Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 23, 2012

Ratspringa

My great-grandfather was Amish; ’twas his grandson (my father) who joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

When the rest of the teens in Rumspringa meet Rat, they’ll go running back to the Amish religion.

Is it Bacardirumspringa or SailorJerryrumspringa? Gotta know; one is better neat.

Got any of them whoopie pies Rat?

Passage, rat, passage. As in, “All things must pass.”

Rat gets Religion! Amish denounce Rat as impious fraud!

What does flouting mean?

Hey Rat, you need to flout that beard.

It’s time to Rumspringa into action. Yeah!

Typical Rat.

From my experience here in Lancaster County PA and personal contact with some Amish, this is really a clever take. Somehow I never thought of Rat as Amish, and pigs comment about Holiness is great!

Picture it: Dalai Lama in a red Lamborghini, girls dancing with the top down (car and others), throwing beer cans out on the road, smoking pot, being chased by police…-Just doesn’t work….the Pope maybe, but….

Only if he could morph into a block of Swiss cheese could Rat be holy!

You have to get older, you don’t have to mature.

:Thumbsup:

Sailor Jerry is good stuff finale

there are a lot of shows about the amish. it isn’t a lifestyle for everyone.

MORE CROCS!!!!!

Oddly, this explains ALOT. Rat does in fact have a point…

Can I become Amish for a month?

Excellent strip!

I’ve often wondered how old Rat and the other characters are.

xxx

So… Rat – Are you “Aim-ish” or “Ah-mish”?

Ever heard “Amish Paradise” by Weird Al Yankovic?

Seems top me that Rat is starting to resemble Snoopy. If I ever see him sleeping atop a doghouse…..

Ron Zacapa….Sistema Solera 23….almost not there but with a profound flavor….to be sipped and enjoyed..It will change your drinking life.

I was expecting a pun

Party like it’s 1639!