Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 30, 2019

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 5 years ago

    So no chance that the waitress will go out with Pig.

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    B UTTONS  almost 5 years ago

    Pig would prefer animal style curly fries

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 5 years ago

    what would be considered “less fries”? only one fry?

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    gbars70  almost 5 years ago

    French, curly, waffle, Texas doesn’t matter; the operative word here is FRIES.

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    gopher gofer  almost 5 years ago

    substitute cheese fries for plain french fries – then it’ll just be one big glob instead of several individual fries

    problem solved…

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    Queen of America  almost 5 years ago

    This is a conversation I had with my husband on Wed. I wanted to go to Five Guys for lunch. He said no because they give you too many fries. I said just don’t eat them. We went elsewhere.

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    nosirrom  almost 5 years ago

    It’s hard being a member of “The Clean Plate Club”.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    I rarely eat fries, but they’re hard to resist at In ’N Out…. only they give you a giant pile.

    I’ve tried asking for half as many, explaining that I’ll pay for a whole order, but can’t eat it all.

    They say the same thing… just don’t finish it.

    I tell them I just can’t throw food away, or resist eating too many… but they “can’t” do it. Rules.

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    dwane.scoty1  almost 5 years ago

    You have to store uneaten Fries in the proper location; between the drivers seat & the center console of the car, of course!

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    asrialfeeple  almost 5 years ago

    Can’t you just order something else, or not Pig out?

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    Plumbob Wilson  almost 5 years ago

    Especially fries with blue cheese dressing.

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    Zebrastripes  almost 5 years ago

    Some are wound too tight….(((((((BOING!)))))))

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    jackianne1020  almost 5 years ago

    That’s why I always eat the fries first. If part of the rest of my meal goes uneaten, oh well…

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    gnome  almost 5 years ago

    …such a problem… more food than you should eat…everyone should have such a problem …

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    e.groves  almost 5 years ago

    The current Red Robin ads are all about people stuffing their pie hole with fries. Not very enticing to me.

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    Kaputnik  almost 5 years ago

    I may or may not be able to resist fries, depending on how they make them. But put onion rings in front of me, and they will be eaten.

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    Radish the wordsmith  almost 5 years ago

    He eats like a pig.

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    drneil Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    My wife says that the Pig in the cartoon is an impostor. Pig would know the difference.

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    Purple People Eater  almost 5 years ago

    There is no such thing as “free”, Will".

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqoYH2GTY3o

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    AdamHewett  almost 5 years ago

    I actually want to see this french fry face sucking ability in action.

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    prrdh  almost 5 years ago

    Fries are clearly addictive and bad for your health. That means that those who make them available to us are morally equivalent to drug pushers. Sue them, and we should have plenty of loot to pay for Medicare for All.

    For that year, anyway.

    Of course, there are the millions of jobs that would be lost, but hey, that would make the newly unemployed that much more dependent on the government.

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    BiathlonNut  almost 5 years ago

    These comments are easily just as funny as the original cartoon!

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    Kilrwat Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    It’s amazing how casual we still are about wasting food.

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    VICTOR PROULX  almost 5 years ago

    A pull quote! “French fries crush free will”. – Stephan Pastis

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    Herb L 1954  almost 5 years ago

    I will choose free will,Rush ;)

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    Ellis97  almost 5 years ago

    What a pig.

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    MsM780  almost 5 years ago

    SO if you have cheese fries you can say “Less” since they are all gooed together?

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    Pony99CA  almost 5 years ago

    Pig actually had a socially responsible reply available — “I don’t like seeing food go to waste.”

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    I’m in full agreement with, Pig, about French Fries. Very addictive

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    Bruce1253  almost 5 years ago

    Now to start a controversy without talking politics!!! Yes, it can be done.Who makes the best fries?I will vote McDonalds

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    DCBakerEsq  almost 5 years ago

    Free will is an illusion.

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    So do donuts.

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    Fan o’ Lio.  almost 5 years ago

    Just don’t order a ham sandwich. That would be cannibalism.

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    Ermine Notyours  almost 5 years ago

    At places with free soda refills, if they refill just before I push off from the table, I can’t resist drinking it. So I walk away from the table completely bloated.

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    knight1192a  almost 5 years ago

    Really depends on the fries, Pig.

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    rugeirn  almost 5 years ago

    French friends? Ha! Donuts. Donuts do not merely crush free will. The pulverize it until it blows away on the wind.

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    edbos1_1  almost 5 years ago

    We actually have one grocery store around here that has a sign at the express checkout that correctly says, “20 items or fewer”. Most say, “…or less”.

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    jimboklein  almost 5 years ago

    Our nation has an obesity problem — stemming, IMO, from:

    1) Our parents constantly harping on us to “clean our plates.”

    2) The serving sizes in restaurants have grown huge — and because we hear our parent’s words in our heads long after they’re gone, we still feel compelled to “clean our plates.”

    3) Our desire to “get as much for our money as possible.” For example, I was at a restaurant yesterday and ordered a salad. The “full size” salad was $9. The “half size” salad (which in my experience is usually a “third size” salad") was $6. I ordered the full size salad (even though I was not that hungry) because I couldn’t justify paying 2/3 of the price for 1/3 of the food.

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    cheap_day_return  almost 5 years ago

    A pig will eat anything. A pig will even eat a snake.

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    David Peters  almost 5 years ago

    “and I was like, give me more fries…”Sad!

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    Cactus-Pete  almost 5 years ago

    For me, they have to be good fries. Really good fries. And that means Thrasher’s!

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    The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Best way to avoid eating fries is to wait until they get cold. They completely lose their appeal.

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    zeexenon  almost 5 years ago

    Oh yes, can I pay you Tuesday for that?

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    Sisyphos  almost 5 years ago

    Pig, I fear you have no idea what “free will” may entail. What about courage? Fortitude? Persistence?

    And if you must have an unsurmountable weakness, why is it french fries?!

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    wllilly1960  almost 5 years ago

    If this were ANDY CAPP he"

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    Rolf Rykken Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    It took forever to scroll down to the bottom to comment: 148 comments!! Yikes! : )

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    8ec23d5228da33aa2115003c92d0fe83  almost 5 years ago

    McDonald fries have sugar and beef flavoring. https://www.mashed.com/154644/this-is-why-mcdonalds-fries-are-so-delicious/

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    Joseph Shelby Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Reference to Five Guys, who, no matter what size your fries are, dump an extra pan of them into the bag. When I was dieting years ago (but I can’t give up my fav burger – lets not comment on my choice there), i specifically asked them not to do that, because if they were there, I’d eat them. and I didn’t need those extra calories.

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    amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Fewer, not less, but then who’s counting.

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    *Fewer

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    Darkknight55  about 4 years ago

    Its just nature. If a plate of french fries is put in front of you, you have to eat them all.

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    comicsfanaticman  over 2 years ago

    The wise words of Marcus: how can feed will coexist with divine preordination?

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