Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 04, 2016

I cringed, and I like Cream..Happy Independence Day to my fellow American readers. For the rest of you, it’s just another Monday.

Make a gag like that today and the young server will give you the blankest expression imaginable.

Strange brew…

By now, I would imagine that they’re all whipped, heavy, and sour.:Twelvescore years ago, something happened…

Whatever happened to rats job there?

Anyone got a baseball bat wherewith to smack Steph for that joke?

No, Rat, you just a little Blind Faith.

In my white room, with black coffee….

That joke was hardly the cream of the crop.

Then again, neither was this one.

Wow…I’d forgotten how good that band sounded.

it’s tough with jokes that require a certain demographic.every now and again, someone will ask me how old I am, and I’ll say, “39, like Jack Benny”yah, I see that blank stare. just Google him.

I love that Stephan’s maniac smile on the 3rd frame.

I still have most of their albums. Yeah, I know….What’s an album?

It’s a bit like talking to a police officer. If you have to explain something, nobody is going to be laughing.

Cream.Bread.Raspberries.Vanilla Fudge..The four food groups.

Happy 4th of July to those folks on this side of the pond………..Great comments everyone ! Now I must get out some “Cream” to listen to while I smoke those ribs…………

Amazed that Ginger Baker is still alive. What a life that guy has led!

She went to find her mom to explain the reference.

Knowing Pastis, this could have taken an uglier turn…

When I’m at the bar in a restaurant and someone asks me if there’s anyone sitting on the stool next to me I tell them that Harvey is. Some just smile as they get the joke. Others just walk away. I then tell them that it’s a joke and explain who Harvey is.

Pastis seems to be at a Crossroads.

In a white room, with black satin!

I was thinking today would be the crocs trying to kill zebra with fireworks.

>sigh< Now I’ll have “White Room” stuck in my head all day.

Check out the documentary, “Beware of Mr. Baker”

I got it too

i’ll have some Vanilla Fudge

Nice.

Wait until he tells her the Tales of Brave Ulysses.

Oh ye of little blind faith

Stange Brew, Steph, what’s inside of you?

Never cared for Cream.

I’ll go ahead and age myself. I was at their concert recording at Winterland. (Yeah, Google it)

Yeah, she’s a bit young to get that idiotic joke. Might not get who Clapton is either. Try it on her folks, bet they’d get it.

“Will you join me in a coffee?”“I don’t know – that cup doesn’t look very big. Maybe we could sit on the edge and dangle our feet in?”

Cringing is good, it’s when they just look at you with the ‘deer-caught-in-headlights’ expression of total non-comprehension that hurts.(happened a lot when I was teaching)

Clicked on the link, was a bit disappointed in sound quality. So I pulled out my Cream album, put it on the turntable, and cranked up the stereo system. Sounds mu-u-u-ch better.

He could have started singing “Spoonful.”“Could fill spoons full of coffee.Could fill spoons full of tea.Just a little spoon of your precious loveIs that enough for me?”Then she would have called the police.

A large coffee cup wouldn’t even have enuff room for their drugs

If you’re over 50, a good rule is “Never date anyone who thinks Earth, Wind and Fire is a body spray.”Happy Fourth, everyone!

The REAL Cream!!!

At last! Almost a good one.

Creams 2005 concert was their greatest.

Nobody under 50 gets it.

Luckily, I found out who Cream was a few years ago otherwise I would be completely blank!

xxx

S.W.L.A.B.R.

And after that, Stephan walked into McDonalds and ordered pressed rat and warthog.

When I go to Jamba Juice (or another such establishment) I’ll order the tropical fruit smoothie with a Captain Morgans “boost”. Some get it, other’s don’t.

At 70 years plus, my having yet to get this response from young folk makes almost as happy as I feel as I wish you all a Happy Independents Day.Stephen, your strip is a delight.

Always make room for cream!

Like most guys my age in the 80’s, I had a thing for the lead singer.

60+ comments? Haven’t we milked this one enough?

Is rat getting fatter or is that the way Steph just drew him today?

My wife is continually cringing at my jokes like this.

85 comments and no one mentioned that Jack Bruce died almost 2 years ago.

I’m surprised Cartoon-Boy is old enough himself to have heard of Cream. And nobody should remember the names of its members!

I am old enough to have lived during their “heyday” (if you want to call it that) and barely recall their existence!

Hate to admit it, but I’ve been tempted to say the same thing as Steph many times, even though I know the barista will just give me a blank stare, or cringe and walk away.

all your band name responses, LOL