Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 23, 2020

Spend a little more next time, Neighbor Bob.

oh, Mr. Pastis, you sly dog you

Neighbor Bob answers without hesitation.

I’ve got a friend who loves making puns and tried to call himself the king of puns. I told him he can’t do that until he gets paid for it, so Stephan Pastis wears that crown.

A worthless attempt at humor?

Pastis is really scraping the bottom of the barrel , anyway this is a good pun .

That pun has gotta be worth at least ten cents.

That’s a pretty weak one, Pastis. I’m not throwing up inside my mouth even a little bit!

Now ask what does a weema weigh? Happy earworms, everyone!

Actually, it’s worth a lot more because it once belonged to Sinatra. You’ve all heard of Frankie and a Net?

Who didn’t see that coming by the first or, at latest, second panel?

I’m moved to repeat this:

Puns are the lowest form of humor if someone else thinks of them first.

I’ve been saying that a lot online lately for some reason.

Imagine if you will your husband and your brother trying to outdo each other with their punning.

So asking about someone’s net worth is gross?

This is a net gain for Pastis.

Good for him! Poor Busk is only worth one buck. And Pennie has it even worse…

Wait, cartoonists get paid?!?

ROFLMAO!!

punmeister.

After taxes?

Neighbour Bob, how’s your network?

Wait. He gets paid?

Is that a Fishing net or a butterfly net …. net worth ;-) …. Croc Power !

I finally got it, the net is worth 10 bucks!

No more puns!

What’s a Greek earn?

Neighbor Bob is smarter than the average neighbor…..

Pastis, you have got to stop working without Annette.

I don’t think he does, Rat. Stephan lives off a permanent disaster relief grant from the cartoonists’ union.

Rat free zone

Or whats a Greek urn? Not quite minimum wage

One of your best Steph (although that might not be saying a whole lot.

You landed a lot of comments with that fishy net pun, Stephan. Good one!

Pig always makes a mesh of his social interactions!

i thought it was a weema wet

I see it as more of a communication problem than a pun. Obviously I am in the minority. But when another person walks into an ongoing discussion, things sure can get weird if they aren’t all on the same page.

And the song “It’s nice work if you can get it …” starts playing in the background.

I went to a restaurant and saw on the menu a “henway” so I asked the waiter, "What’s a “henway?”. To which he replied, “About two pounds”.

A butterfly died for this pun. :(

Did he get free cookies with that net ? Did he opt out of receiving them?

Too easy. You’ve gotta use one of those irritating internet background checkers to answer that question. Capitalism, ain’t it great?

Nice. So, what’s your Mary Worth?

So should they dock his gross pay or net?

Comic creation isn’t exactly a lucrative profession.

As an entomologist, I can tell you that a good net cost far more than $10.

Yay, a pun strip!

And he’s netted more comments

Oy! Someone (please!) should net Cartoon-Boy and carry him off to a “home” where he and his pun-problem will be well cared-for—and he won’t be a Public Pun Menace anymore….