Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 22, 2012
Transcript:
"Danny Donkey went to the park. A woman approached him. Help save our train, sir. It's for the children. Danny Donkey looked up and saw a miniature steam train in disrepair. 'I will save your train,' said Danny Donkey. 'And give it a new and shiny track.' So Danny Donkey spent all his money and fixed the train. And on the day of the re-opening, everyone cheered the shiny new train. And watched as it departed the new station and rolled down its shiny new track. Which now led out of the park. And straight to the liquor store. Yay." Rat: "'I have built the world's most convenient beer run.' shouted Danny." Goat: THIS is your commemoration of neighborhood improvement day? Pig: No child shall ever be thirsty again!!
Sherlock Watson over 12 years ago
Sing along with Sherlock: “Everybody’s doin’ a brand new dance, now…”
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Danny Donkey knows what matters, and, it’s for the children!
garytriehl over 12 years ago
where is the strip
marienat over 12 years ago
I don’t see it either.
Coyoty Premium Member over 12 years ago
The liquor store was at a strip maul.
tangcameo over 12 years ago
Yknow there IS a kids train in my city and a liquor store about eight blocks straight west of it. Hmmmmm
finale over 12 years ago
I love a happy ending.
comicgal10 over 12 years ago
Wow the people survived danny
vlechtja over 12 years ago
Gimme my strip!!!
ltrauth over 12 years ago
None of the site’s strips are showing up for some viewers – at least half the viewers if the comments are any indication. Lio, Chickweed, Argyle Sweater and several others. If you go to the previous day, those strips are visible so obviously it’s a GoComics problem (and one that they’ve had previously). Need I say I’m getting pretty sick of it? My spam quotient has gone up 3 fold since I subscribed to my daily comics. If I have to put up with that, the site had better well work.
milhouse.vh over 12 years ago
I’m not seeing it either. This is the second time that’s happened this week. What has changed?
Strod over 12 years ago
If you can’t see the strip, try this link.
Number Three over 12 years ago
Awwwwww. Cute story.
I love how Pig goes crazyyyyyyy!
xxx
rolleg over 12 years ago
Try St. Johns, New Foundland: every second business on the main drag is a bar; and they open early Sunday morning, very early Sunday morning. And they have plenty of customers!
Snoopy_Fan over 12 years ago
“No child shall ever be sober again!”
Collo Rosso over 12 years ago
No child left behind . . . on the trip to the Liquor Store.
lizardlover2 over 12 years ago
My suggestion to improve THIS neighborhood is to send Rat to art school. Danny Donkey has Pig’s nose and nothing of donkey in him.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 12 years ago
Maybe Danny Donkey could give GoComics a hand with repairs.
sandigilbo over 12 years ago
Danny makes a Bud-wiser investment. Gives new meaning to making a beer run.
Yontrop over 12 years ago
I lived in the south part of Milwaukee for a while in the 1970’s. There were no “Business opportunities”. Five blocks? Not a chance.
Hillbillyman over 12 years ago
Mine finally showed up…about to get mad
bmonk over 12 years ago
Here I was ready for an outrageous shaggy-dog pun.
I guess we need to train Stephan? Or dog him until he delivers?? Where should we park it? Can we run him out of town on a rail??
A_NY_Outlaw over 12 years ago
Leave it to Danny Donkey for telling it like it is.
zero over 12 years ago
Story of the Pie-eyed Piper
Chepi89 over 12 years ago
ROFL!!! Way better than those stupid motorized bar stools!
librarymom over 12 years ago
The light at the end of the tunnel says Liquor.
Rakostump over 12 years ago
I love Danny Donkey! I don’t like all of these refenences to beer and stuff though. Overall though, Pearls is an amazing comic :D
dawnlouise over 9 years ago
There is a small steam train that runs in Toronto’s Roundhouse Park. Also in Roundhouse Park, a stone’s throw from the mini-train depot, is Steam Whistle Brewing (complete with tasting room). Hmmmm…did Stephan know about this?!?
Caedmon The Great about 4 years ago
When I saw the 4th panel I thought Rat must actually be making a decent book for once, but panel 9…I can’t stop laughing XD
Patrick_Star about 1 year ago
Can’t wait for Danny to realize that, now that he’s apparently spent all of his money rebuilding the train to take him to the liquor store, he can’t afford to buy liquor.