Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 28, 2020

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    BE THIS GUY  over 4 years ago

    Rat, that’s messy. How about a big can of bug spray?

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    Sherlock Watson  over 4 years ago

    Today’s background music: The theme from S.W.A.T.

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    Courage the Cowardly Dog!  over 4 years ago

    Splat!!

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    B UTTONS  over 4 years ago

    Things can now happen — PIG can FLY.

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    Gent  over 4 years ago

    If the fly flies with Pig on his back, we can say “oh look, flying pig!”

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Stephan, your fly is open…

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    dadoctah  over 4 years ago

    “Be afraid. Be very afraid.’

    (I seem to be making a lot of old TV and movie references in this strip this week.)

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    Concretionist  over 4 years ago

    Well THAT pun just buzzed right on by.

    PS: Did you know that most houseflies travel in nearly linear segments with sharp turns between them? I think it’s a survival characteristic in an environment with predators who can be led into assuming you’re going to be there by the time they can attack. Similar to the way squirrels make a sudden turn and let their tail mislead the eye into thinking they’re still moving in a line.

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    GROG Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Wouldn’t you like to flee on the fly?

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    Sanspareil  over 4 years ago

    In the dark, Pig could be a FLY by night author!!

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    tudza Premium Member over 4 years ago

    This is one of those SWATings I’ve been hearing about?

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    DennisinSeattle  over 4 years ago

    Oh, Stephan. Pig’s on Fly, really?

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    Thomas Pernot  over 4 years ago

    This is the kind of strip I like, skip the political crap

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    Eric S   over 4 years ago

    he’s just trying to pun-ish everyone

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    Breadboard  over 4 years ago

    Rat you need a " Bug – a – Salt " Firearm. Shoot Pastis in the butt ;-) … Croc Power !

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    rekam Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Well, I love puns. Miss my hubby’s.

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  over 4 years ago
    Oh look, Rat just became a member of the SWAT team.
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    Goat  over 4 years ago

    Is the fly, by any chance, Gregor Samsa?

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    Troglodyte  over 4 years ago

    That’s it, Rat calls in the swat team!

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    JasonBall  over 4 years ago

    Lmao. This is absolutely hilarious. The imagery, the pun. Only Pastis can make me laugh so hard.

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    Willywise52 Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Highly.

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    Zebrastripes  over 4 years ago

    Ewwww!

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    MS72  over 4 years ago

    HIT ‘IM AGAIN!

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    The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Rat is bugged by jokes like this.

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    Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I prefer Ron O’Neal, the original Super Fly!

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    Steverino Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I have gotten appundicidis from reading this strip.

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    StratmanRon  over 4 years ago

    Pigs on the wing. This may call for the full SWAT Team!

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    Aladar30 Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Rat, DO IT!

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    nosirrom  over 4 years ago

    It’s a flypaper story.

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    Al Nala  over 4 years ago

    Me, I’m thinkin’ “tactical nuke”.

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    Radish...   over 4 years ago

    Now the fly was overwelmed

    by this deep generosity of Pig,

    to give give give of the foodage.

    ’Cause all life lassk ssk suf of the foodage, ha!

    He look at Pig and said.

    Is there anything I can reciprocale,

    or do in the joy of return for your generosity,

    for giving me food and stuffy?

    Pig, I’m looking for the other half of the moon and dangly,

    This is my folly, show me where the missing half of that moon.

    I don’t know, said the fly returnly, but I know someone who know,

    if only I were big enough to transporty most.

    I would take you there myself, I would do this.

    And Pig, having the possey power of the Magicold,

    Ah, standed over, roley out the sleevey,

    wavely hand, hovery hovery hovery hovery

    and out with these magic wordy.

    If all the flys were one fly,

    what a great enormouse flyfelolifer that would bold, oh.

    And there, incredible but oh dear, hovery hovery.

    Now the fly recalled with these wordage.

    Not only will I transportnum there,

    but I will sing it a deep joy of a songload in your eardroves.

    That I will Do.

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    Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake

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    Bookworm  over 4 years ago

    The next time one of your local TV channels shows “The Fly” of 1958, check out the credits. Watch for an actor named “Al.”

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    Kveldulf  over 4 years ago

    I can’t figure out how Stephan does this. At first glance I thought he had just copied panel 1 into panel 2 and changed the dialogue. I checked all three figures and could not find the slightest difference.

    Then I noticed the skyline.

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    if(comicStrip == "funny") {return "laughter";}  over 4 years ago

    And he kept telling pig about his problems… pig’s fly was open

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    BiathlonNut  over 4 years ago

    The grass between rat and the fly is longer in panel 2.

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    tonicee9  over 4 years ago

    Love it! More, more, more.

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    asrialfeeple  over 4 years ago

    Swat him, Rat!!

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    johndifool  over 4 years ago

    Help me! Help me! Hellllppp meeee!

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    Chad Cheetah  over 4 years ago

    I might wrong but don’t fly’s have something like antennae?

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    DCBakerEsq  over 4 years ago

    I get all my best ideas in the shower. But, it’s really hard on laptops.

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    The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member over 4 years ago

    If Rat caught Pig on the fly, he’s out.

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    CaveCat87  over 4 years ago

    It could have been worse, Pig could have been wearing a pair of pants with the fly open if he would have made a pun like that.

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    Call me Ishmael  over 4 years ago

    Nobody who writes can deny/ that it’s harder to write on the fly/ so why take a chance ?/ Use the SEAT of your pants/ But be sure that the pants are quite dry…

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    Ryan B Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Why did I visualize the last panel before I saw it? ..lol

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    marilynnbyerly  over 4 years ago

    I’ve been attacked by horse flies almost that big. Nasty, painful things.

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    zeexenon  over 4 years ago

    Include a chapter on the rapid figure eight wing pattern and supergluing your ass to it. Another chapter of the great odors while eating dung and rotting flesh. Oh yes, another chapter on walking the rim of my milk glass.

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    knight1192a  over 4 years ago

    Too small, Rat. With the size of the fly he gave the strip, that swatter needs to be five times that size.

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    hitek1st  over 4 years ago

    HAH! Another LOL moment. Thx, Steph.

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    Ellis97  over 4 years ago

    That’s too disgusting, Rat. Try something like bug spray.

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 4 years ago

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    Jml58  over 4 years ago

    Your fly is open.

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    SaraScopp  over 4 years ago

    guh-roan

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    writemom  over 4 years ago

    Today I got a huge laugh from this strip!

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    Cat Hammer  over 4 years ago

    With this transport, Pig and his literary output can end up on the same dung-heap.

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    oakie817  over 4 years ago

    ka-swat

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    tinstar  over 4 years ago

    Pig is just winging it.

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    Sisyphos  over 4 years ago

    Swat! Swat! Swat!

    Ahh, now I feel better. Just deserts for Cartoon-Boy….

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    randomrobot  over 4 years ago

    Best drawing of a fly to ever appear in Pearls

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    Orcatime  over 4 years ago

    It explains a few strips.

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    Corey Cohen  over 4 years ago

    This certainly was!

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    No One in Particular  over 2 years ago

    I swear, soda almost came out of my nose when I read the PUNchline.

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