Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 21, 2013

They are. They hate the beer parts, though

Or not…

Nothing like homophones. And just to mess around, did Goat say nine cravats were damaged and ten Bangkok citizens were injured, or somehow the other way around?

As for the pun? GROAN

the look in your eyes says you been hip mo tize!

That was tied together nicely.

thank you once again for making my day, mr. p.!

Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

And when the church library welcomed their new hand-made book repairer directly from her hometown of Bangkok, everyone sang, “Blessed be the Thai that binds.”

Can ten Thais tie more ties tight in two tries than two Thais can tie tight in ten tries? It depends on which Thais tie ties best.

Bmonk…. I keep wanting to thank you for always noticing…. LOL…. but you post late and I come back even later.

It’s not nice to pick on Cartoon-Boy’s parents, Rat! Besides, they might not be so easy-going as he is! I’ll have my Mai Tai while I tie my tie and tie one on….

and eleven tys…

Ouch!!!!!!

Hooked on homophonics!

I’m late, and fit to be Thaied.

Didn’t that happen once before? Back in the eighties?

Q: How many Thais does it take to tie a tie?A: None. Thais can’t tie.

♫"Knockin’ me out with those American Thais"♪

Today’s travesty might make people sorry that the country’s name was changed from Siam!

Does Pastis really look like that?

You know, it’s NOT the easiest thing to think these up.

I’ll wait here. The rest of you go on ahead.

The insurance company in Prague will send a Czech to pay for the damages. Somebody had to say it!

Headline in Thailand for contest for who could make the most windsor knots in 18 hours but ened in a draw.

“Thais tyng ties tied & tired.”

Doesn’t a fire intuitively indicate damage ?

Don’t get the pun.

This one doesn’t even make sense!

All an old groan!

Well its all fun and games until someone loses a Thai

In other news, the manager of the factory was found dead, the apparent victim of group auto-erotic asphyxiation while drunk…he Thai’ed on one too many.

Years ago, being stationed in Thailand was referred to as “working for the railroad”, because you were probably going to lay some Thais.

Comments funnier than strip!

Pastis must have Thaied one on last night.

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Today’s comic is an excerpt from a newly-discovered Dr. Seuss book: Nine Thai, Ten Tie, Mai Tai, Hentai.

Not one of my favorite puns, but t’will do, t’will serve.

Esplain pleass

Do Thais practice tae kwon do while they tie their ties?

Arianne: Re. my “Zilch” comment on March 19: YouTube clip of Zilch.:Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self-defense.

You’re right. But Rat wouldn’t have asked the question. He wouldn’t have cared enough to ask.

Headline the day after a midget fortune teller escaped prison:“Small Medium At Large”

I don’t know what “nine Thais, ten ties” is a homophone for? Funny joke, otherwise. Oh. wait.

Count me as another one who doesn’t get it. Or are we just looking too deeply? Is the joke ONLY about the Thai/Tie homophone, or are the numbers important? In other words, would it be the same joke if he said “Four Thais. Five Ties.”?

Shakespeare would love you all – but especially you, Steph…

Now, which is funnier – the comics or the comments? It’s a tie today! Great going, folks! I love it!

basically i DO like “pearls before swine” but this strip is… it tries to make an impression to be high intellectual – first we have a word play – thais/ties – top quality joke, really :/ and then I believe it is called “4 walls” when characters DO KNOW and are aware of than they live inside of the comic strip. but overall is low low low… I would suggest to go with pig being on diet for next… ugh… for a lot of next strips to come. thank you.

After the fire they held a blackened tie affair.

Pearls is so punny. I love it!

To those of you who say you don’t get it, the pun is the play on the words “ties/Thais.” The numbers don’t have anything to do with it, except to the extent that they apparently cause you overthink the joke.

Can someone explain what the pun is? is it simply counting and the similar sound of Thai and tie?

It’s hard to tell even w/ superzoom http://assets.amuniversal.com/70784ec062a9013019e7001dd8b71c47?width=1500 but Goat appears to be reading the “Columbus Dispatch”