Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 13, 2017

And Goat’s name is pronounced Paree.

LAUGHS

L’oncle de la nièce niçoise il a commencé. (The Nice citizen niece’s uncle started it.)

Cue the knights who say “Ni.”

“Never mind”

Behave, or I’ll bend you over my kneece.

Maybe Pastis could have done more with this. For example, if Goat’s tidy relative had suffered sports injuries, he could talk about the knees of his nice neat niece in Nice.

If that outburst seems to jinx Mr.Goat, he might soon be yelling, “I hate neeces to pieces!”

And the ants in France stay mainly on the plants.

who’s on first——ish

How about a nice noose. For Pastis’s puns.

All reet! Yeah, I’m old.

Goat officially reached his breaking point! LMAO!

Shemp shisk-a-bob…

So much for niceties…

Looks like Pig got his Goat. Nice.

Try Neece’s Liver Pudding.

Old TV adaptation of some Agatha Christie books:

There’s a knock on the door, and Hercule Poirot opens the door. A delivery boy is carrying a cage.

Delivery boy: I have a parrot for Mr. Poy-rot.HP: It is pronounced poo-ah-rohDB: Sorry. I have a poo-ah-roh for My Poy-rot.

Will Rogers said — they call it Neece because the French don’t have a word for Nice.

But does she have nice knees?

I Caan imagine another France related strip coming soon

What, no attempt to whack Toon Boy with a baguette?

Nein.

Isn’t Goat’s niece a novice neatsfoot oil saleslady?

I’d say, “That’s gneiss,” but I’m afraid you’d all take it for granite.

Damn the puns, and let’s finally have a rational spelling reform!

poor pig. the whole thing was goats fault

just don’t go to France. they are socialist lovers anyways.

First panel and I knew the end.

Next panel: Stephan is beaten up.

xxx

Used to work with a lady named Nice. She was smart and good looking, very nice.

neece one!

Looks as though Paris Goat has stroked out. Pig is more potent a porker than I had perceived….

Nice is a nice city! (not that I’ve ever been there)

“We want… a shrubbery!”