Went to one of those boat casinos in Mississippi, 20+ yrs ago played the slot machine, machine started ringing and blinking like crazy showing me I assume I won a decent about of cash. They told me the machine malfunctioned I argued they showed me the door. I haven’t stepped in one of those cesspools since.
Something’s fishy here, and yes, it’s the casino. Heck, all casinos are shady, greedy, trickster business. The few people who win are to give them the illusion they can win again, so they can return that money to them trying to get that ‘lucky’ streak again.
Not as bad as what the euphemism usually implies, but I really don’t think I’d enjoy that.
Also, how did the slot machine steal his money? The vast majority of money that goes into a slot machine does not come out again, and anyone with a brain knows that. If you were to rig your machine so that it’s even less likely to pay out, the casual customer would probably never notice. You’d have to do something like program the machine to take the money and then refuse to deal a hand. Which would not only be far more easily detected than rigging the probabilities of a winning hand, but would be no more profitable and, really, no harder to do.
Unless of course Pig lost fair and square and is whining about it.
I don’t really like the idea of gambling. Think about the people going for that $1 billion plus jackpot. Couldn’t all that time and money be used elsewhere?
BE THIS GUY almost 2 years ago
But what did the fishes do to sleep with a pig?
C almost 2 years ago
Something fishy in how that turned out
BasilBruce almost 2 years ago
The neighbors have heard him shout, “Oh cod, oh cod!”
carlsonbob almost 2 years ago
Surf n Turf in bed.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 2 years ago
A criminal but with humanity and a sense of humor.
Bilan almost 2 years ago
But it’s better than cement goulashes. No matter how you interpret that, it’s still bad.
tudza Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Just wait, they snore.
B UTTONS almost 2 years ago
When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming.
Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Sexy fishes. Is this a crude metaphor?
ronaldspence almost 2 years ago
On a scale of 1 to 10, Pig scored 2!
Cornelius Noodleman almost 2 years ago
Did spelled backwards is…never mind.
DennisinSeattle almost 2 years ago
I like the little fishie nightcaps.
Happy Tinkerbelle Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Those sleeping caps!
_lounger_ almost 2 years ago
the fishes got ripped off too?
Bilan almost 2 years ago
The problem with sleeping with fishes is that they keep getting up in the middle of the night for a bowl of water.
Sanspareil almost 2 years ago
It might get uncomfortable if they are puffer fish!
Troglodyte almost 2 years ago
They’re going to fin-ish you, Pig.
Imagine almost 2 years ago
But you’ll never get rid of that smell.
colddonkey almost 2 years ago
Went to one of those boat casinos in Mississippi, 20+ yrs ago played the slot machine, machine started ringing and blinking like crazy showing me I assume I won a decent about of cash. They told me the machine malfunctioned I argued they showed me the door. I haven’t stepped in one of those cesspools since.
iggyman almost 2 years ago
I needed a good laugh today, thanks Stephan!
iggyman almost 2 years ago
“Holy Mackerel”!
sheilag almost 2 years ago
Yeah, but you don’t know what those fishes expect!
figuratively speaking almost 2 years ago
How’s that supposed to work as a deterrent?
SALUDADOG almost 2 years ago
Making him wear crocs would have been worse.
Stocky One almost 2 years ago
“Careful, pal – you might get gilled…”
bmihura almost 2 years ago
The mob boss there is pretty much my own dad.
I am surprised I’m not fish food by now, because I mouthed off to him a few times before I was 10 years old. Then I learned.
Ellis97 almost 2 years ago
How did they rip you off? Did the slot machine not give you any jackpots? It’s a game of chance, Pig, not a game of actual.
Mentor397 almost 2 years ago
Wait ’till you hear them snore!
