Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 18, 2024

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    3nemesis  4 months ago

    When Stephen mentions lots of names and places get ready for a pun.

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    BasilBruce  4 months ago

    Stand beside her, and guide her.

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    hariseldon59  4 months ago

    Stephan could get deported for this.

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    ronaldspence  4 months ago

    Pig, stand beside her, and guide her…

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    Kitty Queen  4 months ago

    Love it!

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    einarbt  4 months ago

    Ah, the personification of the US Empire.

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    danketaz Premium Member 4 months ago

    Ewe-Rica! I think I got it.

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    Johnny Q Premium Member 4 months ago

    “God Bless America” is a wartime anthem…

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    Jesy Bertz Premium Member 4 months ago

    Kate Smith is waiting for you to die, Stephan.

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    Concretionist  4 months ago

    OK, that’s a MUCH better pun… being so awful.

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    orinoco womble  4 months ago

    Pastis works harder at bad puns than at good story lines.

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    Bilan  4 months ago

    Now that Rat and Uncle Sam have Stephan surrounded, we’ll see the rocket’s red glare.

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    lavender headgear  4 months ago

    Groan.

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    kendavis09  4 months ago

    And if you ride a donkey into the barn and the bull attacks it and kills it, what do you do? Get off your dead a*s and start walking.

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    iggyman  4 months ago

    Say gesundheit of course!

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    Ambush Kitten  4 months ago

    Punny, Pastis.

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    scote1379 Premium Member 4 months ago

    It’s 4:30am too dam early to be slapped up side the head by a Pun !

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    zeltus  4 months ago

    Ewe Rica!

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    Ermine Notyours  4 months ago

    Is it legal for a pig to date a lamb?

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    Gent  4 months ago

    He gonna gets soo LAMBlasted for this.

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    markkahler52  4 months ago

    UGH!! I mean, nice use of patriotic music and feeling, but, still….UGH!!

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    unfair.de  4 months ago

    Dangerous. When Fascism looms don’t mock your country.

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    Willywise52 Premium Member 4 months ago

    Slap!

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    durabledave  4 months ago

    Just the kinda humor a Sunday morning needs

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    Tradewinds309  4 months ago

    Rica can’t do this on her own, Pig. You must stand beside her and guide her through the night with the light from above.

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    Croc Holliday  4 months ago

    Can we dispense with the bless you nonsense when people sneeze? Utterly inane custom, and why I should thank you for uttering a meaningless phrase (historically based on superstitious nonsense) merely because I had a very acute allergic reaction (which is all a sneeze is) is beyond me.

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    Ellis97  4 months ago

    A pig and a sheep. The classic romance.

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    Ignatz Premium Member 4 months ago

    I’m furious because I started with “Ewe Rica” and tried to fit the rest into that.

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    chris_o42  4 months ago

    SOMEbody better bless us, Just sayin’…

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    knuckleball rob  4 months ago

    Love the punny stuff.

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    david_42  4 months ago

    When Steve is in a comic, I skip it because of puns.

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    mindjob  4 months ago

    Rica, don’t lose that number

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    howardlatimer  4 months ago

    EweRica! Stephan does it again!

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    Murt  4 months ago

    He faked me out thought we were going to have a little ditty about what mares eat…….

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    mrsdonaldson  4 months ago

    These require a lot of planning on his part. I like them!

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    nsaber  4 months ago

    My Sunday morning mental game… trying to figure out what the multi word pun will be before I get to the last panel. What an impressive amount of work must go into crafting these.

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    royq27  4 months ago

    Deport him under the “RICO” act…

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    Geezer  4 months ago

    From Wikipedia:

    “God Bless America” is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run-up to World War II in 1938. The later version was notably recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song.

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    markmoss1  4 months ago

    If you don’t like the puns, don’t read this comic.……………………….So why am I reading this comic?

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    LKrueger41  4 months ago

    Before I started reading Pastis, I thought puns were funny. But I was familiar with them as spontaneous spoken one-liners. Usually as a completely unexpected comment or question responding to something someone else had said. No set-uo, prompt, no delay. A true art.

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    Courage the Cowardly Dog!  4 months ago

    That one was good!!

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    Goat from PBS  4 months ago

    I knew the pun was coming from a mile away. Another pun, another Sunday morning laugh.

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    Queen of America  4 months ago

    I knew it was coming but I can never figure out what it will be at the end.

