Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 22, 2018

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    BE THIS GUY  over 6 years ago

    No worry. Once he finds out it’s really hot, he’ll just walk around naked like he always does.

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    knight1192a  over 6 years ago

    Pig’s friend is actually making me glad the highest temps we’ve seen around here so far this year have been 31.111°C or 31.667°C. Doubt that’s going to last now that summer is finally here.

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    Johnny Q Premium Member over 6 years ago

    When converting Celsius to Fahrenheit, the accurate result comes from multiplying it by 1.8 and adding 32; but a simpler way is to double it then add 30. (The closer the temperature is to 10/50, the better the approximation will be.)

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 6 years ago

    any Brit want roast pork?

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    santa72404  over 6 years ago

    When he steps off the plane we’ll see some baked ham.

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    Gent  over 6 years ago

    Nice. We’ll get to eat boiled Pig.

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    chris_weaver  over 6 years ago

    But, then, why spoil Pig’s trip with math?

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    Bilan  over 6 years ago

    So pigs aren’t familiar with centigrades …

    That must be where the term sweating like a pig came from.

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    ND Cool Z  over 6 years ago

    https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2003/8/3

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    SmokedLamb  over 6 years ago

    The interesting thing about the British is what we do: We use Centigrade when it’s cold, and we use Fahrenheit when it’s hot. So when it’s hot, we go, "Ooh, it’s hot . . . " Someone goes, “It’s in the 90s! It’s 92!” But when it’s really cold, we go, “It’s minus-3! It’s minus-5!” We don’t say, “It’s 28,” which is what it would be in . . . in Fahrenheit. We do. We’re very consistent, aren’t we?

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    tonypezzano  over 6 years ago

    Hottest day in England ever recorded was 35.9C I have been in Aswan, Egypt and it was over 50C. Even for an Australian that was hot.

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    Mark Jeffrey Premium Member over 6 years ago

    If it’s that hot in England today, it won’t be by the time he gets there. English summers are very rarely that hot, hence the lack of AC in most homes and many businesses. And some years “summer” is very short. One year I missed it entirely because I was in the bathroom.

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    johndifool  over 6 years ago

    Good idea, Pig—it’s actually 34 degrees Kelvin.

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    Frank_Lecanto  over 6 years ago

    Easiest way to convert: Double it, subtract 10 percent, THEN add 32. That’s exact…

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 6 years ago

    And when you hear it’s 0 centigrade in Canada, it’s not that cold!

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    jessie d.  over 6 years ago

    That’s about the human temperature that’ll greet Americans anywhere in the world now thanks to the insults of Trump.

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    Nathan Daniels Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Somebody should tell Pig that PAL isn’t used in the U.K. so much anymore.

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    Kilrwat Premium Member over 6 years ago

    This is obviously the multiverse version of England where it’s warm and not raining and cloudy all the time.

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    nosirrom  over 6 years ago

    Last winter I was driving across way upstate NY to pick up my son from school. I found a nice radio station to listen to and the weather came on. They announced the temp being -8 degrees. I thought “Wow, that’s cold”. And then I looked at my car thermometer and realized I had tuned to an Ottawa station.

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    F-Flash  over 6 years ago

    I like toast with my bacon.

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    garcoa  over 6 years ago

    I could mention stories of people of a certain country crossing the border into Canada in July hoping to go downhill skiing. But then again, I better not.

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member over 6 years ago

    The U.S.A. has to be the only country in the world where we describe the temps by Fahrenheit over Celsius

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    MeanBob Premium Member over 6 years ago

    When I brought my Grandson over for a visit he didn’t want to get off the plane at LAX because the captain had announced the temperature to be Eighty degrees, roughly 175c. I still tease him about that.

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    pschearer Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Why does the world want to force Celsius on the U.S.? Could it be because they hate FREEDOM?

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    zeexenon  over 6 years ago

    When we used to visit foreign tropical countries, one of my first duty’s was to correct the thermostat using F = (9/5)C + 32. Then I put the permanent marker in it’s personal suitcase location for the next trip.

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    Lablubber   over 6 years ago

    He’s going to need a lot of iced tea. More than an imperial gallon.

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    Diane Lee Premium Member over 6 years ago

    The US schools have been pushing metric, Celsius etc for 50 years and it isn’t happening. I was amused by the “Keep liter in it’s place” sign in a local store. Couldn’t decide if it was a protest or just bad spelling.

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    Scott S  over 6 years ago

    At a beach tiki bar in Cancun there was a TV monitor with the current weather conditions. It seemed very odd being in swimsuits & sipping Coronas & mojitos while it was “32 degrees!”

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    B UTTONS  over 6 years ago

    … somewhere over the Atlantic

    Folks, this is your Captain. Smoking is strictly prohibited on this airplane. The party smoking the pork must either stop, or send up a portion to the cockpit to share with your flight crew. We’ll take it ours with a side of beans.

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    Call me Ishmael  over 6 years ago

    I have stood on London Bridge in July in a light jacket, with chattering teeth. I have sat in a London bus upper deck roasting in the same month, a few years later. He may not need the extra clothes, but it IS just possible…

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    Sisyphos  over 6 years ago

    Sure to be a Learning Experience for Pig! Let him learn for himself. That’s the best way! And he’ll have such a rosy glow!

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    Swirls Before Pine  over 6 years ago

    Simple solution: Water boils at 200, water freezes at 0.

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    jdbligh  over 6 years ago

    34 degrees in England? LOL! FAKE NEWS!!

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    Cherry  about 4 years ago

    Worse the other way around though.

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