Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 30, 2016
August 29, 2016
August 31, 2016
Transcript:
Goat: Do you ever think about why we choose to kill certain animals and let others live?
Rat: How do you mean?
Goat: Well, if cows could write poetry, would we still kill them?
Rat: I'd kill them faster.
Snooty cows.
Goats are often kept for their milk, but they are also a major meat source and have been for 9000 years or so. Their hairy hides make good cloaks for shepherds, too. Cartoon-Boy is Greek, so I’m sure he is aware of this.So, Goat, don’t be too inquisitive. Unlike the curious cat, you don’t have nine lives with which to work….
A man is driving down a deserted country road when he has a blowout. Not having a spare he finally finds a house and asks the lady if he can use her phone to call for a tow-truck. As she opens the door for him to come in, a Three Legged Pig runs out. He asks “why does that Pig only have three legs?” She says that they had a fire and the pig woke everybody up and then went back and brought the dog out. He said “but why does the Pig only have three legs?” She said well another time my son was playing on the ice and it broke and he fell in and the Pig ran to the barn and got a rope and saved him. Again he asked “why does the Pig only have three legs?” After all the Pig did for us, it didn’t seem right to eat him all at once.
we got two options if cows really did write poety then they would either be equals or conquer mankind…after all cows would eat us if they were smart enough to write poetry.
The other option is mankind would just enslave the cows to do our bidding, they are better off not being intelligent enough to write poetry. It don’t matter what the government does, history has shown us what would happen.
animals food – or humans go hungry in some placespoetry can be strange – even though i like most kindssome plant are carnivores-don’t let them near your fingersrat’s are omnivores – why they exist everywheregoat’s eat many things cows can’t and still live-hey rat – i’ve known cows to be snotty but never snootyand i’ve known a lot of cows growing up:) at least a couple thousand
William Forstchen’s “The Lost Regiment” series actually raises questions about something like this. There are aliens who literally call humans “cattle” and eat them.
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
How about if cows wrote books about boy wizards?
Sherlock Watson over 8 years ago
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” (Jack Handey)
cdgar over 8 years ago
Poetry or not, I’d still kill for a good hamburger or steak. I don’t even like poetry.
knight1192a over 8 years ago
Keep in mind, goat, that the culture you’re born into more determines which animals are more likely to be killed.
blunebottle over 8 years ago
Goat and Rat eat cows? (Well, come to think of it, Rat would.)
dadoctah over 8 years ago
Pigs are intelligent and noble creatures, but we still kill and eat them, because hey, bacon.
ulomz over 8 years ago
Rat. You’re a.. rat? Kill them faster.. riiiggght!
juicebruce over 8 years ago
Goat why is there Air and Water ?……………and food?…….these are the things that make life happen :-)
Kaputnik over 8 years ago
Heck, this is the comics reality where Pig eats BLTs, so why not?
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Goats are often kept for their milk, but they are also a major meat source and have been for 9000 years or so. Their hairy hides make good cloaks for shepherds, too. Cartoon-Boy is Greek, so I’m sure he is aware of this.So, Goat, don’t be too inquisitive. Unlike the curious cat, you don’t have nine lives with which to work….
pschearer Premium Member over 8 years ago
This is why there are rat traps.
ckeller over 8 years ago
Moo moo mooMoo moo moo moo
Yup, it rhymes.
tom over 8 years ago
Has Rat noticed this momentous day? Ziggy is wearing shoes.
mauser7 over 8 years ago
Beware of poets who read their verse in public, they may have other bad habits as well.
grainpaw over 8 years ago
source: http://www.jokes4us.com/animaljokes/threeleggedpigjoke.html
Radish... over 8 years ago
Rats are on my hit list.
kaffekup over 8 years ago
Rat probably doesn’t like mimes, either.
TheBigPickle over 8 years ago
Bleeding heart herbivores…
KEA over 8 years ago
and we kill vegetables because they’re not cute and don’t have voices, but they’re still living things.
Tokenization over 8 years ago
Killing them wouldn’t be the best option… Rat lol
wes tnt over 8 years ago
i prefer to eat steer. but this year, it’s the piggies that are making the trip to the deep freeze. (Alexander Hamilton & Sir Kevin Bacon)
Ginny Premium Member over 8 years ago
So, which animals write poetry? (we know cows don’t)
angelfiredragon over 8 years ago
we got two options if cows really did write poety then they would either be equals or conquer mankind…after all cows would eat us if they were smart enough to write poetry.
The other option is mankind would just enslave the cows to do our bidding, they are better off not being intelligent enough to write poetry. It don’t matter what the government does, history has shown us what would happen.
shakeswilly over 8 years ago
This is why sir Francis Bacon did not write poems. It’s not a job for pigs and besides, writing poems does not bring home the bacon.
Marc Schiffres over 8 years ago
Your best friend is a pig….
Saddenedby Premium Member over 8 years ago
animals food – or humans go hungry in some placespoetry can be strange – even though i like most kindssome plant are carnivores-don’t let them near your fingersrat’s are omnivores – why they exist everywheregoat’s eat many things cows can’t and still live-hey rat – i’ve known cows to be snotty but never snootyand i’ve known a lot of cows growing up:) at least a couple thousand
oakie817 over 8 years ago
excellent
Troy over 8 years ago
If cows wrote poetry, what kind would they write? Haimoo?
mjb515 over 8 years ago
Generally, so we can convert stuff we cannot digest effectively into something we can, like grasses to beef or mutton.
washatkc over 8 years ago
Brian Fellows hates snooty cows
Da Cat Guy over 2 years ago
William Forstchen’s “The Lost Regiment” series actually raises questions about something like this. There are aliens who literally call humans “cattle” and eat them.
alantain about 1 year ago
So, if I don’t write poetry I’m… what? Dead meat? Or a cow? Well, mooooo to you too!