Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 21, 2012

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    Phatts  over 12 years ago

    … thought it was the bagpipe?

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    Sherlock Watson  over 12 years ago

    Yankovic 3:17 — “And yea, the wicked shall be seduced and led to their doom by a lady of Spain.”

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    kj1398  over 12 years ago

    i feel like pig has repented like 5 times….. whats with that?

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 12 years ago

    What Rat said at the end reminds me of a two-panel “Far Side” cartoon: Angel says, “Welcome to heaven. Here’s your harp.” Devil says, “Welcome to hell. Here’s your accordion.” My parents even have it framed (my late mother was a harpist [her harp from when since she was 15 was given to a niece] and my father —in his pre-teens— was an accordionist).

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    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago

    “Hell is other people.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

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    Wallaby  over 12 years ago

    uhh… And if you like polka music?

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    the_log_of_the_antares  over 12 years ago

    “Only Satan could have invented the accordion.” I agree. How do I ‘LIKE’ this page a hundred times?

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    Bilan  over 12 years ago

    But who created the people that play accordians?

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    Hillbillyman  over 12 years ago
    Hell could be a lot worse; it could be a eternity listing to Rap.
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    Varnes  over 12 years ago

    Wallaby, polka music played with banjos…..you will repent, or we’ll throw in the bagpipes…….playing MacArthur Park!

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    Varnes  over 12 years ago

    MacArthur Park, polka style, played by banjos and bagpipes, and why not, a penny whistle…..

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    Varnes  over 12 years ago

    Hillbillyman, music is like candy, I throw away the rappers…..

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    knight1192a  over 12 years ago

    Really Rat, I thought it was filled with Justin Bieber music.

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    eddie6192  over 12 years ago

    Lawrence Welk would be rolling over in his grave if he ever heard these two.

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    doublepaw  over 12 years ago

    I had a nephew that used to play the accordion. He gave it up to play music.

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    Hadarmil  over 12 years ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLgrnzfiZU&feature=fvwrel

    The best jazz musician on the planet. The Accordion is not to blame for crappy Polka as much as you can’t blame guitars for crappy Country music:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-MSysORmPc

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    3hourtour Premium Member over 12 years ago

    ..I like polka..

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    rejoiceitellyourejoice  over 12 years ago

    Here we have pearls from the swine.

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    Mostly Water Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Tubas tubas tubas!

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    johndifool  over 12 years ago

    Hey Pastis, there’s plenty of other types who will rip off Gary Larson all day-why join them?

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    jmartin1955  over 12 years ago

    I handle auto claims, satan invented those also, I’m in hell.

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    Sisyphos  over 12 years ago

    Must dissent theologically, Pastis. Here I stand: the is nothing inherently evil about either the accordion or polka music! It’s generations of enforced bad accordion-playing and bad polka knock-offs that have led to these unjust accusations! Hell would be having a bad “lounge singer” and accompanying pianist in that little room….

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    jmorris9999 Premium Member over 12 years ago

    I’ll buy a shirt with that strip on it for anyone that will wear it to the San Antonio International Accordion Festival. There must be video of it being worn at the festival and being cut off the body at the hospital.Not that I’m a fan…..

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    rolleg  over 12 years ago

    There are three circles of hell: Hip-Hop, Country & Western, and Modern Jazz.

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    rshive  over 12 years ago

    A terrorist once kidnapped a busload of banjo players. He threatened to release them if his demands weren’t met.

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    emjaycee  over 12 years ago

    I actually like accordion and bagpipe music. Just not at the same time.

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    finale  over 12 years ago

    Bravery: The accordian player in an all-girl topless band.

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    hcr1985  over 12 years ago

    If you like polka, then Hell is filled with rap music that features the filthiest lyrics

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    chaimsmom  over 12 years ago

    As an accordion player, I have to agree.

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    pfantom58  over 12 years ago

    He must have invented Comics since they are so much fun

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    Pandapapa  over 12 years ago

    I thought hell was watching endless re-runs of ‘The Sound of Music.’

