So, did they all mob Stephan, or was it just Rat?
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But in any case, I guess Stephan couldn’t jimmy the lock on the chains; Rat must have had too short a fuse.
bionica75 almost 13 years ago
Excellent Mr. Pastis!
abaffuto almost 13 years ago
This has to be one of the top three strips Pastis has ever done.
Toronto2 almost 13 years ago
Brava! Just, bravo.
FENRISULFR almost 13 years ago
Brilliant, simply brilliant!
PearlsFan88 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Stephan just keeps on getting better and better! A classic!
wkb123123 almost 13 years ago
Brilliant!
rfranchek almost 13 years ago
how high were you???
GATORx81 almost 13 years ago
This replaces “Dunk rye for me, Arch and Tina” as my favorite pun strip. Thanks, Stephan.
Phrogge almost 13 years ago
SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!
Took an hour or so, but my laughter is under control once more. We needed that
Michael McKown Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Groaaaaan…. LOL
Unclematter almost 13 years ago
Hoffa with his head!
OdderOtter almost 13 years ago
One of the best puns that ever came out of this strip. Thanks, Steve.
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Though I was away Sunday, I just have to add my appreciation for this decadent, American-style humor. Just don’t mess with my connected friends, cartoon-boy!
lin4869 almost 13 years ago
Unable to suppress evil laughter…
emanuejr almost 13 years ago
Another great pun strip. And I didn’t see this one coming. Thanks!
fwfulton almost 13 years ago
I have never left you a comment before, but this hoffa I can’t refuse. I so love it when you really hit the Puns
Spirit749 almost 4 years ago
I feel like stephen deserved that.
Bye Bye Jeffy almost 4 years ago
what im annoyed at is stephan comes back
CsRoberto2854 about 1 year ago
Look how they massacred my boy. – somebody who coulda been a contenda