Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 24, 2016
Transcript:
Pig: I want to start a baseball league for at-risk youth but I don't know what it requires. Rat: That takes helmet, bats, gloves. Pig: I don't have all that. What if I just start dodgeball league so they can take out their anger in a safe, constructive way that hopefully doesn't lead to more violence? Rat: That just takes balls. Censor: Oh, aren't you cute. Rat: What? Dodgeball requires balls. Pig: Big ones, in fact.
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
For safety sake, make sure they are not brass ones.
jackhs over 8 years ago
Pig and Rat don’t have any. Or so it appears.
Sherlock Watson over 8 years ago
Today’s background music: “Big Balls” by AC/DC.
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
long time, no see, CSC
Bilan over 8 years ago
Giving baseball bats to at-risk youths takes some balls.
warden145 over 8 years ago
The social pages say I’ve got the biggest balls of all!! :-D
The late Bon Scott heartily approves of this comic.
Cadillacus over 8 years ago
:) Good one.
dadoctah over 8 years ago
Dodgeball is institutionalized child abuse.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
Big, soft ones.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 8 years ago
if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
jerylkohjx348 over 8 years ago
“What?” Throws wrench.
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Where was the Comic Strip Censor last Friday, March 18?
Sandfan over 8 years ago
Pastis has a pretty big pair himself to tease the censor on this one.
whiteheron over 8 years ago
Tetherball is kind of, well, binding.
ksu71 over 8 years ago
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZOIHifv_E
Larry_Olsen over 8 years ago
I was once told by a pro tennis player that winning at tennis was half racket and half balls.
linksglfr Premium Member over 8 years ago
i grew up attending LA Unified School District. In elementary school we didn’t play dodgeball, we played it by another name, ‘socco’. it was one of eight sports we played on a rotation basis. Without question it was the one everyone wanted to play; skill and violence. I remember one fellow Eddie Quintana who threw the ball sidearm with his arm extended and flung it forward like a discus. The fastest throw I ever saw. Anyone who could catch his rocket was ricking a dent on the chest.
nosirrom over 8 years ago
He should start a Handball League.It would be easy for at risk youth since they’re familiar with “Balls to the Wall”
tahoeh2o over 8 years ago
We called it smear-the-queer in the early 60’s…
dre7861 over 8 years ago
Does it take any type of balls, like say Schweddy Balls?
tazz555 over 8 years ago
you should see my wife’s melons. They are huge. Nice and round. You could just eat them up…yep she got them at the super market
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 8 years ago
Thats just nuts.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 8 years ago
Dodgeball is just a legal way for bullies to attack smaller and weaker kids.
knight1192a over 8 years ago
Takes big brass ones to stick it to the comic censor like that.
Plods with ...™ over 8 years ago
Busted… I like it.
Number Three over 8 years ago
The Comic Strip Censor should have shown up on the 18th March strip like others have mentioned,
Unless he was on holiday.
xxx
cdgar over 8 years ago
As a bowler, I have big balls. Problem is I can’t keep them out of the gutter.
noreenklose over 8 years ago
Solid Neutronium (according to ST: TOS)
ziggman14304 over 8 years ago
Teach them curling, that takes big stones.
richdell over 8 years ago
I once saw a bumper sticker that said “Rugby is a sport played by men with oddly-shaped balls.”
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
I would expect Rat to draw the attention of Comic Strip Censor. But Pig’s follow-up in panel 4 puts the icing on the cake!Well done, Pig! Good follow-through, Cartoon-Boy!
abbybookcase over 8 years ago
dodgeball—traumatic memories. i took my nephew to see “chicken little” some years back, and had flashbacks. “let’s play dodgeball! popular kids against the unpopular kids!” argggghhh
Kirk Barnes Premium Member over 8 years ago
Big, round, RED ones!
DragonNerd over 3 years ago
I play dodge ball. It’s disgusting.
Kirbo over 3 years ago
lol
alantain about 1 year ago
Try bowling… but that takes balls, too. And used shoes.