Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 18, 2003
May 17, 2003
May 19, 2003
Transcript:
"What's that thing?" "Looks like some kind of bug." "Excuse me? 'Some kind of bug?'...I, Sir, am a 'Lepidus Souzaranti,' a rare and exotic bug protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act." "What I'm handing you now is a list of federal, state, and local agencies you will need to contact before you may resume your loathsome construction project." "Those agencies will perform an exhaustive, eighteen-month review of the situation and outline the necessary steps you must take to protect my delicate habitat." "Of course, what's a few months' delay and some cost overruns when it comes to saving a Lepidus Souzaranti?" "CRRRUNCH." "I wish all my problems were that simple."
Illegal, maybe. Who’s going to tell?
And it’s a freaking bug… you don’t hold up humanity for the livelihood of a BUG.