Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 15, 2008
June 14, 2008
June 16, 2008
Transcript:
Pig: Looks like they're opening a new twenty-four-hour seafood restaurant downtown...it's called 'Cod-all-nightie'. Rat: Is that so? Pig: Yeah, and to celebrate the fact that they serve fish from all over the world, they're giving the first 100 customers a free...hmm...I can't pronounce it......'atLASS'? Rat: 'ATlass'...It's pronounced, 'ATlass'...and those are worth like fifty bucks. Let's go get one and sell it on Ebay. Hi...we'd like an atlas! Man: Oh, I think we gave away the last one. Wait wait...we do have one left... Pig: YES! FREE ATLASS!! FREE ATLASS!! THANK COD-ALL-NIGHTIE...OUR FREE ATLASS!! Rat: Say goodnight, Gracie.
mrcomicsfan about 12 years ago
had to read it through twice to get it- for those who dont, it is “free at last! free at last! thank god almighty, were free at last!”
joeshmo30 over 11 years ago
LOL!!! there is an animated version of this on youtube
comicsnerd74 over 9 years ago
I definitely get this.But on the youtube version, it’s hard to get the joke. I saw it on youtube first. First, I thought they had just said what the pun meant and I was confused. Then, I got “Cod All Nightie”. Then the “Free atLAS.” I never got the “our” until I saw the strip.
penguin56 over 8 years ago
FIRST PUN STRIP!
DarthRevan over 6 years ago
“Cod-all-nightie” in the first panel made it clear it was going to be a pun strip.
Goat from PBS over 3 years ago
Free at-lass!