Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 11, 2015
July 10, 2015
July 12, 2015
Transcript:
Goat: Hey, Jim. What's new?
Jim: Fred's having an affair with Jessica. Stella is using drugs again. Bill's kid got kicked out of school. Ed stole money from the school fundraiser. George caught a disease in Thailand.
Goat: Town barber.
It’s almost like Facebook when everyone posts things of what’s happening. But when you ask a friend with whom you’ve not had contact in a long while how are things, they just say things are going great without telling you the specifics.
Barber’s are a lot like bartenders, folks tell them things. Think the same thing is true of hairdressers (I ain’t gonna use the snobby term stylist, that’s just someone trying to make the job sound more fancy as far as I’m concerned).
i believe, originally the barber’s pole signified his other job as dentist, and to some extent doctor as well. the red standing for the blood involved.
There is a barber in Canyonville, Oregon the window of whose business declares him to be the Barber of C-Ville. While he is a cut above the rest, he’s a shear delight.
I had a trusted, regular barber, Italian, whom I went to for years, as did my Dad when he was alive. But when Frank the Barber retired, I started going to a nearby outlet of one of those unisex quick-clip barbershops, where I would not dream of divulging anything at all personal to one of the quick-cutters….
My barber’s place of business is called “The Chop Shop” — formerly an auto body repair shop. Lots of talk about ladies lingerie football and boxing but no chisme .
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Ok, I’m not going to a barber that cuts George’s hair.
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
Those are just the bits of news off the top of his head.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
It’s almost like Facebook when everyone posts things of what’s happening. But when you ask a friend with whom you’ve not had contact in a long while how are things, they just say things are going great without telling you the specifics.
cdgar over 9 years ago
Barbers Gossip? I never talk to my barber. That’s probably for the best.
wiselad over 9 years ago
did George go to see a ladyboy?
phylum over 9 years ago
if this is just gossip to jim….I wonder what he is hiding…
knight1192a over 9 years ago
Barber’s are a lot like bartenders, folks tell them things. Think the same thing is true of hairdressers (I ain’t gonna use the snobby term stylist, that’s just someone trying to make the job sound more fancy as far as I’m concerned).
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
Town gossip, more like.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
Next time you visit Jim’s shop, give him this tip: “The part of that question generally left unspoken is ‘with you’”
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 9 years ago
Sausages.
Reppr Premium Member over 9 years ago
Shave and a haircut…
mammamoonbeam over 9 years ago
Barber: A person who cuts men’s hair.No way any self respecting male would impart such goings on to anyone. Pastis is way off base with this one.
nosirrom over 9 years ago
I always go to Jim for my haircuts.His gossip is a cut above the rest of the barbers.
me over 9 years ago
He knows all the good parts.
Indycar over 9 years ago
In my experience barbers tend to have more hair.
hariseldon59 over 9 years ago
Reminds me of the gossipy rabbi from Seinfeld who told all Elaine’s secrets after she confided in him.
26 over 9 years ago
Do they live in Seville?
abbybookcase over 9 years ago
i believe, originally the barber’s pole signified his other job as dentist, and to some extent doctor as well. the red standing for the blood involved.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 9 years ago
Meat pies.Goat loves meat pies.
Number Three over 9 years ago
The juiciest gossip always seem to be about bad things.
xxx
Kind&Kinder over 9 years ago
There is a barber in Canyonville, Oregon the window of whose business declares him to be the Barber of C-Ville. While he is a cut above the rest, he’s a shear delight.
cupertino jay over 9 years ago
last time some us hippies sat in a barber’s shop was maaany decades ago. # hairy krishna
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
I had a trusted, regular barber, Italian, whom I went to for years, as did my Dad when he was alive. But when Frank the Barber retired, I started going to a nearby outlet of one of those unisex quick-clip barbershops, where I would not dream of divulging anything at all personal to one of the quick-cutters….
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 9 years ago
My barber’s place of business is called “The Chop Shop” — formerly an auto body repair shop. Lots of talk about ladies lingerie football and boxing but no chisme .
route66paul over 9 years ago
I thought his nams was Floyd…….
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
That guy should have been named Charles.
robertiris over 2 years ago
The cobbler’s children have no shoes