Similar to a common problem in Prickly City; daily comics have to be submitted something like two weeks in advance, hence the unintentional faux pas, like today.
A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down and orders a sandwich. After he finishes eating the sandwich, the panda pulls out a gun and shoots the waiter, and then stands up to go. “Hey!” shouts the manager. “Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn’t pay for your sandwich!”
The panda yells back at the manager, “Hey man, I am a PANDA! Look it up!”
The manager opens his dictionary and sees the following definition for panda: “A tree-dwelling marsupial of Asian origin, characterised by distinct black and white colouring. Eats shoots and leaves.”
Friend of mine has a poster outside his English classroom indicating that punctuation, as evidenced here, can save lives. “Let’s eat, Grandma!” is not at all the same thing as “Let’s eat Grandma!”
BE THIS GUY over 7 years ago
This wouldn’t have happened if Uncle Joe was packing.
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Real bad luck on timing of this strip.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
A puntuação é muito importante.
Cheapskate0 over 7 years ago
Similar to a common problem in Prickly City; daily comics have to be submitted something like two weeks in advance, hence the unintentional faux pas, like today.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 7 years ago
Eats, shoots and leaves. The pistol-packing panda strikes again.
Gent over 7 years ago
It’s a killer
f.mencaraglia over 7 years ago
A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down and orders a sandwich. After he finishes eating the sandwich, the panda pulls out a gun and shoots the waiter, and then stands up to go. “Hey!” shouts the manager. “Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn’t pay for your sandwich!”
The panda yells back at the manager, “Hey man, I am a PANDA! Look it up!”
The manager opens his dictionary and sees the following definition for panda: “A tree-dwelling marsupial of Asian origin, characterised by distinct black and white colouring. Eats shoots and leaves.”
f.mencaraglia over 7 years ago
see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eats,Shoots_%26Leaves
Simon Larcher over 7 years ago
It could have been worse. Pig could have said “Lets eat Uncle Joe”…
Masterskrain over 7 years ago
Pastis often comments in the treasuries that he sometimes works as much as 6 months ahead!
Brian Fink over 7 years ago
Thank heavens Pig didnt have to help Uncle Jack off a horse
JoanHelen over 7 years ago
A missing comma from a telegram caused the Jamieson raid in Cecil John Rhodes’ time.
Kaputnik over 7 years ago
Uncle Joe’s not dead yet, but he is in a comma.
whiteheron over 7 years ago
♫♫♪
There lies Uncle Joe,
He’s moving kinda slow,
At the junction,
Punctuation Junction….
Retired Dude over 7 years ago
If Pastis could have worked their/there/they’re and to/too/two into the strip it would have been a hat trick.
WaitingMan over 7 years ago
Adventures In Punctuation
She has pimples on her, but I love her.
Or
She has pimples on her butt. I love her!
SunflowerGirl100 over 7 years ago
I love to cook Grandma and my dog!
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Who’s going to tell poor Aunt Sarah?
Clare Kelm Premium Member over 7 years ago
Yay! From 9th grade Endlish teacher.
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 7 years ago
Let’s eat grandma!
Rick Smith Premium Member over 7 years ago
But Pig is speaking to Uncle Joe, not Rat.
marilynnbyerly over 7 years ago
No argument. The vocative comma saves lives.
Sherlock Watson over 7 years ago
Did the bullet get him in the colon? If so, does he now have a semicolon?
Number Three over 7 years ago
I’m probably being unreasonable but I wish some people would use punctuation.
Also, I can’t stand those who ends a sentence with a full stop and begins a new sentence with a lower case letter instead of a capital one.
xxx
Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 7 years ago
This reminds me of “We invited the strippers, JFK and Stalin.”
craigwestlake over 7 years ago
Eats shoots & leaves. An exercise…
Sisyphos over 7 years ago
Pig has come to the truth, but it’s a bit late for Uncle Joe. This one’s on Rat! Let’s punctuate Rat!
K M over 7 years ago
Friend of mine has a poster outside his English classroom indicating that punctuation, as evidenced here, can save lives. “Let’s eat, Grandma!” is not at all the same thing as “Let’s eat Grandma!”
Packratjohn Premium Member over 7 years ago
I’m giving up alcohol for a month…. or….
I’m giving up…. Alcohol for a month!
Chrystos B Minot Premium Member over 7 years ago
“Call me butt love!” or “Call me but love!” ~ Shakespeare
tigre1again over 7 years ago
The mighty Pastis, hanging out at a table in the sunshine, soaking up the aromas, on target again, across time and distance….
ND Cool Z almost 6 years ago
And that, kids, is why punctuation is really important.
rgcviper almost 4 years ago
Woman, without her man, is nothing.
vs.
Woman: without her, man is nothing.
Darth Revan II almost 4 years ago
It’s like “let’s eat grandma” versus “let’s eat, grandma”.
Lord Pantsalot the Wise 4 months ago
“I love to eat, people” or “I love to eat people”