Isn’t interesting how there are only a three “Pearls Before Swine” character who are actually in the Chinese Zodiac? It’s just Pig, Rat, and Goat. There’s hardly a dog, snake, tiger, monkey, rooster, horse, rabbit, nor dragon.
Don’t get a Tesla! If you do there is NO PLACE to service it. So pray that it works perfectly forever or you’ll be walking. But hey, walking is good for you and the environment.
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
You kind of went too far with the provolone.
B UTTONS over 5 years ago
Failed to use the code words: donate for my college admission to Stanford, Yale, USC, or one of the other Ivy League university
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
Isn’t interesting how there are only a three “Pearls Before Swine” character who are actually in the Chinese Zodiac? It’s just Pig, Rat, and Goat. There’s hardly a dog, snake, tiger, monkey, rooster, horse, rabbit, nor dragon.
juncarlo over 5 years ago
Pig, everything will be fulfilled to you when the pigs fly.
SonicFan91 over 5 years ago
Pig, you should KNOW IT DOSEN’T MEAN that
Nachikethass over 5 years ago
“Year of the pig” means pigs pay for everything, all year long!
sirbadger over 5 years ago
It’s a shame that you can’t pick your own animal. Being a pig or rat your entire life would kind of suck.
DennisinSeattle over 5 years ago
At least he called you ‘Sir.’
jackhammer165 over 5 years ago
Oh well, was worth a try, Pig!
hariseldon59 over 5 years ago
It means people will be eating a lot of pork, bacon, and ham.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
That’s a pretty neat way to look at it, Pig. Let me go try my luck with my family – it’s my year after all!
dwane.scoty1 over 5 years ago
Wonder how Jef the cyclist’s superiority would do in Shanghai’s Rush Hour??
tonypezzano over 5 years ago
Pig should be thankful that it isn’t associated with Eat More Pork!
NORTHIDAHO over 5 years ago
Year of the Punster…
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Nice try Pig ! …… Croc Power!
Zebrastripes over 5 years ago
Me like ZEBAS!
28811967 over 5 years ago
I thought it was “Chinese embassy” spam calling pig about “expiring visa” or “important mail”.
PoodleGroomer over 5 years ago
The crocs have delusional self fantasies of being dragons.
Nathan Daniels Premium Member over 5 years ago
Just wait until “Year of the Cock”.
YippiKiAyMofo over 5 years ago
I believe in honoring the Year of the Pig with a nice rack o’ ribs!
johndifool over 5 years ago
Big man, pig man
Ha ha charade you are
chris_weaver over 5 years ago
Problem is: no pig has ever asked before!
Ermine Notyours over 5 years ago
The Chinese already buy our national debt, so why not our personal debt? They’re not much of a cheese culture, though.
Agapostemon over 5 years ago
It’s the year of char siu bao.
dlaemmerhirt999 over 5 years ago
I shudder to think what will happen in “The Year of the Rat!” “I #%&*%$ WANT A BIG-SCREEN TV AND 5,000 GALLONS OF BEER. RIGHT. %÷×#$& NOW!!!”
Gent over 5 years ago
Let’s celebrate the year by eating a lot of pigs!
Cornelius Noodleman over 5 years ago
This is not the Chinese Take Away!!!
AwelCruiz over 5 years ago
I was born in 1981. I think that makes me a rooster.
eladee AKA Wally over 5 years ago
Don’t get a Tesla! If you do there is NO PLACE to service it. So pray that it works perfectly forever or you’ll be walking. But hey, walking is good for you and the environment.
Concretionist over 5 years ago
His mistake is confusing the item with the category. He’s a pig, not the pig concept.
Concretionist over 5 years ago
OMG: Pastis could have been waiting for as long as 12 years to make this joke. I can imagine it of him.
Ray over 5 years ago
Does announcing the comic strip in which you appear constitute “breaking the fourth wall”?
tonypezzano over 5 years ago
They were thinking of inviting him for dinner.
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
I was born in the Year of the Dragon. I understand (unlike Pig) that it symbolic, not literal.
But I applaud Pig’s initiative in calling the Chinese Embassy. and displaying his ignorance. It takes a special kind of naiveté to do that!