Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 07, 2012
Transcript:
Pig: Hey, country Doctor Joe. How goes it? Joe: Not good, Pig...all them H.M.O's is a real tobaccy chew. Rat: What's that mean? Joe: H.M.O's...they're ruinin' my practice. Makes me so mad I gotta chew the tobaccy. Pig: They really stress you out? Joe: Yessuh...but not as much as my staff...they is a cigar chew. Pig: They make you so stressed you have to smoke cigars? Joe: Yup. But ain't nothin' as bad as them patients. They is so bad they make me have to chew the furry rug I has on my office floor. Pig: They're that bad? Joe: Just like they say. Pig: What do they say? Joe That patients is a fur chew. Rat: I vote we euthanize him.
The#1BoiseStateFan about 12 years ago
Euthanize? the hell?
hariseldon59 about 12 years ago
Another bad pun. I have to admit, I had to read the punchline a couple of times before I got it.
hariseldon59 about 12 years ago
Patience is a virtue.
jpini101-lists about 12 years ago
I’m with rat on this one!
Sherlock Watson about 12 years ago
So… Country Doctor Joe is into rug-munching?
sparkle 13 Premium Member about 12 years ago
HUH??
The Duke 1 about 12 years ago
I second the motion.
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
Call Kevorkian immediately – Stephan Passed His Gas.
Sisyphos about 12 years ago
Euthanize him?! EUTHANIZE HIM?!You’re going soft, Rat!Run him out of town on a log! Then, PUNish that Sad Little Man!
Linda1259 about 12 years ago
My head hurts . . . what a way to start a day . . . it must be all down hill from here . . . back to bed with covers over my eyes.
bahramthered about 12 years ago
Okay still don’t get it but think rat should have brought the shotgun back.
Coyoty Premium Member about 12 years ago
I vote we euthanize ourselves. We’re the ones who are suffering.
knight1192a about 12 years ago
I vote we euthanize Rat and snap Pastis’s pun pencil.
Alphaanddelta about 12 years ago
I would have used the last panel for a croc feeding orgy.
maryswigm about 12 years ago
Bravo…..it’s been too long without a pun
freeholder1 about 12 years ago
Country Doctor Joe Fish. When you see him, you’re…Give man an “F”!Give me a “U”!(See Woodstock for the rest.)
freeholder1 about 12 years ago
Sunday as Punday, not Funday. More like Monday. One day, you will pay, Stevie babe.
Herb Thiel Premium Member about 12 years ago
I love a good pun. It’s a great way to start any day. I’ll go see if I can find one somewhere. Actually it was pretty good for such a stretch.
Snoopy_Fan about 12 years ago
Getting more difficult to come up with puns, huh Steph?
Number Three about 12 years ago
LOL LOL!
xxx
Cajtri87 about 12 years ago
Very Punny Steph.
57-Don about 12 years ago
I’m with rat on this one
celeconecca about 12 years ago
euthanization would be too lenient.
jmartin1955 about 12 years ago
The long way for a horrible pun, loved it.
meillered about 12 years ago
Mr Pastis has very long arms. He’s really reaching for this one.
SquidGamerGal about 12 years ago
Is he even dating?
marshalljpeters Premium Member about 12 years ago
That’s a pun I didn’t see coming. Good one, if you like puns.
marshalljpeters Premium Member about 12 years ago
What do you think euthanize means? There’s a number of ways to do it.
Perkycat about 12 years ago
I can’t believe I read the whole thing. I’m with rat!
johnwalk about 12 years ago
Steve, I bet you have a lot more of these but space them out will you please. Getting old.
vwdualnomand about 12 years ago
running out of ideas?
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
I’m poor and need new cash to afford all those fancy drinks; as a result I don’t sweat much; does that make me a “new cash mere sweater?”
Queen of America about 12 years ago
Once again, Pastis cracks me up
A_NY_Outlaw about 12 years ago
Maybe it’s me, but I would like to see the Dr chew on a fur rug.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 years ago
Kudos to anyone who works that hard to set up a pun! Good one.
finale about 12 years ago
Carpet cleaner?
singlefemalelaywer about 12 years ago
Kill him with fire!!!!
olsen.re about 12 years ago
I LOVE bad puns, and Pastis is the MASTER!
Piksea Premium Member about 12 years ago
g*r*o*a*n
Fan o’ Lio. about 12 years ago
Euthanasia is just a young Chinese person.
vogonpoetry about 12 years ago
Who is the guy in the blue hat?
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member about 12 years ago
There’s the pun I was looking for in the last strip.
jackhs about 12 years ago
But Rat, Pastis is your creator. Without him you would not be.
xpurplezebra about 12 years ago
lobotomy gone wrong. maybe feed him to the crocs.
rgcviper about 12 years ago
Seemed like kind of a long setup for a joke they could’ve done in three panels.
Still made me groan / smile, though. How does Pastis do it, time after time?
Patricia Bocklage Premium Member about 12 years ago
I have to admit – I did not see that one coming…
CrypticWizard about 12 years ago
The thing I love most about this strip is when Pastis actually inserts himself into it to poke fun at his own bad jokes. I have never seen any other strip do that.
Ooten Aboot about 12 years ago
Those who can do it, do it. Those who can’t do it criticize.
Miss Buttinsky Premium Member about 12 years ago
It’s a good thing Stephan (fun punster) Pastis is in the driver’s seat….keep’em coming!
sandigilbo about 12 years ago
I KNEW a good pun was coming – and wasn’t disappointed.
bmonk about 12 years ago
I’m surprised that Rat didn’t resort to a Fur Chew after that line. But that would make him a rug rat, I guess…
DonVanni about 12 years ago
Was that a shaggy doc story?
nyoha about 12 years ago
Lame puns are pound for pound your best entertainment value! Just ask Gogo Dodo.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member about 12 years ago
Two “pun” strips in a week is too many. I’m unsubscribing.
drurylane about 12 years ago
You would have to know that the bearded guy in the last panel is the strip creator. I think it is pure genius!!
route66paul about 12 years ago
Put him out of our misery
rshts about 12 years ago
no good if you have to explain it!
killacowinWA about 12 years ago
Took a while to get to that punchline.
JoeStrike about 12 years ago
So Country Doctor Joe is a carpet muncher? ;-)
jkgibson about 12 years ago
I thought it was clever
mikeypharm about 12 years ago
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF ENTERING THE BULWER-LYTTON FICTION CONTEST?
massha about 12 years ago
Pastis – oh, you!
COMIC-ER almost 12 years ago
It’s funny, how they call people–instead of Joe–Country Doctor Joe, Cyclist Dan, so on
huky about 4 years ago
wow patience is a virtue This one was less funny…
dhqggf82w 12 months ago
i like puns with my coffee