Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 03, 2019

Can’t stop it, Rat. It happens every morning when McDonald’s opens.

That’s how trailer parks are formed.

Fuddle duddle. Keeping them all in one place means they won’t mix with the rest of us.

In other words, they blow.

They reinforce each other’s wind to create the dumbnado, But Rat, those girls look like your type.

like Congress

Congress will soon be congregating for another session

Happens at dog shows and dog shelters all the time too.

Rat better not get anywhere CLOSE to the Republican National Convention, then…

So, does this explain all the tornadoes in certain places?

If you bought a house that backs onto tornado alley you might be a dumb people

About 10 years ago I was standing in line to buy a movie ticket, and overheard two twentysomething girls talking behind me; the tenor of the conversation was “I haven’t read a single book since I left high school. Me neither, and I don’t ever plan to, either.” These people vote, and breed. It’s frightening.

Isn’t there anything that may Kindle their interest?

Or watch Fox “News.”

It just so happens that in German, “der Tor" means “the fool”.

Stoopid Event Horizon.

Every now and then Rat comes up with a good one. All of us commenters read or we would not be here. May the power of the Croc be with you :-)

Since when does Rat read books?

More dangerous and impactful than a “Sharknado.”

AKA the GOP and greedy as well.

Stay away from Milwaukee next mid-July then.

There are certain books for different ages, and interests and you can’t insult people because you don’t like certain categories and or writers. If you don’t like certain authors DON’T READ THEIR BOOKS! As for me, I like reading from Shakespeare to Mysteries, to a good Novel, to a trashy novel…..AS LONG AS IT TAKES YOU AWAY TO ANOTHER PLACE, AND RELIEVES YOUR MIND …READING IS GOOD ! NO matter what!

Or copulate.

I’ve been doing the internet dating thing since January. Prior to that, it honestly never occurred to me just how sexy intelligent women are. Really. And yes, at least in my experience, there is a direct correlation between a woman’s intellect and her reading list. (For you women out there, I’m sure the same is true of the men you’ve bumbled into.)

They congregate. They copulate. They propagate. And, most of all, they aggravate.

Sadly, dumb people have found a safe haven – major corporate offices with politically correct HR departments.

I just read a comment on Amazon about a series of books which are FREE. Commenter gives them one star, says he won’t read them because they’re a “cash grab”. Unbelievable.

Cyclist Jef would kick their a_ses

Met a neighbour’s son who was being home schooled and who expressed an interest in alternate history. So I told him about Harry Turtledove’s Southern Victory series that begins during the Civil War, won by the Confederacy, and spans nine decades, up to the mid-1940s. After he started reading I realized with horror that there were many rather “colloquial” words and some racy scenes in this adult literature which this home schooled child was reading upon my recommendation. I went to his mother with my concerns, and she started by thanking me profusely for getting her son interested in reading for enjoyment. It seems he was fascinated by the story as well as learning historical subjects, racy scenes and bad words notwithstanding. The kid went on to more serious books and his parents were grateful for my ham handed intervention.

Some things indeed go right.

Now days they call those crowds “Social Justice Warriors”

We could use a nice, big dumbnado to clear out North America.

Get enough of them together, and not even light can escape.

There has always been hand wringing over children not reading! In the Forties, C.S. Lewis began the Narnia series because he was worried about how little English children read. Narnia became popular. In the Fifties and Sixties all was blamed on television and comics. None of the critics seemed to notice how dreary most of the classics were (Mill on the Floss, anyone?) and the current children’s books. And then, right when it was concluded that it was hopeless, Harry Potter exploded onto the scene! The thing is that’s a long, complicate book and children loved it and the sequels. What is needed is the equivalent to erupt today.

Meaning Congress should never be in session? That might not be such a horrible idea…

that’s where Antifa came from.

Well, that would eliminate the Democrat National Convention . . .

It’s not “me too” it’s “I too”. (Propper English sounds weird).

I read a great deal in the days before VCR, DVDs, BluRay, and of course, the Internet. Now I still read a great deal. It’s just not books.

“Who” is “they”?

⇧ the lineman

how eloquently phrased. would you mind repeating that comment about “little brains” in intelligible english…?

what about Washington DC?

Tell you what, Rat. I like your idea, and I know a producer-friend who can make a franchise series of films out of Dumbnado! You’ll be in line for big bucks ’cause of those book-hating dummies!

The only thing I have time to read now days is tech manuals.

The only thing I have time to read now days is tech manuals.

I broke my “reading wall” On Louis L’Amour, while I was in the Service, at 18. I have genre preferences, like Robert Ludlum for espionage, L’Amour for westerns, and Dean Koontz for thrillers. John Jakes did an amazing job with “The American BiCentennial Series,” later to be known as “The Kent Chronicles.”

In the grand scheme of things, what does it matter WHAT someone likes to read? Are we not basically allowed our own preferences, desires, and enjoyments?

Heaping derision on someone for their choice of reading material is no more correct than doing so based on someone’s political views. You don’t have to agree with them, but, you do need to honor their right to make their own decisions, and allow them those decisions without invective, or condemnation.

Just my 2 cents… thank you!

I’ve been trying to read Moby Dick for about 4 years now, but just get bogged down. Sci-Fi? Fantasy? Techno-thriller (Clancy, Cussler, Dale Brown (not Dan)? John Grisham? Political books? Absolutely! I usually read at least 4-5 books at a time.

Wait, Ra’s not agreeing with these idiots about books being lame? Wow, I’d normally be yelling at Rat for making the comment that idiot made about books. And agreeing with Goat on this subject. Can’t say Rat doesn’t think that, but I’m just shocked not to see him say it.

The DNC, explained.

and that kids is why you read