Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 14, 2014
Transcript:
Goat: I've finally started carpooling to work. Pig: I'm afraid to carpool. Goat: Why are you afraid? Pig: I'm afraid the car will get trapped in a tunnel. And with all the people inside. I won't be able to get out. Goat; That's a very specific fear. Is there a name for it? Pig: Carpool tunnel syndrome. Goat; This has to stop.
Bilan almost 10 years ago
That only happens when you’re texting while driving.
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
I too find that not funny, Goat.
Sherlock Watson almost 10 years ago
Sometimes the puns all swirl together and become completely garbled.:Would that be garbled funnel syndrome?
ChasOldMan almost 10 years ago
Please: don’t stop!
wiselad almost 10 years ago
I am scared of going to the carpool Tuesdays and Fridays, when it is Mrs Turner turn to drive……… it is carpool Turner syndrome
Digital Frog almost 10 years ago
It’s what killed Princess Diana
wiselad almost 10 years ago
I am afraid of getting my car stuck on the tunnel………… why?…………… because by law I can’t push the cars inside a tunnel, the doctors call my situation Car Pull tunnel syndrome
Ida No almost 10 years ago
Why stop? “Carpool Tunnel Syndrome” is funny. Give us another one!
oldschool434 almost 10 years ago
he deserves a slap on that wrist
Barker62 almost 10 years ago
Oh! the humanity of it all!!!!!!
It WAS funny!!!
juicebruce almost 10 years ago
Stephan what is your trigger of thought : Wine,Whiskey or BEER !
DamnHappyChappy almost 10 years ago
LOL !!!! I just love these puns. Keep them coming.
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
LOL
emjaycee almost 10 years ago
Not kidding: Universal Studios (Orlando, FL) Halloween Horror Nights (12 or 13-ish) had, in one of their personal fears scare houses, a long but silent hallway between rooms of nothing but stuffed large toy goldfish, slimy and nasty to the touch, hanging from the ceiling. No way of getting around them at all without touching them. Ick. I asked one of the escorts (people who would help anyone totally freaked out – standard among all of the houses) if this was representing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. He said, “Yes. Very few people got the joke.” I have not seen that idea back yet and they are up to HHN24 this year. Hey, I thought it was humorous.
drjinx almost 10 years ago
BOOOO
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
Goat represents the Voice of Reason, challenging Cartoon-Boy.Ha ha ha hah, he he he heh!Keep it up, witty, unshaven, punny punk!
drjinx almost 10 years ago
If you need to have it, how about farbled gunnel syndrome ?
Plumbob Wilson almost 10 years ago
One of the better ones.
kenneth cronin almost 10 years ago
love the puns !
Kaputnik almost 10 years ago
Yes, Goat. This ritual pretense that people don’t like puns has to stop.
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member almost 10 years ago
A+!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 10 years ago
“The only thing we have to fear is Pearls Before Swine itself…”—from FDR’s first inaugural speech (before Eleanor edited it!).
puddlesplatt almost 10 years ago
and I thought it was a car wash, silly of me.
elbob83709 almost 10 years ago
10.5/10
chris_o42 almost 10 years ago
LOL! Loved it! I worked in Physical Therapy for almost 30 years and saw a lot of it!
hariseldon59 almost 10 years ago
Carpool? I didn’t know cars could swim.
Zanere almost 10 years ago
sorry. made me laugh :)
drjinx almost 10 years ago
Cunnel Fake ? There is a lot of them out there. They lie about their age too. And crap full syndrome.
Shubes almost 10 years ago
Stephan…Stephan…Stephan…
Oh my lord, you DO know how to make me laugh, boss… You have way too much time on your hands to keep coming up with these puns. But don’t ever stop!
Stocky One almost 10 years ago
Don’t stop! I love it!
RACerri32 almost 10 years ago
Yes! STOP, it hurts when I laugh!
karen.kinsel almost 10 years ago
I made that joke back in the 1990s, and it was published in Herb Caen’s column in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Linda Solomon almost 10 years ago
@ STEPHEN PASTIS
Your BEST pun ever!!
celeconecca almost 10 years ago
no, no it doesn’t have to stop!
Mayor Snorkum almost 10 years ago
Why are the characters always standing behind some kind of wall? Sometimes they’re behind a bar. It’s as if Steph doesn’t know how to draw the bottom half of bodies; but he does know, as witness the fourth panel. Is it laziness? Seems like carefully drawing all the bricks, or stones, would take longer than just drawing the whole characters. So sloth isn’t the culprit here. What’s the deal? Anyone?
usedm almost 10 years ago
And the groaning grows every day. Can’t you hear it? Please make it stop.
StCleve72 almost 10 years ago
Hey PIg; carpool diem!
David Rickard Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Meh… only a two-groaner pun, not down to Pastis’ usual standards.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member almost 10 years ago
This is why I stopped reading the strip — nothing but stupid puns.
legaleagle48 almost 10 years ago
Believe it or not, I didn’t see the pun coming!
Observer fo Irony almost 10 years ago
At 56 comments and counting why stop, do more until you suffer from Carpe Diem syndrome.
Thehag almost 10 years ago
Goat and Rat agree on something!Love these.
Mike Parsons Premium Member almost 10 years ago
One of your best puns, Mr. Pastis!
gmu328 almost 10 years ago
Classic Pastis (kind of rhymes)
mcnrpn almost 10 years ago
I liked it too. Keep ’em coming Stephan!
Number Three almost 10 years ago
How very realistic.
xxx
ChessPirate almost 10 years ago
Don’t!Stop!Don’t!Stop!Don’t! Stop!Don’t! Stop!Don’t Stop!Don’t Stop!Don’t Stop!
singlefemalelaywer almost 10 years ago
HILARIOUS !!!!!!
Kind&Kinder almost 10 years ago
We’ll have to administer little beatings to Stephan, but only if he STOPS!
tazz555 almost 10 years ago
Congrats Pastis…you made a dumb joke that was almost kind of sort of funny
BillWa almost 10 years ago
Many years ago my father in law was supervisor of the HOV section of the Mt. Baker tunnel here in Seattle. A lot of workers got sick from toxic material in the soil. And yes, they did call it CarPool Tunnel Syndrome. Nobody died, but it did delay the project by almost a year.
1148559 almost 10 years ago
I love the puns! Please, keep them coming!
brainiac79 almost 10 years ago
Nooo! Thief! I’ve been using that one for years. I think Stephan’s been following me around to pick up my lamest jokes.
jdkingbear almost 10 years ago
A friend of mine try to out do each other with pathetic, innane, and worthless puns imaginable. Just sent him this one. Me win !!
KEA almost 10 years ago
I LIKE this one.
Censorhead over 3 years ago
Didn’t get it.
koolen3k almost 2 years ago
Carpal tunnel syndrome! Y’know? Focus!