Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 07, 2016
November 06, 2016
November 08, 2016
Transcript:
Pig: Thanks for checking my grammar for me, Rat. Did I make any mistakes?
Rat: Yeah, this sentence needs a colon.
Pig: What's a colon?
Rat: Google image it.
Pig: Leave it as is.
OK, speaking as someone who works with people who have had GI issues (I work for a home infusion company, and TPN is one of the services we provide to people not able to use their GI tract) … I am going to be laughing at this all day.
BE THIS GUY about 8 years ago
You have to pour your guts into what you write.
Sherlock Watson about 8 years ago
Colons are most suitable for political speeches, because they’re usually full of $#!+.
alasko about 8 years ago
Pastis deserves a colonoscopy for this strip.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
Pig is wondering this: what purpose would intestines serve in grammar? (Did I use my colon correctly?)
bigcatbusiness about 8 years ago
The word means something else in my country… never trust the Internet to get the meaning you’re looking for.
gocomics about 8 years ago
Cristobal Colon is the actual name of the guy who “discovered America”… somehow appropriate.
blunebottle about 8 years ago
Laughing my guts out at the comments tonight….
Packratjohn Premium Member about 8 years ago
Stet: Let it stand as it is…..If you have bowel surgery, would you have a semi-colon?
Lucid Premium Member about 8 years ago
You keep using that colon: I do not think it means what you think it means.
doublepaw about 8 years ago
I had colon surgery seven years ago, and still have a t shirt with just a semi colon on it………
nosirrom about 8 years ago
Today’s strip is barely Polyp-able.
mortaur about 8 years ago
SOMETHING STINKS!!! Me-thinks it’s the comic strip.
loveabulldesign about 8 years ago
Grammatical errors—cecum and you shall find em.
skipper1992 about 8 years ago
OK, speaking as someone who works with people who have had GI issues (I work for a home infusion company, and TPN is one of the services we provide to people not able to use their GI tract) … I am going to be laughing at this all day.
Steve Dutch about 8 years ago
My English teacher thought she had problems with her colon but it was only her period. (Suck it, PC’ers)
Number Three about 8 years ago
I never use semi-colons;
Oh, I just did.
xxx
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
What is Pig writing?
Pig: WRITING?!
wiatr about 8 years ago
I’d hate to see the images for ‘Semi-colon’.
Yoshi64 about 8 years ago
Ha
SomeOtherGocomicsGuy over 6 years ago
After that, rat should say “Google image granny norma”
leopardglily over 1 year ago
Come on, Rat. Really?