Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 13, 2014
Transcript:
Goat; What's the matter Steph? Pastis: This company is offering to beam any message you want to Mars. But I only have 'til November 5 to give it to them. Goat: Writes something profound. Rat: Something eternal! Goat; Something brilliant! Rat; Something deep! Goat: Think shakespeare! Rat: Plato! Goat: Einstein! Rat: Da Vinci! I like beer. Goat: That's our message to Mars? Pastsis: You rushed me! Rat: Mars will be so impressed.
drjinx about 10 years ago
Well, it’s basic and honest.
bluskies about 10 years ago
Works for me, as long as it doesn’t bring in a bunch of Martian tourists driving prices up.
Ida No about 10 years ago
“We have women!”
juicebruce about 10 years ago
I like Beer , sounds good to me.
Reppr Premium Member about 10 years ago
“Don’t do stupid….stuff”
Michael Rosser Premium Member about 10 years ago
Tom T. Hall approves.
Plods with ...™ about 10 years ago
Whoo hoo!!!!
Sisyphos about 10 years ago
Pressure! Deadlines! Unsolicited advice! Voices in your head! Just another manic Monday, Cartoon-Boy….
Already Fuzzy about 10 years ago
…and pizza. Don’t forget pizza. Oh, and football. Beer, pizza and football. OK, done, now send it. Oh wait, ice cream …
Jeff0811 about 10 years ago
Give me a message, for $10.00 I will beam it to Mars using a flashlight and a basic understanding of Morse code . . . – — – . . .
puddlesplatt about 10 years ago
{Message returned} Ack ack ack, Ack ack ack?
57-Don about 10 years ago
“I like beer” it’s zen-like in its simplicity
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 10 years ago
Women are from Venus, men are from Mars, today’s kartune is from hunger…or maybe thirst!
eddie6192 about 10 years ago
Even if they didn’t rush him, Toon Boy probably would have came up with the same message.
Mumblix Premium Member about 10 years ago
Here is the link>
drjinx about 10 years ago
Can we send them Honey Boo-Boo ?
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
@drjinxI heard a rumor how that girl got that name. Her father said to her mother ‘Who is that?’ and the mother responded ‘Honey, thats a Boo-Boo.’
garcoa about 10 years ago
In that case, bring a case of 24.
Edward Wiggins Premium Member about 10 years ago
An anecdote considering the strip for today: I live near Cape Canaveral and hang out at a bar a lot of the team preparing the Curiosity rover for launch to Mars would visit after a hard day of rocket scientisting. We locals starting referring to the Curiosity crew as “the Martians.” So I can confirm that Martians drink a lot of beer.
Vet Premium Member about 10 years ago
The message should have been “BEER, WOMEN, FOOTBALL!!!!!” How bout them Cowboys…take that Seattle Birdies!!!!!!"(That’s okay, I am still waiting for the fall….they always fall….just like Rangers baseball.)
sarah413 Premium Member about 10 years ago
Just don’t send them Billy Beer or Narragansett.
prrdh about 10 years ago
Housman said the same thing much more elegantly: “Malt does more than Milton can/To justify God’s ways to man”.Of course, he was thinking of real beer, brewed instead of obtained by administering HCT to a diabetic horse.
Keith Messamer about 10 years ago
Well, there are Mars Bars, so it might work out.
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
@Arianne@Puddlesplatt McLearnWould it cause a war if we told them we like to yodel?
RACerri32 about 10 years ago
Hey Mr. P, you forgot " I’m Homer Simpson, and I approved this message"
markzwaan about 10 years ago
Reminds me of this Dutch beer commercial:
Note: The sign says “Biertje” which is Dutch for “Want a beer?”
gaslightguy about 10 years ago
Made me stop reading the comics long enough to get a cold one. Power of suggestion?
rshive about 10 years ago
Shot and simple. War and Peace wouldn’t do.
Sherlock Watson about 10 years ago
Let’s send them a message that sums up all our wisdom and sophistication::“Beans, beans, the musical fruit,The more you eat, the more you toot.”
CyberSpaceDrifter about 10 years ago
Well, according to SNL, the aliens sent us the following 4 word message after intercepting one of our Voyager space probes that contained everything pertinent about us from literature to music to philosophy … “Send More Chuck Berry!”
Logical Duck about 10 years ago
What’s the big deal getting a message to Mars? The dialing code is +33 and you can call call there any time. They have internet access like anywhere so some there will have read Steph’s message already.
katina.cooper about 10 years ago
I happen to know that Marvin the Martian loves beer.
rdusenbury about 10 years ago
Prepare to be violently invaded, earth…
rgcviper about 10 years ago
[HIC!]
“I don’t half a drunking problem!”
claire de la lune. about 10 years ago
Wait, why would you need to draw panels if you’re just writing a message?
h_laws 6 months ago
So if he’d stayed in law he’s qualified as a supreme court judge