Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 07, 2012

And just exactly what’s wrong with using “whom” when it’s grammatically appropriate?

Rat doesn’t know with whom he’s dealing. Adding a preposition (like “with” and “to”) at the end of a sentence is bad English grammar.

I’m with Rat on the “Love the Who” part; not so much the rest of the sign. —-Baba, oh Really?

has anyone seen the ITT Tech ad where the guy totally misuses “whom”? it’s just too hard…

As a fervent Whomer, I am offended, Pastis! I demand an apology from Pig, and from Rat, and from whomever else is in cahoots with this ungrammatical gang of agitators!

I guess I would be on rat’s bad list. (I can live with that.) At least writing, I take the trouble to get “whom” in the right places. What really sounds stupid though, is using “whom” where it should be “who”. “Whom do you think you are?” for instance.

Whom Sweet Whom.

People who say “come with,” rarely do. . ..

There really are only two kinds of people in the world, though…People who think there are only two kinds of people in the world, and those who don’t..

So if someone who uses ‘Whom’ is a ‘Whomer’, does that mean that someone who uses ‘Who’ is a ‘Who-er’

I think most of my friends are who-ers.

Varnes, I’m sure you know there are actually 10 kinds of people in the world…those who understand binary and those who don’t.

Considering Rat did use the word whom in his explination to Pig, that means that the sign applies to himself as well. So I guess that means we must hate Rat as he wants the sign to be obeyed. At which point he will either say it is okay to use the word whom or that it is okay for him to use the word but anyone else must be hated. Most likely the latter. Foolish, foolish Rat.

@ Radish, no one you know: D’oh! I was going to say that!

I’d like to see “whom” go the way of “thee” and “thine”. I’ve been looking for years for sentences that absolutely require “whom” except to satisfy pedants, and I haven’t seen one yet.

As for not using a preposition at the end of the sentence, that is a Latin-scholar misinterpretation of how Germanic languages use words as both prepositions and adverbs. “Komm mit!” is perfectly good German and the colloquial English equivalent is perfectly understood.

Language belongs to the people who use it, guided by the people who use it best, not by dusty old scholars who think, contrary to all history, that languages should never change.

I guess, then, that I’m one who has to be hated. By Rat. I can live with that.

Actually there are three kinds of people in the world … those that are good at math and those that aren’t.

same here (david tennent to) but i also like The Who. happy ester everyone!

There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don’t.

There are three kinds of people in the world, those who understand numbers and those who don’t.

Worse than the whom users are the whom misusers as in “I personally know Rick Perry whom is governor of Texas”.

I found this strip to be quite whomerous

There are only 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and…

There are only 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary, and those that don’t.

I’m the person whom failed english.

Sometimes when I read the comments I get deja vu, all over again. binary, math, etc.

Rat is just anti-educated, like a large proportion of the American sheeple.

Among the sheeple there is sometimes a Rat. More often a wolf, like Gingrich or that other coward, Cantor.

I guess, then, someone who’s always alert to uses of whom is a whomerist. Sounds like pig’s is just ill-whomered. Besides, no pig with no more imagination than to be named “Pig” has any room to talk about language skills.

@halibaitor“There are only 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary, and those that don’t.”

Ah, nuts..To me, it’s just a buncha 1’s and 0’s..and that bytes.

Why do I have this urge to view the old movie “For WHO the bell tolls” (It tolls for thee) ?

A whom by any other name….010111

I do love The Who, but I don’t mind whomers. XD

“Whom” is the most useless, unnecessary, word in the English language. It should only be used in lawyer talk, such as “to whom it may concern” and “ipso facto”. Just plain “who” is all we need.

Funny, but sad. How did so many miss the real purpose of the strip?

On the other hand, knowing the difference between “who” and “whom” helps avoid such statements as “between you and I”. Or, as I once heard, “That’s between him and I!”

As Winston Churchill said, this is the kind of nonsense up with which I shall not put.

Good name for a Who tribute band: “The Whom”

I agree with Rat. We should destroy the Whomers!

You know, Rat has done something like this before, where he and Goat were in a diner and a guy next to them sats to his friend, “And you cant help but wonder, at the end of the day, does it ever really matter?”. Rat turns to him and asks, “Did you really just use the expression ‘At the end of the day’?”. The man replies, “Yes. Why?” Rat then K.O.‘s him with a Tapatio bottle and says to Goat, "I’m gonna stop that expression one speaker at a time.".

So really, this is no suprise to me.

Pig’s face is Priceless!

LOL xxx

So like my life… so true, so sad. He travels to his mom and dad’s, and I have to live here… but the ain’t quite bad so I’ll stay.

It’s OK to end a question with a preposition. It’s just so satisfying to say “whom.”

It’s never been verified that Churchill said it (and I know because I looked it up in Who’s Whom). As with many quotes attributed to famous people, it’s probably either apocryphal or misstated.

ROFL. Thank you, all of you! Today’s comments really brightened my day. Now if only we’d use the word “between” properly—you know, relating to only TWO people or objects…….

What we have here is a failure to communicate. But that’s ok, because sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.

Excellent!

Whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom whom.So there.

He certainly has gotten some mileage out of this whole thing. You might say there has been significant “Fruit Of The Whom”.

Those darned “Whomanists”…

Whom says he’s wrong?He’s totally right.(Oh crap, did I just say that out loud?)

I mean… different situations call for different words…

I prefer whom’st’d’ve’ly’a’in’t’ed’yes’i’es

Whomer Simpson?

Repent!