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    tigre1  over 12 years ago

    “If I have to listen, tie me to the mast…row on…”

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    Stream of conscience  over 12 years ago

    Played by crocs…

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    coffeemugman  over 12 years ago

    Reminds me of a Larson Far Side piece of the same reference. “Welcome to Heaven, here’s your harp. (bottom of panel) Welcome to hell, here’s your accordion”

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    Spyderred  over 12 years ago

    I would have said trumpets playing “the lost child”,

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    Chepi89  over 12 years ago

    Hell could be listening to country in the midwest.

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    rroush Premium Member over 12 years ago

    I would have thought Satan would be playing the “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” over and over and over and…

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    margieface  over 12 years ago

    For me it would be Organ music!

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member over 12 years ago

    For me the devils instrument is the ukulele

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    Lynn Savage  over 12 years ago

    Anyone who doesn’t like polka hasn’t heard Brave Combo.

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    Peter Gruenbaum Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Q: What’s the difference between an onion and an accordion?A: No one cries when you cut up an accordion.

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    fishbulb239  over 12 years ago

    Hell is the largest city in Arizona.

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    Number Three  over 12 years ago

    I know that Rat will be on his way down there.

    And Pig will finally be able to fly with his angel wings.

    xxx

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    Paul Go Premium Member over 12 years ago

    I disagree with Rat.

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    peabodyboy  over 12 years ago

    The devil gave up the fiddle and took up the accordion, after Johnny beat him down in Georgia.

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    YakuzaBob  over 12 years ago

    Does this make Weird Al Yankovic the Ghost Rider?!

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    unca jim  over 12 years ago

    " Hat-Trick’ definition; “Bouncing an accordion off the back of a dumpster, crushinga banjo and a bagpipe on the same shot.” I know, I know… Heresy in the Midwest, but I’ve BTDT,play all three. Yankovic paid well.

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    GoodQuestion Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Aw wunnerful, wunnerful . . . . ⚉

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    acesover  over 12 years ago

    Extreme Accordion Skills

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    karljung  over 12 years ago

    If you’ve never heard the Beer Belly Polka you have not lived in either Heaven or Hell. Note to self, Gotta git me some sausage and beer.

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    kzcreations.com  over 12 years ago

    geez talk about comments! who would’ve known an accordion pun would spark such a conversation! i was talking to myself over on the Bo Nannas strip, but there’s a lot of action here!

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    alaskajohn1  over 12 years ago

    Rap played on kazoos

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    Bill Chapman  over 12 years ago

    Nah – Bagpipes are a human invention. They are designed specifically to annoy your neighbors and everyone else within 5 miles….

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    Doctor Go  over 12 years ago

    http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~kaminsmj/welcome.jpg

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    Stormrider2112  over 12 years ago

    Weird Al Yankovic. His polka medleys are some of the greatest mashups of pop music ever created!

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    g.iangoodson  over 12 years ago

    The Who?

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    readerjdl  over 12 years ago

    As a good German married to a Polish gentleman, I MUST rise to the defense of the accordion and the polka…..fun music!!!! and I don’t care what rat and pig think!!!

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    Ranger Reg  over 12 years ago

    THANK YOU for reminding everyone that June IS Accordion Awareness Month! ;.)

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    Snoopy_Fan  over 12 years ago

    Y’all crack me up!!!

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    whiteaj  over 12 years ago

    The banjo.

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    whiteaj  over 12 years ago

    Perfect pitch: when the banjo and the accordion hit the dumpster at exactly the same time.

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    el8  over 12 years ago

    Use an Accordian, Go to Prison

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    ronaldschafer  over 12 years ago

    () lolGood one.

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    lakita_lover  over 12 years ago

    If Stephen is a Weird Al fan, he ought to mail a signed copy of this to Al. :)

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    librarymom  over 12 years ago

    Death Metal Accordion rocks.

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    ReneeZimbodgi  over 12 years ago

    100TH COMMENT!!!

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    jessegooddoggy  about 12 years ago

    Yes, if I knew hell was filled with rap, I would become a bible thumper yesterday.

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    comicsnerd74  over 9 years ago

    oh god no.

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    Ethan the new guy  over 9 years ago

    Excuse me, I happen to love bagpipe music!

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    Venetus Alpha  almost 6 years ago

    I like the Accordion!

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    sdfghjkkkk  almost 5 years ago

    dont let jon arbuckle hear that

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