Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 01, 2014
Transcript:
Pig: Thanks for coming over for dinner, Goat. Sorry about the dust on the dining room table. We don't use it very often. Goat: Oh, no problem. Thanks for inviting me over. Rat: Did you know that ninety percent of all dust in your house is actually dead skin cells. Pig: How 'bout we eat standing up? Goat: Must you ruin everything?!
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
So should they use a Swiffer or a loofah?
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
What’s the other 10% of dust in the house?
Ida No over 10 years ago
That’s not a turkey. It’s just dead skin cells that decided to get together for the party.
esmeyny over 10 years ago
The other 10% are parts of dead insects (and this looks quite impressive when magnified).
blunebottle over 10 years ago
Oh, thanks. There goes my appetite!
pearlsarefuzzy over 10 years ago
Oh no! That’s not LGD sitting on the table, is it? Stewed in his own juices?
avocet13 over 10 years ago
Wow! Tuned in to read a comic and learned something!
The Winy Child over 10 years ago
lets hope the crocs get em!
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
every time I empty my wirlwind vacuum, I always say goodbye to part of me, and it’s beginning to look a lot like me?
Mostly Water Premium Member over 10 years ago
Dead skin cells? It’s that the stuff so many people like on their chicken, turkey and chicken nuggets?
jimelek over 10 years ago
I knew that!
Saddenedby Premium Member over 10 years ago
according to statistics87% of all facts are made up on the spur of the moment to keep political arguments going57% of all facts are made up the next day to keep all marital arguments going42% of all facts are made up on the spot to keep a persons job AND100% of all facts are known by anyone you are having a disagreement with.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 10 years ago
@pearlsarefuzzy—You could be onto something, LGD hasn’t been seen lately…BTW, neither has Mr. Snuffles!
Carl R over 10 years ago
Dust mites need humidity in the air as they have no ability to consume liquid, and draw liquid from the air. The do exist below 50% humidity, but their numbers are drop dramatically below that level. The dust mites themselves cause no trouble (they don’t bite or anything), but many/most people are allergic to their feces, which they make a lot of. Dust mites are fairly large, but the feces break up into very tiny dust, and a HEPA rated vacuum is necessary to extract it from the air – with other vacuums you are just picking it up and blowing it into the room, making things worse, not better.
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
I was going to snark, “Who invited Rat?” But then I recalled that this is the house shared by Rat and Pig. He’s at home—in every sense….
Number Three over 10 years ago
Yep… Rat has to spread his poison everywhere.
xxx
Lamberger over 10 years ago
And virtually all serial killers started out on mother’s milk — an example of yet another gateway drug.
cilantro55 over 10 years ago
Why so prissy? After all, they ARE having dinner with a PIG!
Thirsty Badger over 10 years ago
Actually, he’s screaming at Rat for his comment about what dust is composed of.
HowieL over 10 years ago
“It is a well known fact that over half of all statistics on the internet are fabrications.” Benjamin Franklin
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
“…95% of people blindly accept statistics like that, even though even a cursory examination of the claim would reveal it to be utter bulls**t?”-——————————————————————-But BOY does it sell mattresses!
uksing921 over 8 years ago
The food’ll still be on the table. That won’t solve anything, Pig.
LOAFY over 3 years ago
It’s even worse. Dead skin cells are just the food source the dust mites are attracted to. Dust is actually the dead skin, plus the living and dead dust mites, and their waste. So that table is covered in dead skin, tiny bugs, and their sh*t.