Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 07, 2022

All these towns were given long names either to attract tourist or to break the Guinness World record.

Sing along with Basil: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious . . .”

No joke. I have arthritis in my hand, my thumbs in particular, and it hurts like the dickens to write or draw.

Two cities name easy to remember.

There were actually two people who commented in the November 18, 2021 comic strip that mentioned those town’s names, go on the comment “CRWTH could be a Polish word” and see the replies, you’ll see what i’m talking about.

Oh come on this is so preposteridiculudicroutrageous.

Did anyone read this comic strip out loud to someone?

Grandpa: Welcome home, Son. I broke two lamps and lost all your mail. What’s wrong with your wife?

Homer: Never mind, you wouldn’t understand.

Grandpa: Flu?

Homer: No.

Grandpa: Protein deficiency?

Homer: No.

Grandpa: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Homer: No.

Grandpa: Unsatisfying sex life?

Homer: No- YES!

Fun fact: The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. I’m not kidding. The person that named it that absolutely trolled lmao

“When words are many, sinnis not absent!

Not bothering to read this one…

Say the last one 3 times fast !

I actually know the definition of the last one and did not have to look it up. HINT: It’s another name for ‘black lung’, a miner’s disease. But I remember it as being spelled differently. Oh, well…

I can pronounce them both.

What are friends for.

Whereas Pig has trouble remembering how to spell his own name.

my tongue AND my brain hurts just READING thing dagblasted strip!

Aussie version of “I’ve Been Everywhere.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OZWi-mTkNU

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Where did I put that rat trap?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO0UdpoxM

Quick, hide the encyclopedia from Rat, oh wait, there’s the internet now!

Microscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a real disease. According to Wikipedia, microscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is " a word coined by the then president of the National Puzzlers’ League, Everett M. Smith, as a synonym for the disease known as silicosis. It is the longest word in the English language published in a dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, which defines it as ‘an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust’."

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

Stephan is implying that Rat is doing this to him to hurt him (Rat is a sadist.). But Stephan is doing it to himself (Stephan is a masochist.).

or antidisestablishmentarianism

To save you the time of looking up the New Zealand hill’s name, Wikipedia says it means: “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one”.

Imagine addressing Christmas cards, how do you even fit it on an envelope?

The worst part is that when you get there, you discover the most interesting thing about it is the name.

Could be worse. Could have gone fishing at Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg…

If rat didn’t mind spaces in the name, the full name of Bangkok Thailand is Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit…

I’m starting to think Rat just made those cities up and is only trying to troll Stephan.

LOL

Fourth wall? WHAT fourth wall?

You think that’s bad, what’ll happen if Pig and Rat meet a humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa?

This strip and these comments are positively sesquipedalian!

The next line should be that song from the 70’s:“Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me”

Oy!

While reading this, the first thing that came to my mind was that Welsh place. While he’s in the Pacific ocean, fly over to Hawaii and find her state fish, humuhumunukunukuapua’a

The last one is the only one I’ve heard of and can pronounce.

Ouch…..

In case anyone’s curious:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO0UdpoxM

Stephan should hope that Rat does not want to go to Hawaii to have some humuhumunukunukuapua`a.

Is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch anywhere near Llareggub?

I learned to spell (and pronounce) pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis in jr hi, just to impress my classmates.

Yeah!

Rat is really on one today, isn’t he.

Little tiny volcanoes in your lungs?

Mr. S.T. as a former young man, I know what you mean, and do you at least wear glasses? P.S. you earned a big tip on this one.

I didn’t even bother trying to read those names, I just say this city and that City

LOL!

borderline hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

If that is hand-lettering, Steven is a master. All G’s seem identical.

Ah

Watch the movie Bad Words; both those words are used in a spelling bee.

I have a picture of my parents standing in front of the entrance to a train station in that town in Wales.

Volcanoniosis is the worst.

He’s lucky no one mentioned Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-Schplenden-Schlitter-Crasscrembon-Fried-Digger-Dingel-Dangel-Dongel-Dungel-Burstein von Knacker-Trasher-Apple-Banger-Horowitz-Ticolensic-Grander-Knotty-Spelltinkel-Grandlich-Grumbelmeyer-Spelterwasser- Kurstlich-Himbeleisen-Bahnwagen-Gutenabend-Please-Ein-Nürnberger-Bratwurscht’l-Gespurtn-Mitz-Weimache-Luber-Hundsfut-Gumberaber-Schönendanker-Veal-Mittler-Aucher from Hautkopf of Ulm.

Next they’re going to talk about Mary Poppins.

3 Ws and 1 H short of a complete information-gathering report! You’re still making progress, Pig!!

If Steph puts Rat in a strip he deserves the consequences.

OK—I looked it up, and Taumatawhaka (etc … ) does exist in New Zealand. Not that I doubted Pastis.

Lots of fun, long names in the comments, too. Good stuff here.

And here I thought filling out your town’s name in ANY form whatsoever was hard when its only “Mississauga” or “Punkeydoodle’s Corners”! Heck, no form ever gives you enough room to put in any town name with more than ten letters.

What do you expect from a rat?

Rat is a classic Floccinaucinihilipilificator.

If only Stephan was paid by the letter!

(Nerd emoji) Actually, The “City” in NZ is not a city, it’s a hill.

Cartoon-Boy deserves a Good Turn of the Spit, Carry on, Rat; the wordier and longer the funnier!

As I mentioned in a couple of comments above, neither of those places has the longest name. The real record holder is the city of Bangkok, whose full name is Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit. And Rat would have many more excuses for going there, aside from giving Pastis a hard time.

The town that starts with “LL” is the home town of singer Tom Jones.

Pronouncing sesquipedalianism is my crowning achievement.

I’m German and I laugh.

Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu isn’t a city, it’s a hill.

I’m mostly leaving this so that this comic has exactly 200 comments even thought it was posted 5 weeks ago. Hope your hand feels better Stephan!

i hope you don’t have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia