Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 19, 2014

No no, Larry — you’re supposed to use hedgehogs, and hit them with flamingos.

EEEw….sticky wickets for sure by the end of the match.

Well, it beats lemmings anyway….

This raises the question: do croquet balls taste like chicken?

I thought crocs pronounced croquet as krokay.

It will be a good day, the Crocs are back !

These lemmings are getting so cute I might get one as a pet.

This is only the thin end of the wedge, you know. Eventually it leads to dwarf-tossing.

Before tasting them with their palate, they tenderize them with the mallet.

It’s time for Zebra to rebuild that wall!!

If you jump you only have one impact to worry about. With croquet it happens over…and over…and over.

From Wikipedia:Croquet is a sport that involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a mallet through hoops (often called “wickets” in the United States) embedded in a grass

Well, that’s true…..

One of the oddest symbiotic relationships on the planet.

Too far Pastis. Too far.

True enough!

xxx

I take it Stephan doesn’t make many, if any, financial contributions to PETA?

Shame on those abusive crocs! Call the cops on them, Zeeba Neighba! And maybe that poor victim, if he survives. will get over his Stockholm Syndrome, before he jumps off a cliff.

Well, the crocs have numerous Bobs and the lemmings have numerous Bobs. Maybe it’s a case of using the Bobs as balls, the lemming Bobs for croquet and the croc Bobs for basketball or soccer.

Shades of Alice in Wonderland!!

Indeed.