Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 08, 2013
July 07, 2013
July 09, 2013
Transcript:
Pig: Officer! Help! Help! There's been a murder of crows! Cop: Ha ha. Very amusing. A group of crows is called a "murder." Now run along and prank someone else. Pig: Some crimes are so hard to report.
Actually a bit of better word choice would clear things up easily. “Crows have been killed.” “I’ve found crows with knives sticking out of them.” Even “Someone murdered these crows.”.Pig, the way you said it was the only way that would make things difficult. And yes, saying it that way sounds very much like a prank.
Multiple blunt objects (baseball bats)? Multiple knives? Looks to me like this was an anti-crow hate crime with special heinous circumstances. What have you got yourself mixed up in now, Pig? —Watch your back, or your bacon could be in the fire!
It doesn’t take a sleuth (of bears) to find a list of animal collectives. There are a lot of such lists on the net, but this one is probably the most fun:
I can hear that officers voice with a Irish accent.Just waiting for “Ahh Look at the little baby, ain’t he cute.”And the cop is not accurate. I would know.No donuts. (heheheh)A murder of crows, hah, Pig why did you do it??
It’s called “dark humor”, which Pastis didn’t invent but excels at. There are many examples of death being used as a subject for humor (for example, the death of Chuckles the Clown on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, or numerous sketches by Monty Python).
Pig, you’re dealing with a real crow magnon here. Keep it simple. (Actually, they’re called a murder of crows because they mob and kill other birds, even the bigger raptors that eat them if they can get enough of them to get together to do it.)
Magic Fan… huh? Chuck Norris?It was just something off the top of my head….If you play Scrabble and do cryptic crosswords you know that S + Laughter makes slaughter.
And No. Six …. OH! Good to know, cos I thought you had to spin your computer…Shaking takes up less room on the desk.
heard on the news that a lot of cops are juicing on steroids. also, virgina booze cops arrested a college student, because she had bottled water. they say it was vodka. and, that cops are killing more dogs and using swat teams to make raids on misdemeanor offenses(gambling on a sports game at the local bar, poker games between friends at a private residence, a charity hold’em poker event at a vfw, raiding private clubs on the premise of underage drinking(even if the patrons are all over the age of 55), raiding unlicensed barbershops, etc…)
Toxicdave over 11 years ago
A nickel a piece.
Pelahnar over 11 years ago
Actually a bit of better word choice would clear things up easily. “Crows have been killed.” “I’ve found crows with knives sticking out of them.” Even “Someone murdered these crows.”.Pig, the way you said it was the only way that would make things difficult. And yes, saying it that way sounds very much like a prank.
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
Video evidence would probably have been more helpful, Pig.
arye uygur over 11 years ago
Can you blame it on the crocs?
Ida No over 11 years ago
But you tried, Pig. You tried. That’s all the jury is going to care about.
PUNishment over 11 years ago
Probably all started at the crow bar.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
Multiple blunt objects (baseball bats)? Multiple knives? Looks to me like this was an anti-crow hate crime with special heinous circumstances. What have you got yourself mixed up in now, Pig? —Watch your back, or your bacon could be in the fire!
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
It was a slaughter of crows…. appropriate for the comics, cos it’s the only heinous crime with laughter in it.
boogshine over 11 years ago
It was P.I. Staker.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 11 years ago
Pshaw!The Punster strikes again..Chief O’Hara give me the Batphone.
jmartin1955 over 11 years ago
What’s the term for a large amount of bad puns?
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
now we all get too “Eat Crow”
Kaputnik over 11 years ago
And there’s been a crash of rhinos on the highway.
People make up these “correct” terms for groups of animals just to mess with other people. Pastis gets that.
finale over 11 years ago
A Bamboozle of Wall Street Analysts
corzak over 11 years ago
This strip usually gets a ‘Rash of Comments’.
GoodQuestion Premium Member over 11 years ago
Pig, alone, don’t make a sounder . . . ☻
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
It doesn’t take a sleuth (of bears) to find a list of animal collectives. There are a lot of such lists on the net, but this one is probably the most fun:
http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kennel/collectives.htm
So, go enjoy an exaltation (of larks) and report back here tomorrow
Vet Premium Member over 11 years ago
I can hear that officers voice with a Irish accent.Just waiting for “Ahh Look at the little baby, ain’t he cute.”And the cop is not accurate. I would know.No donuts. (heheheh)A murder of crows, hah, Pig why did you do it??
dangerj03 over 11 years ago
In one of the “Pearls Before Swine” treasuries, Stephan Pastis mentions he just thought of a stip involving a murder of crows and Pig.
hariseldon59 over 11 years ago
“Comics should be comedy. This is sad.. "
It’s called “dark humor”, which Pastis didn’t invent but excels at. There are many examples of death being used as a subject for humor (for example, the death of Chuckles the Clown on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, or numerous sketches by Monty Python).
route66paul over 11 years ago
Si is a group of cops called a “Donut”?
Reppr Premium Member over 11 years ago
Your eyes and the elephants’ have to bee keen, and you have to shoot fast and you have to hit clean
Dr. Seuss
SackofRabidWeasels over 11 years ago
No, the duck works in explosives.
This is truly the work of those dastardly magpies.
Number Three over 11 years ago
LOL LOL… I laughed at this one.
And you’re right there, Pig.
xxx
katina.cooper over 11 years ago
Wow, so much violence in the strips today. A lot of deaths.
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Pig, you’re dealing with a real crow magnon here. Keep it simple. (Actually, they’re called a murder of crows because they mob and kill other birds, even the bigger raptors that eat them if they can get enough of them to get together to do it.)
Logical Duck over 11 years ago
It was done by a raven lunatic!
Popeyesforearm over 11 years ago
Pastis has gone batty
Sherlock Watson over 11 years ago
Pig needs to get more information. Perhaps the cows herd?
John Niegowski over 11 years ago
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
Magic Fan… huh? Chuck Norris?It was just something off the top of my head….If you play Scrabble and do cryptic crosswords you know that S + Laughter makes slaughter.
And No. Six …. OH! Good to know, cos I thought you had to spin your computer…Shaking takes up less room on the desk.
lmonteros over 11 years ago
Actually learned something from Pastis! I knew about a gaggle of geese meaning 7 geese, but this is new. Perfect word.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
heard on the news that a lot of cops are juicing on steroids. also, virgina booze cops arrested a college student, because she had bottled water. they say it was vodka. and, that cops are killing more dogs and using swat teams to make raids on misdemeanor offenses(gambling on a sports game at the local bar, poker games between friends at a private residence, a charity hold’em poker event at a vfw, raiding private clubs on the premise of underage drinking(even if the patrons are all over the age of 55), raiding unlicensed barbershops, etc…)
knight1192a over 11 years ago
Rat was there. Baseball bats are his signature weapon.
herlihym Premium Member over 11 years ago
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/387276_10151654670371804_1752787071_n.jpg
glowing-steak32 over 7 years ago
Who murdered the murder of crows?