Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 29, 2016
October 28, 2016
October 30, 2016
Transcript:
Goat: Did you hear the Earth's rotation is slowing down?
Pig: That makes me feel terrible.
Goat: Why?
Pig: I'm too fat.
Goat: It's not your fault.
Pig: Maybe I'll just stay off the ground.
Everyone knows that you spin faster when you pull your arms in close to your body. What Pig needs to do is dig a very deep hole and climb into it………et voila most people won’t get that joke.
The earth has changed rotational direction several times in the las few billion years. Magnetic line imprints in the grain of lava-formed rocks show this.
Then, when the Earth rotates pig to the side, it speeds up to 9000 miles. When pig is back on the top, the earth quickly stops, and we all get flung a speed at about 9000 mph.
BE THIS GUY about 8 years ago
While you’re at it, Pig, stop contributing to the greenhouse gases.
bigcatbusiness about 8 years ago
That won’t work. Gravity will still pull you back.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
Pig’s arms are going to tire sooner or later… not to mention he won’t be able to hold his food if his hands are on the curtain rod for all time
Sherlock Watson about 8 years ago
What if we all run from east to west as fast as we can? Will that bring the speed back up?
knight1192a about 8 years ago
Ah, so now their trying to make daylight savings seem to be true. In the spring Goat will see something claiming the rotation is speeding up.
Brian K about 8 years ago
That means longer days and longer nights. Enough time to sleep in lol
asianwoof about 8 years ago
Everyone knows that you spin faster when you pull your arms in close to your body. What Pig needs to do is dig a very deep hole and climb into it………et voila most people won’t get that joke.
dadoctah about 8 years ago
If Superman didn’t affect time for people on earth, how do you account for that jarring glitch in Supertramp’s “Give a Little Bit” that we all heard?
juicebruce about 8 years ago
I am stuck on that curtain rod being able to hold up Pig :-)
Cameron1988 Premium Member about 8 years ago
Pig really isn’t fat
PrairieDog37 about 8 years ago
Earth’s rotation slowing down? No big deal. It’s been slowing down ever since the Moon formed billions of years ago.
Chad Cheetah about 8 years ago
If Pig’s too fat, shouldn’t he fall?
æ² about 8 years ago
I think I heard about this new Earthspin Diet on Dr Oz.
Michael Beeson Premium Member about 8 years ago
Staying off the ground will make the earth rotate even slower, according to the law of conservation of angular momentum.
Radish the wordsmith about 8 years ago
Panel 4, curtain rod breaks, Pig falls to the floor.
Panel 5, earth goes out of orbit.
zeexenon about 8 years ago
It’s the moon, I tell you. But so far in my lifetime, it’s over six feet further away from the earth.
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
Bah! When pigs fly! When fat Pig flies, Earth will regain lost speed!
Speaking of which (kinda), Fall Back!
Number Three about 8 years ago
It’s all the overpopulation that’s causing it.
There are such things as birth control and adoption.
Just my two cents worth. Nobody needs to take it personally.
xxx
craigwestlake about 8 years ago
The earth has changed rotational direction several times in the las few billion years. Magnetic line imprints in the grain of lava-formed rocks show this.
route66paul about 8 years ago
If pigs weren’t fat, they wouldn’t taste so good.
Lily55541 about 8 years ago
Come on people, stop taking the literal meaning of these comics!
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 8 years ago
Pig’s just a Little Weak on Earth Science!!
singkong2012 about 8 years ago
Just blame it on Donald Trump
glowing-steak32 about 8 years ago
Better than Roy’s “grabbity” theory.
SomeOtherGocomicsGuy about 6 years ago
Then, when the Earth rotates pig to the side, it speeds up to 9000 miles. When pig is back on the top, the earth quickly stops, and we all get flung a speed at about 9000 mph.