Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 25, 2015
Transcript:
Pig: Hey Sam! Hey Ella! How's your auto parts business doing? Sam: Not good. We developed a brake called the 'out-brake.' 'Cause it can out-brake any other on the market, but no one comes into our store to buy it. Pig: What's the name of the store where you two sell it? Sam: 'The Sam and Ella Out-Brake Store.' Our cafe's doing particularly bad.
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
I bet they’re not doing any worse than Ray-B’s Pet Shop.
knight1192a over 9 years ago
Saw that pun coming in Pig’s first two lines in Panel 1.
danfromfreddybeach over 9 years ago
People here will buy cigarettes called Black Death with a skull and crossbones on them so I bet a place with a name like Sam and Ella’s would do a booming business.
Partyalldatyme over 9 years ago
If it were “Hey Ella! Hey Sam!” it would have disguised it a little.
Alexander the Good Enough over 9 years ago
Well, things close to that happen in the real world. I lived in a small rural town several decades ago, and living in that town was a fellow named Sam whose wife’s name was Martha. He set up a locksmith shop in a big blue van that he drove around town all the time with the name of his business painted on the side: S & M Lock and Key. It was a small town…
AtariDragon over 9 years ago
I rue that pun. It goes into the rue bin.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 9 years ago
When I first moved to Atlanta in 1979, there was a widely advertised auto service business called “S&M Clutch and Brake”. Wish I’d taken a photo of their downtown billboard.
Phatts over 9 years ago
not in league with the puns here so far, but I know of a place in Corona, Ca, where the address is 120 North Joy Street.On the building, they abbreviated “North” to “NO.”, so it reads:120 NO. JOYone of the saddest addresses I’ve ever seen.
blunebottle over 9 years ago
Then there’s this shop:https://goo.gl/maps/RnF9h
dadoctah over 9 years ago
Used to be a paint-n-wallpaper store near me called “Harry Green Wallcovering”. Disgusting name, to be sure, but not as bad as another office that still exists: “Loose Brown Attorneys”.
knight1192a over 9 years ago
Why Pastis Stopped Being a Lawyer
jackhs over 9 years ago
Where’s the baseball bat for using on Pastis
Jonathan Mason over 9 years ago
No s*** – I hadn’t worked that out, thank you so much
dorotheac928 over 9 years ago
Yesterday we drove by
Randy Church Restorations.
Steverino Premium Member over 9 years ago
That’s why the vocal Team of Sammy Davis Jr. and Ella Fitzgerald never worked out….
Mikel V over 9 years ago
And to make it worse, they hired a store manager named “Mary T. Floyd”
Ida No over 9 years ago
Could have been worse. Could have been the Tuff Brakes store.
GalleyOar over 9 years ago
And the old classic used plumbing shop – Honest Carr the Used John Dealer.
Plods with ...™ over 9 years ago
Now, where’s that baseball bat?
Sandfan over 9 years ago
“Sam and Ella’s – Try our antibiotic menu”.
Sandfan over 9 years ago
Regardless of your politics, please take a moment today to honor those who gave their lives in defense of our country.
Chief Inspector over 9 years ago
Congrats on the Reuben award Stephen: Long overdue on this in my opine.
sarah413 Premium Member over 9 years ago
@Phatts California. What about 420? Is the “No” removed from Joy St.?
jbmlaw01 over 9 years ago
Pastis: Winner of the 2015 Reuben for Newspaper Comic Strip – 3rd time
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/05/24/2015-reubens-roz-chasts-big-award-caps-a-winning-event-for-women-creators/
meillered over 9 years ago
Did you know that Lois Lane’s parents were named Sam and Ella?
Godfreydaniel over 9 years ago
They lived in a nice house on Lois Lane………
Packratjohn Premium Member over 9 years ago
Me, too, but what’s wrong with your car?
dre7861 over 9 years ago
By the first panel I knew this was going to be a pun strip but as always I didn’t get it until the last panel. Good job, Mr Pastis!
Ermine Notyours over 9 years ago
The fundraising turkeys for the marching band in Funky Winkerbean come from Sam ‘n’ Ella’s Farm.
abbybookcase over 9 years ago
i’ve recently been entertained in a twisted way by the problems of a prominent chinese place that had let themselves go, been cited a number of times, etc. but now they’re in big trouble cause of a salmonella outbreak among a large number of people attending a banquet there. the banquet was for the asian law students. law students & their teachers were the victims. if anyone had died it would not be funny, but no one did. let the trials begin!!
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
Here in Pinellas County, we used to have Stuckey Plumbing, a pediatrician named Dr. Kidwell, and a proctologist named Dr. Butter. According to Google, they’re no longer here, but I remember them.
whiteaj over 9 years ago
Was Ella’s shirt painted on?
JP Steve Premium Member over 9 years ago
Well, since the “Sam and Ella” pun has been done to death, I assume the “out-brake” part was the intended novel twist.
Number Three over 9 years ago
Time to brush up on some appropriate, less gross sounding business ideas.xxx
LNER4472 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Then there’s this place I pass all the time on the way to and from a client:http://smautosupply.com/I went in for auto paint one time. All they had was fifty shades of gray.
Aslan Balaur over 9 years ago
Why isn’t Rat beating Pastis in panel 4?
knight1192a over 9 years ago
That’s often me. Sometimes I’ll get it in the second panel, or in the case of a Sunday strip the third or fourth panel (depending on how many panels on that Sunday), but practically never in panel one. This one was just too obvious.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 9 years ago
i saw a gas station once when i was a kid that was called “gas & go” with a huge hand painted sign out front that said “eat here and gas up” i have often wondered since then if they sold rolaids and tums and if they were in business long
kaffekup over 9 years ago
Also in Atlanta, there was a “Sam and Eli’s Deli”, (the owner’s kids), commonly known as the “The Salmonella Deli”. Actually pretty good. And the Brown Tire Store. I always said “Sorry, I only use black tires.”
K M over 9 years ago
Used to be an evening paper in DC (the Star, IIRC) that ran radio spots featuring a Nick-and-Nora-Charles type of couple named Sam and Janet Evening. Every mention of their name provoked an uptempo blast from a tuba playing the first few notes of “Some Enchanted Evening.”
chriscc63 over 9 years ago
Ella is so well endowed!
robertiris over 2 years ago
Just put a smiley face emoji after it
Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 about 1 year ago
brembo sensify is better