Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 20, 2013
September 19, 2013
September 21, 2013
Transcript:
Goat: What are you doing, Pig? Pig: I"m taking Gomer Goldfish for a walk... he pushes against the front of the bowl and it makes him roll forward. I figure it's a way for him to see the world. Curbs are tricky.
Is this really the end of Gomer Goldfish?Well, if so, Pig can always buy another. That’s pretty much the way of goldfishes; a short life but a merry one!
I used to go to the bank every Friday afternoon.There was a pet store in the shopping center. A young woman bought some small tropical fish, and rather than leave them in the car where it might be 120 degrees, she brought them into the bank.I commented that it was really nice of her to take her fish for a walk, they probably don’t get out muchUnfortunately she was very embarrassed.
Gomer had a bad attitude. But I’m not so sure that pushing against the edge of his bowl would propel the bowl and wagon. I do like the fish leash though.
’E’s not pinin’! ’E’s passed on! This fish is no more! ‘E has ceased to be! ’E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ’E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If Pig hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch – I mean taken ’im for a walk – ’e wouldn’t be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is metabolic processes are now ’istory! ’E’s off the twig! ’E’s kicked the bucket, ’e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-FISH!!
Sherlock Watson about 11 years ago
Poor little guy went completely over the edge and wound up in the gutter.
Bilan about 11 years ago
That’s the concrete fact of life
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
Is this really the end of Gomer Goldfish?Well, if so, Pig can always buy another. That’s pretty much the way of goldfishes; a short life but a merry one!
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Alas… it totally curbed his desire for adventure.
fredd13 about 11 years ago
Ah. Cartoon physics.
Thomas R. Williams about 11 years ago
Now he’s Goner Goldfish.
marienat about 11 years ago
What happened to the magnifying glass to make the strip larger?
Gilbert about 11 years ago
@marie elisabeth…..If you put your cursor on the comic you can see the magnifying glass in the middle of the second panel….just click on it.
Gilbert about 11 years ago
It’s a good thing he has a leash on that fish.
PUNishment about 11 years ago
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise.
PUNishment about 11 years ago
If he is dead, would that make him a Gomer pile now?
eddie6192 about 11 years ago
Poor Gomer….he never made it to the toilet bowl.
joeshmo30 about 11 years ago
are you sure he has not joined the inviseble choir?
jmartin1955 about 11 years ago
Hilarious, I love this strip. Reading one of the Treasuries right now and the annotations make it even funnier.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 11 years ago
Gomer’s last words were, “Stop the world! I want to get off!”.
puddlesplatt about 11 years ago
I had a black fish when I was a kid, and it turned into a frog?
Reppr Premium Member about 11 years ago
Bad week to be a minor cartoon character, especially in this strip.
rockngolfer about 11 years ago
I used to go to the bank every Friday afternoon.There was a pet store in the shopping center. A young woman bought some small tropical fish, and rather than leave them in the car where it might be 120 degrees, she brought them into the bank.I commented that it was really nice of her to take her fish for a walk, they probably don’t get out muchUnfortunately she was very embarrassed.
Malcolm Hall about 11 years ago
Gomer had a bad attitude. But I’m not so sure that pushing against the edge of his bowl would propel the bowl and wagon. I do like the fish leash though.
GoodQuestion Premium Member about 11 years ago
Not so long ago . . .well . . yes, it was a long ago . . some college kid would welcome the chance to give Gomer mouth to mouth . . . ☻
cilantro55 about 11 years ago
Now Pig has to slurp up the water as fast as he can and spit it all back into the bowl. Otherwise, it will be a long dry walk home for poor Gomer.
Hoodude about 11 years ago
..transition!..
MikeOsto Premium Member about 11 years ago
Another fish out of water story.
comedynut about 11 years ago
That proves it. The world is flat and if you go too far. you will fall off………
Peter Gruenbaum Premium Member about 11 years ago
Panel 1 is making Isaac Newton roll over in his grave…
Number Three about 11 years ago
Poor Gomer is now a fish out of water.xxx
Enoki about 11 years ago
Quick! We need to find a sewer manhole cover!
tiomax about 11 years ago
’E’s not pinin’! ’E’s passed on! This fish is no more! ‘E has ceased to be! ’E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ’E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If Pig hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch – I mean taken ’im for a walk – ’e wouldn’t be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is metabolic processes are now ’istory! ’E’s off the twig! ’E’s kicked the bucket, ’e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-FISH!!
tiomax about 11 years ago
Looks like Gomer’s a goner!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 11 years ago
And if Pig owned a piranah, would he name it Sargent Carter?!?
Popeyesforearm about 11 years ago
get some crackers and mustard and Gomer’s lunch
hitman4cookies about 11 years ago
Just take him around the block.
Snoopy_Fan about 11 years ago
Why, yes Pig… Yes they are…
jungle68 about 11 years ago
i guess the crocs will b eating gud tonight.
ZBicyclist Premium Member about 11 years ago
Clearly, neither lawyers nor cartoonists have to take physics.
barister about 11 years ago
A fat pig and stupid. Life is unfair.