Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 16, 2019

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    BE THIS GUY  over 5 years ago

    Pig, watching people with too much disposable income bidding over a Brasher Doubloon didn’t get your heart racing?

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    B UTTONS  over 5 years ago

    Pig was watching C-Span – the cameras caught members of Congress counting their 30 pieces of silver for betraying their constituents.

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    GeifuKe  over 5 years ago

    Oh, and I went to see John Wick 3. The action scenes were stellar and I was burning the candle at both ends.

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    Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 5 years ago

    When the first Harry Potter book was published in the UK, it was titled, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. But when it was released in the U.S., it was called “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”.

    Because, you know . . . Philosophers.

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    Randallw  over 5 years ago

    Was it anything like The Accountant?

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    enigmamz  over 5 years ago

    Meh, just a guy who always has to put his 2¢ in.

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    GeifuKe  over 5 years ago

    I didn’t know they made a movie about Spider-ham, aka—Peter Porker.

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    Breadboard  over 5 years ago

    Nice try Pig ! What did your date think of the movie ? ……. Croc Power !

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    Radish the wordsmith  over 5 years ago

    Did he handle the stamps with a jeweled glove?

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    cdward  over 5 years ago

    I want to see “The Vexillologist.” Flying proudly like the flags of the world, she’ll vex her foes by flapping her gums about cantons and fields and fly ends.

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    dadoctah  over 5 years ago

    I heard Tom Hanks making fun of his role in “The Da Vinci Code”, about the exciting moment when his character suddenly shouts “Quick! We have to get to the library!”

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 5 years ago

    The Numismatist would be more likely to be an early Marvel supervillain. Stan Lee would use anything. “With the power I draw from these coins I can rule the world! Here, Spider-Man, you were not prepared for my Liberty Double Eagle Gas Bomb!”

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    jpayne4040  over 5 years ago

    Actually, I would think Pig would like that kind of movie.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 5 years ago

    More action in The Lepidopterist!

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    Fred  over 5 years ago

    you can count on that…

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    Gent  over 5 years ago

    The Numismatist is an adventure where some of his coins roll down the drain and he sets upon a remarkable adventure to get them back.

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    Gent  over 5 years ago

    But it was still a better love story than Twilight.

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    Reader  over 5 years ago

    He gives no quarter to the villains of the world.

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    Zebrastripes  over 5 years ago

    PIG has lost all “cents” of valuables

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    e.groves  over 5 years ago

    What accounts for the popularity of super hero movies these days?

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    Brain Pudding  over 5 years ago

    Soon to be joined by the philatelist, the Errinophilist, cagophilist and brogologist in the next marvel team: The COLLECTORS!

    http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/games/collectors.htm

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    dwagon55  over 5 years ago

    The only constant to a numismatist is change!

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    Tentoes  over 5 years ago

    Someone you know may be a numismatist.

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    flyfisher  over 5 years ago

    Pig must have gone to a dollar movie.

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    Jeffin Premium Member over 5 years ago

    The hero drops a dime on the perps.

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    david_42  over 5 years ago

    The Accountant had its moments.

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    zeexenon  over 5 years ago

    When you get a rare 1910 wheat penny, you are free to jump around naked. https://www.etsy.com/listing/678326143/rare-1910-wheat-penny?ref=pla_similar_listing_top-2&frs=1

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    the lost wizard  over 5 years ago

    Doesn’t fit the bill.

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    Indianapolis Smith  over 5 years ago

    If you ever find a coin with the ‘S’ mint mark, chances are you are holding stolen property as that coin is from a proof set and never released to circulation!

    Also watch for pennies with a ‘W’ mint mark this summer. The West Point, NY mint is releasing a fixed amount of pennies for the first time. Isn’t THAT exciting!

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    Flatworm  over 5 years ago

    I myself am a numismatist. My superpower is to be able to determine by the sound it makes the denomination of any coin dropped on a floor of any surface, even carpet.

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    DCBakerEsq  over 5 years ago

    Lots of flipping.

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    JLChi  over 5 years ago

    It sounds more interesting than the average repetitious “superhero” movie. If you want to know what the plot of the latest is, I can tell you: the same as the last one, and the one before that, and the one before that, and . . . .

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    JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Well…he or she could be an Indiana Jones-type numismatist.

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    chris_weaver  over 5 years ago

    Faster than a speeding quarter!

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    Bilan  over 5 years ago

    Don’t forget to get the soundtrack to The Numismatist.

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    wirepunchr  over 5 years ago

    The action scenes not too good, that makes cents. ;-}

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    Free the pigs!  over 5 years ago

    That would be the worst movie ever his partner would be penny man.

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    Snoots  over 5 years ago

    And still it was more exciting than the latest Batman movies…

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    tonicee9  over 5 years ago

    That made me laugh out loud. Thanks Mr. Pastis, I really needed that today.

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    Concretionist  over 5 years ago

    The Cheese Eater seems like it might be more interesting.

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    Sisyphos  over 5 years ago

    I’d just as likely go to see The Numismatist as any Avengers flick that wasn’t an oldie featuring John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel….

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    NErDysprosium  over 5 years ago

    I’m a Numismatist!!

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    TSAlleycat Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Pig sure had a great vocabulary for someone so dumb.

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    Ray Helvy Premium Member over 5 years ago

    True coin trivia: the United States once made a $4 gold coin (1879-1880). It was called a “Stella”, which you have to admit was less than “Stellar”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_(United_States_coin)

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    No One in Particular  over 2 years ago

    I’m an amateur numismatist! It’s not as boring as it sounds…

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