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    WCraft Premium Member 4 months ago

    I should’ve seen it coming. Where is rats large mallet?

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    Katje  4 months ago

    Pork and Shawarma… Great combination. :D

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    SheMc  4 months ago

    Oh how clever is that!!! Happy Sunday everyone!

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    farnhazenbrep  4 months ago

    OK, that’s ridiculous (especially since I couldn’t guess it before the end).

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    Charles & Susan  Premium Member 4 months ago

    Love it!

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    prrdh  4 months ago

    Stand beside her and guide her

    Through the night with the light from a bulb.

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    Painted Wolf  4 months ago

    If she’s a lamb, isn’t she a little young for Pig?

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    Spiny Norman Premium Member 4 months ago

    “A Bert in the ham is worth doing the Bush” was my favorite, made me a fan for life.

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    ILoveHistory  4 months ago

    Lolo

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    Always Stepthenpunshen with th

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    ILoveHistory  4 months ago

    100th comment baby

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    glowing-steak32  4 months ago

    Land of the fleece and home of the bray.

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    jonesbeltone  4 months ago

    More Croc’s.

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    Packratjohn Premium Member 4 months ago

    I read ten of the puns you guys wrote, hoping one would make me laugh…but no pun in ten did…

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    Godfreydaniel  4 months ago

    Run it up the flag pole and see if anybody salutes…..

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    cdgar  4 months ago

    I have a small list of others that I’d like to have deported too. Can we get a group discount?

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    dlkrueger33  4 months ago

    Irving Berlin is spinning in his grave.

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    sperry532  4 months ago

    Such a long walk for a short laugh. I love it.

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    zeexenon  4 months ago

    Oh, she just followed his wiggle corkscrew tail home, thinking he lives near her port at a mare on the moon and also works tor the Rico Commission.

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    fszakaly  4 months ago

    I was expecting “ewe-rica” from the first panel.

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    osmundsonm Premium Member 4 months ago

    LOL!

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    Buoy  4 months ago

    Sure, I’ll have a glass of de port.

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    oakie817  4 months ago

    ka-Pun City

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    Znox11  4 months ago

    Pig should have introduced her brother Sam, who goes everywhere with her…“Sam’s beside her…”

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    amaryllis2 Premium Member 4 months ago

    Love this!!!

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    Eric S   4 months ago

    hoo could ask four anything more? Ewe can!

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    AndromedaMike  4 months ago

    Stephen has a smirk on his face because he knows that even Uncle Sam can’t top that.

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    ncrist  4 months ago

    LOVE

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    JoeMartinFan Premium Member 4 months ago

    You can tell from the first panel that a pun is coming!

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    willie_mctell  4 months ago

    I stopped at panel 2.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member 4 months ago

    A Hispanic gentleman in the stands of a baseball game was impressed when the crowd sang “Jose, can you see”. Better, censors?

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    pamela welch Premium Member 4 months ago

    Darn you Stephan! Ya got me — LOLOLOL

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    rhbrandon2  4 months ago

    These never get old. The dad joke is strong with this one.

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    Frankie the Sandwich Artist  4 months ago

    This is why I read Pearls.

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    Jeffin Premium Member 4 months ago

    Mushroom pizza for breakfast again Steph?

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    FireAnt_Hater  4 months ago

    Horrible pun. Thanks Stephan!

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    jrsquonk  4 months ago

    Yep, generally you know a pun is incoming after the first panel.

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    lanainutahdesert  4 months ago

    Get ready for a…bad pun. But we have the same alma mater, so I always forgive him.

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    soaringblocks  4 months ago

    I’d love to hug Stephen for this one.

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    eddi-TBH  4 months ago

    “Wave that flag, wave it wide and high!”

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    miltondavis  4 months ago

    I think that just caused a major brain hiccup.

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    Rich Douglas  4 months ago

    Pardon me, Roy, is that the cat who chewed your new shoes?

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    Snoots  4 months ago

    I have seen some really good and complex puns from Stephan, but this is a gem.

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    gmu328  4 months ago

    Ah, Steve, we’ve learned to appreciate these moments when you begin to state a lot of names and/or places … precious moments!

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    Jayalexander  4 months ago

    That one took WORK. I’m in awe.

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    mikevanv Premium Member 4 months ago

    Uncle Sam wants EWE For Pun Patrol

    Nearest newspaper or GoComics.com

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    Stormy The Cat  3 months ago

    Pow

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