Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 04, 2015
Transcript:
Comic Strip Censor: Okay, Rat, why'd you invite me to this Japanese restaurant? Rat: To bury the hatchet. I think the two of us have antagonized each other long enough. Comic Strip Censor: Well, thank you. I appreciate that. So what should I eat? Rat: Eat Shiitake. Comic Strip Censor: Arrgh!! Rat: Not a fan of mushrooms?
BE THIS GUY almost 9 years ago
At least he didn’t say, “…and die!”
Sherlock Watson almost 9 years ago
When Lady Diana was still alive, someone had a novelty song called “Drink Up, Chuck and Di.”:Really!
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
Would also work to give the censor man a dog. What breed? A shih tzu.
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 9 years ago
If this were a Chinese restaurant…. Oh, I’ll let someone else have this one.
Mikel V almost 9 years ago
I read somewhere that Rat is the character that reflects Stephan’s dark side. This strip confirms it beyond any doubt.
knight1192a almost 9 years ago
Seriously, this idiot censor is getting ticked off by that? It’s shē – ’tä – kē. Sounds absolutely nothing like what the censor is screaming about.
wiselad almost 9 years ago
so I am guessing the censor’s name is Akee?
juicebruce almost 9 years ago
And the Mo-rel of this story is ?
mjb515 almost 9 years ago
The one situation where Rat does not hate puns.
Reppr Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Pastis vs. Breathed?
vwdualnomand almost 9 years ago
censorship doesn’t work. uk has those internet filters, and then, the head censor is in prison for child porn. protecting the children that was a lie.
lotsalaffs Premium Member almost 9 years ago
The crowd roars as Pastis scores again!
mammamoonbeam almost 9 years ago
“Succotash my Balzac, dipshitake” – Extremely Loud Incredible Close Maybe Pastis is channeling Jonathan Safran Foer.
VeniVidi almost 9 years ago
@ Juice- BruceKudos on that pun!
mac04416 almost 9 years ago
No that’s not what my dog left on the floor. That’s it’s name, a golden-doodle
Arianne almost 9 years ago
Mr. Censor… not a fan of mushrooms? Do pigs like truffles? That’s how they make their living… sniffing around in the dirt.
Francis Lapeyre Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I was in the checkout line at PetSmart and the couple in front of me had a bulldog/Shi-Tzu mix. Yes, they called it THAT..
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
I know where Rat would like to bury that hatchet. But trapping Comic Strip Censor with an unassailable pun is the next best thing: let’s all watch CSC’s head explode!
Amanda El-Dweek creator almost 9 years ago
Bah-haha!
Ermine Notyours almost 9 years ago
Next Rat will offer him a pet bird.
“What kind is this?”
“A titmouse.”
dre7861 almost 9 years ago
Well as they say, the person with the dirtiest mind is a censor.
Sir Uncle Rat69 almost 9 years ago
Gotta love that Rat! Keep it edgy Stephen!
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 9 years ago
LOL
abbybookcase almost 9 years ago
actually i heard the mushroom being used as an epithet substitute in a spy kids movie. the adult(more or less) stretched out the i as if going to say the cuss word and catching herself in time
sarah413 Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I have a friend who owns a German/Polish restaurant and when he is able to get fresh shiitakes, he makes a Jagerschnitzel. He does a pork schnitzel and makes a light brown sauce and adds the shiitakes to the sauce. Divine!!
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I’ll be seeing my lawyer — certainly I can get something from Patis for forcing me to spew a breakfast liquid at my laptop screen…
Kind&Kinder almost 9 years ago
This one’s getting a little close to the edge. Somebody needs to flip the switch on Stephan’s dark side.
David Rickard Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Pig should give the Censor a shih tzu1 as a pet…
1 think about it…
NWdryad almost 9 years ago
Absolute masterpiece today, Pastis.
tazz555 almost 9 years ago
censorship is dumb especially when there is so many loopholes. Battlestar galactica got away with using the F word by simply making a new version of it
whiteaj almost 9 years ago
Boy howdy Pastis is riding close to the line today.
bmonk almost 9 years ago
He should take him out to the reservoir and dam him. Or turn him into a donkey. or . . .
Rick Smith Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Must have watched some MXC. One of the challenges was Eat Shitake!
Number Three almost 9 years ago
The Comic Strip Censor is a great character, I love how he puts Rat in his place.
But obviously the laugh is on CSC today!
xxx
nerdhoof almost 9 years ago
Next they could go to a Polynesian restaurant and have the pu-pu platter.
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 9 years ago
Still sneaky Pastis! Your strip is now on very thin ice with me! And posters: I suggest you keep your suggestions about me to stop reading this comic anymore to yourselves!
rgcviper almost 9 years ago
Reminds me of an exclamatory phrase I saw on Facebook …
“Holy shiitake mushrooms!”
Good one.
claire de la lune. almost 9 years ago
Who could complain?
Dillithamir almost 9 years ago
I laughed out loud for this one…
leopardglily over 1 year ago
Hahahahahahaha
alantain 12 months ago
I’ve always wanted a shitzhu-poodle mix just to tell people I have a shitzpoo.