Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 24, 2017

If he was right in the head he would go back to being a lawyer.

Stephan already knew that. His wife told him.

What a mouthful in the second the the last panel. Too bad Rat didn’t have a bowling ball to drop onto Stephan’s head.

Is the penultimate panel a riff on lyrics from a song, or a poem? If so, it’s one I can’t place.

An actress gave her a ovation, so she

Bowed fer Bo Derek.

She could get into a rap battle with the Fox in Socks.

We aren’t right in the head for reading this stuff.

I’ll admit, I’m actually impressed with the complexity of this one.

Balderdash.

Looks like Pig’s Identical twin brother with a hairpiece

Ohh Boy. Enough already on a Sun. morn.

Ball-faced bull ’bout the bowler.

That was too much and un-funny.

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I hate this crap!!! Why can’t SP just do PBS?

Gee Rat, we don’t see what the purpose in telling him that is. We’ve known that all alone.

This just makes my head hurt.

I agree with rat!

Then again, it could be all about the race between large rocks – the Boulder Dash

I have a mental image of Stephen drawing the final panel and just laughing to himself about how witty he is. The 5th wall smashing is always the best part.

looks like his back may be out of whack, too

I wonder what the readers in Boulder, CO, think about this…

sung to the tune of “National Emblem” like “the monkey wrapped his tail around the flagpole”

Rat should have smashed his face in with a bowling ball.

Build-a-Bear has songs on you-tube and (I assume) in its stores. Perhaps the strip is riffing on one of those? They’ve even been compiled onto a CD.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/build-a-bear-workshop-bear-jammin-mw0001481964

Stephan not being “right in the head” is what makes him so awesome.

So (BEEP) off, Rat.

xxx

Even after reading all the comments, I still don’t get it.

I’m vaguely aware that there’s a kids show, Bob the Builder. I googled it to see if the theme song might be the reference… eh… faintly possible, but I’ll still be looking for a better fit.

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Of course, the joke might be in watching us spin our wheels.

buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo …

Even for you, Stephan, this pretty convoluted. I believe you have outdone yourself!

I have to agree with Rat on this one.

BOO!

Sorry Stephen, but multi-line puns just don’t cut it. Nice try though.

Rat has said all that needs to be said. I can add nothing more.

That boy ain’t right in the head!

You should have run this strip on a holiday, Stephan. I didn’t get this one at all.

Closing line could be from Morrissey"s “I Like You.” Rat liking Stephen takes breaking the wall to a whole new level.

Huh?

But a boulder is!

How DOES he think up these things???

I live in Boulder , Colorado!

Woo! Go Colorado!