Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 29, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    It’s time to try a different style of humor if you have to make a word like shoeser to tell a pun.

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    alasko  over 3 years ago

    This strip has no sole.

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    Stocky One  over 3 years ago

    And this one doesn’t – I got a chuckle out of it!

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    BasilBruce  over 3 years ago

    When it comes to humor, Stephan has been a real loafer lately.

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    B UTTONS  over 3 years ago

    Pastis, don’t be such a heel. This strip was so over arching it fell flat on its feet.

    Please toe the line.

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    DennisinSeattle  over 3 years ago

    I thought it was a good one!

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    goodrich33  over 3 years ago

    C’mon Buttons, Pastis nailed it. He has sole.

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    Imagine  over 3 years ago

    The word “shoesers” alone was worth today’s strip.

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    Leojim  over 3 years ago

    The boys are on a roll tonight. Maybe Pastis should hire a couple of them.

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    If we don’t see the Crocs anymore, we know what Pig did with them.

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    Cornelius Noodleman  over 3 years ago

    I have to wear my brother’s old worn out shoes. And they stink!

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    Concretionist  over 3 years ago

    Comics shouldn’t make people throw up a little bit into their mouths!

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    LesliePiper4  over 3 years ago

    It’s you, your mouth and unfortunate up-chucking. Not anybody else’s problem. Leave Pastis alone.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    Shoe store: Nothing in sight but grass

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    JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I wonder was is Stephan’s favorite pun setup.

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    blunebottle  over 3 years ago

    Pretty sad when you have to invent a word in order to make a pun…

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    Baarorso  over 3 years ago

    Whoever created this strip’s rather punny punchline ought to..GET THE BOOT! ;D

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago

    ?? Ok. “shoeser” is a neologism created by Pastis; I know what “bag”, and maybe “bagger”, means. But I can’t catch the pun. It’s something including the words “both” and “boot”? Please help me to understand, because English isn’t my native language.

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    iggyman  over 3 years ago

    Is Stephan a Heel for writing this?

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    iggyman  over 3 years ago

    Terrible pun but I like it!

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    juicebruce  over 3 years ago

    Goat I hear D G is hiring . Working there you get to do 5 jobs at once ;-)

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    whahoppened  over 3 years ago

    Leave him alone, Rat. I liked this one.

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    cdward  over 3 years ago

    Pasties is a drawer of cartoons. He needs to remember that drawers can be dropped.

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    Sanspareil  over 3 years ago

    Plimpsoll wearers can’t relate!!

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    MayCauseBurns  over 3 years ago

    Pastis is proof: don’t do drugs, kids.

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    WimtenBrink2  over 3 years ago

    I can feel my IQ dropping every time I read this comic… Fortunately, I’m smart and can compensate by reading real books. By authors why are comical…The Smurfs, for example…

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    Troglodyte  over 3 years ago

    Readers can shoes to walk away from this strip even if Stephan bags them to stay! :D

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    John Smith  over 3 years ago

    Remember the good days when the crocs tried to eat Zeeba neighba in plain English

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Yanno, I didn’t even read the comic yet, but Panel 2 means the setup for a horrid pun.

    (looks)

    I was right.

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    Doug K  over 3 years ago

    Anyone who shoeses and then bags gets sacked.

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    monya_43  over 3 years ago

    Rat was the only bagger and that made him sad that he had no help.

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    Masterskrain  over 3 years ago

    I KNEW that something like this was coming from the first panel…

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    Jeffin Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I know you were baggin us to laugh, Steph but we shoes no to.

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    RabbitLi  over 3 years ago

    Thanks Stephan.

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    Zebrastripes  over 3 years ago

    LOL! Love it!

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    You don’t LOOK shoeish.

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    chris_o42  over 3 years ago

    “Shoesers”. Now if Pastis got together with Bucky from Get Fuzzy they could write a whole dictionery of the weird.

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    llevikhin  over 3 years ago

    I thought it was funny

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    rickseg  over 3 years ago

    Oh lord how I hate puns!

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    Ellis97  over 3 years ago

    Aaaahhhh! Enough with the puns!

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    Steverino Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I went into a shoe store the other day and asked them if they served sole food.

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    Steverino Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Actually, if you bag groceries, you CANNOT select paper or plastic yourself. After all, baggers can’t be choosers.

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    vics_machine Premium Member over 3 years ago

    And for those who haven’t seen today’s “Rabbits Against Magic”, I think you can see Pastis’ influence:

    https://www.gocomics.com/rabbitsagainstmagic/2021/07/29?ct=v&cti=2159891

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    FassEddie  over 3 years ago

    People underestimate the time and talent required to come up with this crap.

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    joefearsnothing  over 3 years ago

    Grrroooaaannnnnnn! ;o[

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    uniquename  over 3 years ago

    And Rat got left holding the bag.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    So – you think you’re real punny, don’t you Mr. Pastis?

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    Code the Enforcer  over 3 years ago

    "BAGGERS ??!! … We don’t need no Stinking BAGGERS !!’ … :)

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    Flapjack omelette   over 3 years ago

    I’m done with all these puns. The Pastis puns are worse than normal puns

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    raybarb44  over 3 years ago

    or at least not laugh…..

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    Bookworm  over 3 years ago

    Ran into a similar situation at the local dog show. Seems the prize-money for the wire-haired champ was much greater than for the short-haired group. When the owner of the short-haired winner complained of the inequity, he was politely told “Well, boxers can’t be schnauzers.”

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    86mets  over 3 years ago

    It’s a stretch for Stephan but I’ll allow it…POINTS!!!

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    I have no choice but to plantar over my ears. lol, etc..

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    CaveCat87  over 3 years ago

    Put a sock in it, Rat!

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    Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Is Pig getting in touch with his inner Al Bundy?!?

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    mike75035  over 3 years ago

    Go ahead and laugh! Show some soul. Don’t be a heel!

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    mmduzi  over 3 years ago

    Starting a go-fund-me to hire a ninja for Pastis

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    unca jim  over 3 years ago

    Made me think. Doing that hurts.

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    Goat from PBS  over 3 years ago

    I for one am not saddened by this, so Rat’s wrong.

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    mpolo11 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Or mad!

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    jbs1990  over 3 years ago

    I guess Rat doesn’t read the Nib

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    dialfred  over 3 years ago

    Hehehe. I love your puns

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    Ammo Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Love the puns. Nothing like a good groan!

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    ekke  over 3 years ago

    Oyster shoesters?

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    AndreasMartin  over 3 years ago

    This comic certainly does terrible things to the world of puns :-)

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    kd1sq Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Gah!

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    AndromedaMike  over 3 years ago

    I hope that Stephen doesn’t have any children. His ‘dad’ jokes would be extreme child abuse.

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    Another Take  over 3 years ago

    If I wanted to groan, I’d have just gotten up outta my chair.

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    Skeptical Meg  over 3 years ago

    Oh my.

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    grumpypophobart  over 3 years ago

    Ahh, the pun! I love a pun.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 3 years ago

    Sorry, Rat; this one made me smile.

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    Sisyphos  over 3 years ago

    Your baseball bat, Rat! By all that’s holy, don’t forget your baseball bat! Teach Cartoon-Boy a lesson he won’t forget!

    Be a shoeser, not a loser!

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    paullp Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Didn’t make me sad. Another winner!

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    Natarose  over 3 years ago

    I actually found this one amusing.

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