Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 29, 2012

So where are Charlie the Owl and Henrietta Hippo?

Frog shake!

hey- That’s respect for the croc’s standards!

yeah at least he didn’t put him in a blender

I don’t think I’d leave dad alone with the frog. He probably likes frog legs, and other parts as well.

Considering that Cocs live in both the water and the land, doesn’t that make them Amphibians?

Amphibians usually start out as gill-using larvae who live entirely in water, then metamorphose into lung-using land based adults.

Crocs are reptiles who are born with lungs.

They might be regarded as amphibiOUS, but they aren’t amphibiANS.

Larry, stick to drinking your beer and leave Junior’s friend Freddy alone! Junior’s double- facepalm is warranted.

Junior’s rebellious streak continues. Dating a zebra, friends with an amphibian. Beside rampant stupidity what did dad do to deserve all this?

I’m pretty sure BillWa was trying to make a joke….They can’t all be gems.As I know altogether too well.

In any case, if Larry sounds hoarse later, he might have a little frog in his throat.

And ya gotta wonder how Patty is gonna react when she learns Larry actually caught something that could be a potential prey and he released it. Freddy doesn’t appear to have the coloration of a poisonous frog.

Looks like a frog…. sounds like a frog…. dang I think it is a frog!

If he keeps shaking that frog, they may have to have him toad.

Funny, it’s the croc that’s acting a tad Polish…..

Crocs use silverware?

Amphibians have to lay their eggs in water. Reptiles can lay their eggs on land.

With Larry around, Junior had better stick around to make sure that Freddy doesn’t croak.

No top hat or cane.

Poor frog :(

Never figger out why croc wives and kids speek diffrent from us grown-up dudes…

Interesting coincidence – that’s exactly what we do to OUR visitors.

Hope this doesn’t devolve into the crocs and frog singing “It’s not easy, being green”

Shaken, not stirred…nor blended.

Crocs use silverware?

next up: larry plays frogger!

Excellent strip!

But poor little Frog.

That reminds me…. Where’s Plaid?

I loved him.

xxx

And Mr. Dingle was played by none other than Chuck Woolery.

At least he didn’t Shake ’n Bake Freddy the Frog!

Shaking the frog and mentioning silverware reminded me of an old Marx Brother’s act, where every time someone shook Harpo’s hand, silverware fell out of his sleeve. When they took their act to Russia, that part got the most laughs.

PBS has color. Pastis must have spare crayons stashed away. It’s not easy being green, unless you’re a croc.

Where would the frog keep the silverware??

Isn’t the frog supposed to snap his fingers and call the mobsters like he did in Pearls last year????

HAHAHAHA