Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 12, 2012
February 11, 2012
February 13, 2012
Transcript:
"Elly Elephant was tired of staying home Friday nights. So she went to a bar. 'Hello', she said to the hippo sitting on the bar stool next to her. 'I am Elly Elephant.' 'My interests are 19th century romantic poetry, South American birds and the work of historian Robert Caro.' 'I came here tonight in the hopes of meeting someone with similar sensibilities,' 'Oh, silly me, ' said Elly. 'All I've done is go on oafishly about myself. I'm sure you have much more crudite things to say.' Nice rear. Elly Elephant beat the crudite hippo with his own bar stool." Goat: You know, most romance novels have happy endings. Rat: Yeah...I'm making up for that. Pig: Her rear is rather attractive.
artybee almost 13 years ago
Number Six — Crude, but might be the only time I laugh out loud all day. Thanks!
rf_eq almost 13 years ago
a very rare romance subgenre
zero almost 13 years ago
I wish I could meet an Elly. All the women here want to go “huntin’ ‘n fishin’ ’n ride Harleys…”
SarahPlain almost 13 years ago
Innocent little Pig, attracted to a rear?
arye uygur almost 13 years ago
Isn’t a pig just a miniature elephant without tusks or a trunk?(Come to think of it, a boar – wild pig – does have tusks).
orinoco womble almost 13 years ago
Crudités are raw vegetables you serve with dip or sauce. It’s not an adjective. Crude, however, is.
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
All together now; on 3!1…2…3!
MALE CHAUVINIST, PIG!
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Hugh B. Hayve almost 13 years ago
Pig’s favorite song was one by Sir Mix-a-lot.
finale almost 13 years ago
Is a barstool considered “social media”?
finale almost 13 years ago
Took some big ones to make that statement!
eddie6192 almost 13 years ago
Pig’s gonna be in big trouble if Pigita finds out.
qwertaz almost 13 years ago
HENRY HIPPO IS A PERV
Snoopy_Fan almost 13 years ago
I don’t know about HER rear, but I’ve seen a lot of rears that just make my day!
theLazyCartoonist almost 13 years ago
Homer Simpson to Dr. Hibbert:
“Don’t foget your hippopotamus oath!”
A_NY_Outlaw almost 13 years ago
It could have been much worse. Elly could have thrown a trunk at him.
V-Beast almost 13 years ago
What do you get if you cross an elephant with a rhinocerous?elephino.
pbechard almost 13 years ago
Nice Patsis tribute over in “Dark Side of the Horse”http://www.gocomics.com/comic/explore/1163710/10
codedaddy almost 13 years ago
To borrow an ancient joke.
codedaddy almost 13 years ago
A bit risque, pig, but was the ultimate line in the comic. Ha!
For those of you just learning the word,“erudite”, it is even trickier to probounce: Air-you-dite is close.
Number Three almost 13 years ago
’ Nice rear’ ?
That’s a bit awkward.. Especially in the presence of a lady!
Tch Tch!
Still funny though.
LOL xxx
Hoodude almost 13 years ago
Omg,shoulda known a Caro fan,,have heard maybe a year plus until the final LBJ is finis,,and that jerk Moyers ain’t talking,,give it up you lily-livered coward
finale almost 13 years ago
I mis-spelled in “DSOTH” comment area, but the intent is there.
hcr1985 almost 13 years ago
This looks like many of the encounters I have had with guys..except for the stool part!!
squirrel500 almost 13 years ago
I’LL SAY IT ELLY!nice rear
chris_weaver almost 13 years ago
The hippo’s favorite romantic poetry tends to be about a certain Man from Nantucket.
fatjimi almost 13 years ago
are those ink spots all over Rat’s face and head?
bergamot almost 13 years ago
If only Rat really published romance novels. When I was little my girl doll was constantly rejecting the boy doll’s come-ons and sending him to his death when he persisted. Ah, Childhood! How I miss thee.
bmonk almost 13 years ago
Both Elly and Hippo are rather small compared to the persons next to them in panel four.
++++
OTOH, Pig, for once, is rather a pig. I hope he doesn’t use such lines to pick up, say, Pigita.
BobSpelledBackwards almost 13 years ago
You know you’re not a erudite person when you have to look up the word erudite.
windla1 almost 13 years ago
I am trying online dating right now, and this strip is right on! I posted a very detailed profile and fully clad, approriate pictures, and had one guy describe how he wanted to kiss every inch of my body. Mars, Venus.
orinoco womble almost 13 years ago
I’m very nearsighted and the print is tiny.
naturally_easy almost 13 years ago
Why is Rat covered in specks? What is that, ink splotches?
Hoodude over 12 years ago
Correction: Mr Caro on Charlie Rose last nite,2/20..the final LBJ work “Passage of Power” due for release 5/2..hallelujah
KatP Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Pig apparently likes a little junk in the trunk.
comicsnerd74 over 9 years ago
Look at the 4th panel!Stephen snuck himself in!
benjamineyal almost 6 years ago
Robert Caro is amazing
Bye Bye Jeffy over 3 years ago
you can see the back of stephan in the right side of the 4th panel
CesarSantos over 3 years ago
No one cares about Robert Caro, Elly.
SoccerSkillz almost 3 years ago
it says erudite.
SoccerSkillz almost 3 years ago
not crudite