Kaputnik almost 2 years ago
It’s hard to be completely original, so let’s call this a “homage” to Troy McClure in The Simpsons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma
chris_o42 almost 2 years ago
So Pastis did this one just for the halibut?
bloodykate almost 2 years ago
LOL!
artheaded1 almost 2 years ago
The fish don’t look too happy about having to “sleep with the pig”
potfarmer almost 2 years ago
Surf & Turf
Goat from PBS almost 2 years ago
Gambling is just legalized robbery. Change my mind.
Steverino Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Thix comic is making me eel.
uniquename almost 2 years ago
At least Pig didn’t get rubbed out again.
Bookworm almost 2 years ago
Benjamin Franklin once wrote that both fish and company begin to smell after three days. Pig, he’s got you coming and going. 8>)
Count Olaf Premium Member almost 2 years ago
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” is playing the slots and losing. Told to The Count by a friend.
David_the_CAD almost 2 years ago
Must be a waterbed.
Zebrastripes almost 2 years ago
LOL‼️☺️
Better sleepin with the fishes than being fitted for cement shoes‼️
Kurtass almost 2 years ago
If that is a Vegas casino, the mobs body disposal site is drying up.
petermerck almost 2 years ago
I’ve never lost money in a slot machine. I know exactly where it is.
Larry S almost 2 years ago
That’s what Pig gets for carping.
Rotary12 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
You’ll be sleepin’ whit the fishes in the sea, see?
bigcatbusiness almost 2 years ago
Something’s fishy here, and yes, it’s the casino. Heck, all casinos are shady, greedy, trickster business. The few people who win are to give them the illusion they can win again, so they can return that money to them trying to get that ‘lucky’ streak again.
John Jorgensen almost 2 years ago
Not as bad as what the euphemism usually implies, but I really don’t think I’d enjoy that.
Also, how did the slot machine steal his money? The vast majority of money that goes into a slot machine does not come out again, and anyone with a brain knows that. If you were to rig your machine so that it’s even less likely to pay out, the casual customer would probably never notice. You’d have to do something like program the machine to take the money and then refuse to deal a hand. Which would not only be far more easily detected than rigging the probabilities of a winning hand, but would be no more profitable and, really, no harder to do.
Unless of course Pig lost fair and square and is whining about it.
gregcomn almost 2 years ago
Maybe a crossover with today’s Heathcliff, with a fishbowl on either side and one on his head?
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
That’s a good one
rshive almost 2 years ago
Apparently, they mean what they say.
Roy Lamberton almost 2 years ago
The kinder, Gentler …
Rick Smith Premium Member almost 2 years ago
The fish don’t seem to happy about it.
T... almost 2 years ago
Not an Indian casino, no fishes in the dessert…
cosman almost 2 years ago
Sleep sounder with flounder..
AndrewSihler almost 2 years ago
I’m not sure Pig knows how slot machines work. They’re not like a vending machine, or not much like a vending machine.
198.23.5.11 almost 2 years ago
The odds always favor the house.They don’t tell you the “house” is a 30-room mansion
Reppr Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I recognise those fish! The Louisiana Perches. Walt Kelly had a small series about them in Pogo many years ago.
Eric S almost 2 years ago
that is one heckuva copy Pastis.
Margherita Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Stephan, this is adorable!
Another Take almost 2 years ago
Sadly, even Pickles is funnier than Pearls now. Will somebody let me know when the Croc Neighbors return? In the meantime – I’m out.
Jesus almost 2 years ago
Bless his heart
mindjob almost 2 years ago
At least he’s not wearing concrete galoshes or cement overshoes
einarbt almost 2 years ago
Fish: We like the traditional interpretation of this saying.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 2 years ago
I don’t really like the idea of gambling. Think about the people going for that $1 billion plus jackpot. Couldn’t all that time and money be used elsewhere?
Buckaroobanzai almost 2 years ago
shouldn’t that be “da fishes” and as poster #762 will anybody read this?
Sisyphos almost 2 years ago
Hate to be the one to break it to you, Pig, but that isn’t exactly what Rocco meant….