Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 19, 2014
Transcript:
Sister Mary: Hi. I'm sister Mary. I'm afraid your strip with the nun being kicked yesterday was a little offensive to our order. got a minute to discuss it with a minute to discuss it with my fellow M.M.A. nuns and I? Pastis: Of course. Now is M.M.A. short for 'Mary Magdalene Abbey'? Sister Mary: Mixed Martial Arts. Pastis: Someone... Save me... Rat: You should really take a vow of silence.
Bilan over 10 years ago
He won’t have to worry about the sixth or ninth commandment anytime in the near future.
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
Today’s background music: “Nuns” by Big Daddy Graham.
naturally_easy over 10 years ago
KSSHH? That can’t be good!
knight1192a over 10 years ago
Kneed the wrong one in the groin. You wanna talk to Pastis and really get him to listen, you must first demonstrate your skills on someone else. Like Rat.
Ida No over 10 years ago
Nun 1: “Now, let’s continue this conversation in the confessional cage box.”
GVTriton over 10 years ago
you deserve that Stephen, don’t forget to whoop rat’s ass as well. one more thing, never call a Nun ‘Babe’ it’ll make things worse.
hariseldon59 over 10 years ago
Ouch, right in the oompa loompas!
lynnskay over 10 years ago
I hope that nun is not an English teacher.(discuss with the…nuns and me)
hariseldon59 over 10 years ago
Nunjas
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 10 years ago
I didn’t think those nuns still did that stuff…especially not officially…I mean, I really thought they’d be out of the habit.
Perforated Biscuit over 10 years ago
REPENT, NUNS!! REPENT!!!
PICTO over 10 years ago
The Sisters of Perpetual Pain…?
Egrayjames over 10 years ago
My first mother-in-law, when she was a little girl and learning to write, had her left hand fingers broken by a Nun in Newport, RI. It was considered a sign of the devil to be left handed. True story! (That must have been back in the late 1920’s? It would never happen today…yeah right?)
biglar over 10 years ago
Funny – my Great-Aunt is “Sister Mary.” She’s a cloistered nun though so she wouldn’t be making any “house calls.”
Stocky One over 10 years ago
Well, that’s… unconventional ;-)
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
You were warned yesterday, Cartoon-Boy! It is the Righteous Wrath of the Good Nuns, the deliverers of God’s message to the sinner! Well stroked, sister! Spot-on to the oompa loompas!Repent while ye may, Cartoon-Boy!
MeGoNow Premium Member over 10 years ago
Don’t mess with nuns. It’s not just coincidence that they dress like ninjas.
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
mushed the plums indeed
Rex Roach Premium Member over 10 years ago
…with my fellow M.M.A. nuns and ME.
I wouldn’t be a grammar Nazi except for published works. You have influence and gross errors like this should not be taken lightly.
Besides, it’s an affront to nuns everywhere. (But I REALLY love your work.)
nosirrom over 10 years ago
Did you hear the one about the 2 nuns driving through Transilvania? Suddenly a vampire appeared out of nowhere in front of their car. One nun turns to the other and says "Show him your cross’. The other nun sticks her head out the window and says “Get out of the road your git”.
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Ouch, that really had to hurt!
sarah413 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Rhonda Rousey is a nun? Who’d of thunk.
juicebruce over 10 years ago
Today might be a record for PBS comments, the numbers are growing ! Ya-Ho !
YatInExile over 10 years ago
We had nuns like this when I was in school.
crow4946 over 10 years ago
Right in the ol’ OOMPA LOOMPAs.
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
I’m of the opinion that the kneeing site (incidentally, I do think they’re supposed to kneel, not knee) is a little high up for the oompa loompas. Also, in the post-trauma panel there’s a black smudge on Stephan’s belly, unless smudges on this computer are able to move up with the text. Finally, when such injuries happen on TV, the guys always double up and roll around in agony. Maybe Stephan is suggesting this, but being uncharacteristically discreet.
felinefan55 Premium Member over 10 years ago
My daughter has her B.A. She’s an English major. When she comes back to the States she hopes to start on her Master’s in Library Science. The reason I bring this up is because of Faulkner. Her only failing grade was on a workshop based on his works. She HATED his lack of proper English. This is a child that from age 11 on read Twain every summer for fun. (His lack of grammar etiquette irked her as well, just not as bad.) She has a saying “Faulner f**ked me up”.
ajr58 over 10 years ago
I thought their weapons of choice were rulers ….
rowf39 over 10 years ago
I’m disappointed that a man as obviously educated as Steph would write a nun saying “….with…..I”. That’s very illiterate, and it ain’t well english neither!
comixrock0124 over 10 years ago
Look out,I’m a NUNJA!
ChessPirate over 10 years ago
“Yes, we’re from the Mary Magdalene Abbey… of death!”
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 10 years ago
Who would have guessed nuns wore purple slacks under their habits?
Number Three over 10 years ago
Poor Stephan can’t do right for doing wrong!
xxx
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Bad grammar. She should have ended her sentence with “my fellow MMA nuns and me,” not I. When in doubt, take the other name out and see if it sounds wrong with the word I there.
pnmiq over 10 years ago
Ooh, he got it right in the nuns!
jondelfin Premium Member over 10 years ago
I wonder how the nuns feel about mishyphenating “of-fen-sive.”
DanielBCaton over 10 years ago
“… NUNS AND I”??? This grammatical error is getting rampant and annoying. No excuse for an professional writer, even a cartoonist!
rgcviper over 10 years ago
Indeed … better watch those Oompa Loompas, Pastis.
That, or get a bodyguard.
Asharah over 10 years ago
I went to Catholic School for 12 years and you do not mess with the nuns.
Lamberger over 10 years ago
Sister Mary Elephant never went into the playground without her “yard” stick.
jeanniebee over 10 years ago
Stephan was my hero when he had the strip about the lemming who misspelled “all right” as “alright” and then died going over the cliff right after his grammar error. I was surprised & dismayed when he had the nun say “fellow nuns & I.” Maybe he was just getting in another jab at the nuns!
theLazyCartoonist over 10 years ago
What kind of meat does the Pope eat?
NUN!
Ernest Lemmingway over 7 years ago
Nobody’s made a “nun”-chucks joke yet? I’m disappointed, GoComics readers.
imcd7007 over 2 years ago
parkore
alantain over 1 year ago
No nonsense nuns.