Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 22, 2019

Stephan’s wife must really appreciate the time apart.

Expecting a pun, but all I got was “punch”.

What a dull life Steph and Emilio live

He should play this game with the new heavyweight boxing champion.

I think I knew some kids who played like that. You had to watch them to make sure they didn’t include you in their games.

It’s nice to have old friends with whom you can still be immature, but there are limits.

Now some Pearl Jam and kackey sac… or frisbee

Hey Steph, did you know the okay sign flashed low is now a white supremacist thing?

Steph needs to stop going to the Hawaiian Punch conventions.

Malcom in the Middle??? That is so today.

I’m 68 and I remember doing that “OK, wiping, punching, finger in the hole” thing while in high school homeroom.

Nearly burst my bladder from the nostalgia. Thanks Steph. O

You think that game is bad, the Japanese kids have something they call “kancho” which is much, much worse.

Boys will be boys…NOT!

Hummmmm …. me no like this game …. Croc Power !

…A " kidult "!

More than I EVER wanted to know about the gesture:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture

I’m glad I didn’t understand

Is anyone else disappointed that this wasn’t actually a setup for one of his puns?

And then there’s the recent hooraw about the “OK” sign being a “white supremacy” sign. Idjits! We are surrounded by idjits.

OOOO-TAY

Rum punch I hope if you are going to the tropics.

I may empathize a little too well with Pastis.

I was expecting a “censored because it’s offensive” joke.

I’m older than Pastis and I still enjoy being silly. I claim it’s because I have three young boys but in actuality that’s a rationalization. It’s because I refuse to grow up.

Really had to work hard, setting that one up.

Interesting. The disappointment that Pastis didn’t deliver a KO pun-ch.

Anyone who finds fun by inflicting pain is a jackass.

Soon to be pushing 51

What does physical age have to do with a guy’s mental age? ☺

Growing older is mandatory, growing up is optional.

Nice to see pearls explain the real meaning of that gesture.

Who’d have EVER thought I’d be the ‘mature one’ on the planet?!!

50 years old or 15?

Judy must be lonely, now

I was so disappointed at no pun on this one. Left us hangin’, dude.

Snoots,

You hadda been there.

True story.

Reunited with a friend from high school I hadn’t seen in over 20 years.

I put out my hand as if to shake, dropped it with an OK sign and as he looked and groaned, I punched him and wiped.

It was the “look” as I recall, that did you in.

I always thought this was a game my husband made up. hahahaha

Sad when cartoon characters question your maturity!

this is the best one ever me an my son’s ( who are both 50 ish ) pull this on each other all the time KEEP IT UP

Jeez. We had much better games than that when I was of an age. “Apple core!” (“Baltimore”) “Who’s your friend?” (“Stephan!”)… after which you got to throw the core at Stephan. And after that, if you were where Mom could see, you had to go find the core and put it into the garbage…

Feeble "punch"line, Cartoon-Boy. At fifty years old, you should be doing better! But even your own characters are critical of your work (tougher than the Reuben jury)!

Ageing is compulsory, maturing optional.

Must have been from after my time…

And if you break the person’s “ok” signal, you get to punch him back. I remember this game.. oh, wait. I’m not that far from 50 too.

shit.

I am almost 50 and I played that game with my dad when I was a kid, and more recently with my sons scout master who is older than 50.