Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 24, 2013

So, is it Gomer or Georgie??

Banana walnut waffles sound kind of tasty.

If you want to mix it up, Georgie/Gomer, try @#*&ing in swimming circles.

Does Pig know that the traditional meat at a barbeque is pork?

Maybe the fish was cranky because Pig forgot his name?

Georgie Gomer Goldfish is just spinning, spinning, spinning out his days, endlessly chasing himself around and around and around, until the day come when he takes The Big Flush and is centrifuged down the drain. It makes me kinda dizzy. And Pig is just way too cheerful.

So, clockwise or counterclockwise?

News item: Biologists have found goldfish in Lake Tahoe a foot-and-a-half long, and they’re worried about the damage the fish will cause. Please don’t dump your aquariums in streams and bodies of water, folks.

If he went counter clockwise it might spice things up

Oh wow…no pun, and I thought from Frame 1 it was on the way. Pastis must be ill.

but, are we all just goldfish stuck in a bowl. we get out of bed, walk around, and go back to bed.

Sounds like watching NASCAR

His day went swimmingly.

The Goldfish name is Robert Bruce Banner

PETA perceives this like the goldfish does.

This could be a “Peanuts” Sunday. Well done, Stephan.

It could be worse, Gomer. You could be a goldfish in the Garfield strip.

Stuck in a rut are you, Gomer Goldfish?

LOL xxx

Ditto!

a classic

First the fish was gomer, then he was georgie? oops!!

Someone needs to teach that fish how to meditate. It’s all about perception. Think of how Rat would describe Pig’s day: “I tried the new diner but it was nothing special, walked in the park and it was full of garbage and derelicts, had too much sugar and wasted money at the fair, lost my shirt at a poker game, ate some bad ribs and talked to the same boring people i see everyday.” Pig see the good in everything. And I put way too much thought into this. :-)

Hope Pig had a better time playing cards than I once did! I was trying to learn bridge, and 5 of my 13 cards were the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of Diamonds…only time I held a royal flush, and I wasn’t playing poker!It’s also one reason why I prefer chess!

Wow, Gomer’s life sounds just like mine. Go ahead, ask me how my day was. >:(

Are any of you going to see Pastis on his tour?I live in Philly so I’m going.

Pig’s Best…Day…Ever!

My friend had a fish (not a goldfish, I think) who jumped out of the aquarium in the middle of the night. Five hours later, then found him…still alive. .(In case you’re wondering, they knew it was about five hours later because someone in the house was awake at the time – they heard the splash but didn’t bother to investigate until morning.)

With an attitude like that, he must be Rat’s pet.

@luckyloie:the same is valid for sliders (fresh water auatic turtles). they’re excellent hunters, omnivorous, and very, very ravenous, so they destroy ecosystems!

Poor little goldfish. At least he’s a good sport about it…

It shouldve went:

Pig: What did you do today?

Gomer: Swam in (insert bad word) circles all day…

Pig:,Well what did you do you yesterday?

Gomer: Swam in (insert really bad word) circles all day

Pig: And the day before….

Gomer: Are you a (insert mother of all bad words) idiot

later

Pig: Never ask a goldfish about the last few days

Rat: Why did he swim in (insert every bad word) circles

A terrific day indeed.

Wait, is it Gomer Goldfish or Georgie Goldfish?

“We’re just two lost souls, swimming in a fish bowl, year after year …”

RE:George or Gomer

Given the life expectancy of a goldfish in a bowl in the real world, combined with the life expectancy of pearls side characters, it makes sense that its a different goldfish every time we see it, the previous having died and been replaced several times since the last strip, even if just days apart.

saw that one coming….

Hey Steph- maybe you can develop Gomer into a philosophical, pontificating phish, a la Carlin and a la Andy, the hopelessly optimistic/romantic dog, coincidentally, perpetually tied to a stick in the ground (pre-escape).

How anthropomorphic can animals get? I draw the line at talking goldfish. What next? Talking ants?

Fish should be happy he’s alive during Lent. :)