Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 30, 2015
Transcript:
Goat: What are you doing, rat? Rat: Modifying the U.S.D.A.'s food pyramid. I think its unrealistic to expect people to eat 3 to 5 servings of vegetables a day. Goat: That is rather unrealistic. Can I see what you have so far? Rat: Sure. Goat: They may not endorse this. Rat: Shows what they know.
Alexander the Good Enough over 9 years ago
The seven basic food groups in my world: salt, grease, sugar, chocolate, nicotine, caffeine and alcohol. Choose any six. And it’s good to see that Rat and I agree on at least one of them.
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
Rat, what’s wrong with you? You left out pizza!
LobosSolos Premium Member over 9 years ago
Colonel Tom Kratman has this one covered.
http://www.everyjoe.com/2015/03/09/politics/military-chow-four-five-basic-food-groups/#1
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
Give the rat a break. He’s not finished yet. This is a work in progress. Goat merely asked to see what he had “so far.” Still to come are cakes & pies, chips and dips, consumable candy (chewing gum does not count; there are standards to uphold, after all.), pizza, & tacos.
rshive over 9 years ago
Peanut butter is its own food group.
Proginoskes over 9 years ago
Why didn’t Rat put beer at the bottom? That’s a no-brainer.
phylum over 9 years ago
as usual rat has got it all wrong…just put marijuana at the top and everything else will just come naturally
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
I’d be happy to take cigarettes out of the food pyramid and would certainly add pizza! Carry on with your brilliant scientific work-in-progress, Rat!
Phatts over 9 years ago
OK, so far nobody’s mentioned ICE CREAM.what’s wrong with you people?
PICTO over 9 years ago
The basis for a sound food pyramid should be the phonebook.TAKE AWAY IS MY LIFE…
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
Gin works for me!
e.groves over 9 years ago
I think half the people behind the wheel here in Tulsa are high on weed.
sarah413 Premium Member over 9 years ago
The first pyramid in no particular order; bacon, bacon and, bacon.Second list would be, again in no particular order, chocolate, chocolate and, chocolate. Dark chocolate, not milk chocolate
kaffekup over 9 years ago
Aren’t cheese puffs a vegetable?
jerrythemacguy over 9 years ago
Donuts should be on the bottom of the pyramid!
angelfiredragon over 9 years ago
Good news, thanks to the ACA I can be as unhealthy as I want due to my own desires and still pay the same amount for health insurance as the next person, hooray Rat…I like your idea.
sperry532 over 9 years ago
3-5 servings a day? Maybe possible, maybe not. The USDA refuses to actually define what a serving is.
Number Three over 9 years ago
Cheese Puffs is the one that applies to me even though I don’t think we have them in the UK. If we do then they will have a different name.I never drink or smoke.
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abbybookcase over 9 years ago
then there’s the criteria for food,in 2 categories, those things that are better with the addition of chocolate and those things that are better with garlic.
Vonne Anton over 9 years ago
Have you ever noticed that bacon goes with almost everything; salsa goes with almost everything; but bacon and salsa together is just weird!
abbybookcase over 9 years ago
i feel the bacon on everything has reached saturation point please make it stop. also, bacon almost never tastes as good as it smells and looks.
mgstrick over 9 years ago
Change cigarettes with bacon and that might work
T&J Fan over 3 years ago
I dont smoke it gives cancer