Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 30, 2024

If he actually drinks that much beer, that mug can be used for a second purpose.

I bet it will be a success on College Campuses!

It looks like Pig is sitting on a pillow. When he is sleeping, does he put his head on the same pillow?

Well, yesterday, RAT, whether or not his “victim” knew, succeeded in his goal with that abuse towards another human being, today, somebody caught on to RAT’S “shtick” in time for RAT to “lose.” Well, ya can’t win ‘em all….dan aka….

Trick or IPA

I wonder how many would be donors would use the giant mug for its secondary purpose?

It was worth a shot…

Genius, why didn’t I think of that?

Back to the drawing board !

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Question: Rat if the mug you carry by chance did get filled, won’t it be too heavy to carry ?!

If you can lift that thing (assuming it is glass), then you could go as MIghty Mouse for Halloween!

Oktoberfest.

Think that’s big? Corning Glass Museum in Corning NY has a collection of gigantic old German beer steins (“humpen”), many of which would put that to shame.

I’d be interested in celebrating Cheeseoween.

Christmas used to be similar to the beeroween rat speaks of. Adults, mostly males, would go from house to house knocking on doors asking for some Christmas cheer.

Supposed to carry a cooler, and be handed a 12.

Once the trick-or-treaters are done on Halloween night, our neighbor comes across the street for Trick or Beer.

My Mom, who’s mother was from Scotland, described Hogmanay as “Trick or Treating” with a shot glass.

Careful Rat, you knock on the wrong door you could get shot.

Sounds like a dumb holiday.

Try Weedoween?

Andy Capp approves this holiday.

A very rum Idea, Rat. How did you come to gin that up? Did I perceive a very rye expression on the neighbor’s face?

What we need is a day for children to dress up, get candy, and have fun, without adults making it commercial and ruining things for the children. Can’t be Halloween or Valentine Days. They’ve become too expensive and for adults only.

After the success (and stress) of Trunk or Treat, we’ve decided next year to follow it up with Drunk or Treat.

I’m holding out for Eggnogoween

YAY!

Rat chose the wrong street. He would have had more success on Fraternity Row.

Back in the middle of the last century, we used to go trick-or-drinking to our friend’s houses.

The problem is, everyone wants to receive beer, but no one wants to give it away.

In the early 1940s when I was a kid in elementary school our teachers told us never to say “Trick or treat” when we went “begging” for candy on Halloween night. We were to say ”Please help the poor” because “Trick or treat” was considered a threat. Of course we were just coming out of the depression and World War Two was raging so things were very different back then.

In Heaven there is no beer./ That’s why we drink it here./ And when we are gone from here,/ Our friends will be drinking all the beer.

Years ago we went out once and tried ‘Trick or Drink’. It lasted 3 houses.

By Rat’s logic, the actual holiday would be called, “Candy-oween.”

I’m all in.

I’m intrigued by this very interesting holiday…

The UW-Madison Rathskeller had Yards Of Beer mugs … great way to get a bath till you learned how to be careful and patient.

Give it time

If he’d just brought a large stein he’d have had more luck. Don’t be greedy, Rat.

like his pillow

Maybe he’d have better luck in Wisconsin.

Sounds good to me.

Once upon a time (~50 years ago) there was a brief fad in California with adults going house to house after putting the kids to bed. They’d hold out a glass and say, “Trick or liquor.”It didn’t catch on.

Try Munich ,Germany—-they’ve got a surplus

He did you a favour, you’d have drowned in it!

I once had neighbours who handed out beer to the parents accompanying their young’uns…

it’s not often I agree with Rat’s thinking, but I’m all in with him on this one!

Unfortunately, you only get fun-sized mugs of beer on Beeroween.

This Holiday merits some serious consideration.

Waht I envision: a bunch of drinking buddies each with a Beerstein and towing behind them a port-a-potty.

It exists. Just go down any fraternity house row on a Saturday night.

Don’t give up so easily!

I love this idea!

The problem with that is that unless you drink all of it between houses, you’re going to be mixing a lot of beer together which is bound to be disgusting when you’re done. Not to mention the birds.

Maybe some market testing would be a good idea. A lot might depend on the specific wording.

I’d be up for that holiday.

I know a man who went with his kids on Halloween carrying a shot glass which he would hold out to whoever opened the door. He had it filled at a few of the homes.

I saw someone setting up a few kegs of beer to give to the parents the day before trick or treat in my neighborhood. <3