Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 18, 2024

Maybe he just doesn’t like nuts and bolts; some guys are more into wood.

This was more shocking when they did it over in “Hi & Lois.”

The Crocs would’ve been here, but Stephan had a reptile dysfunction.

I doubt that it’s very hard.

Must be for men whose prostate is prostrate.

“Showoff!”

“Throw a towel over it!”

“Do some pushups, Pablo, it’ll go away.”

Now there are little blue pills.

“…el mejor juguete es Exim…Exim……Exim………Exim…”

There’s a hotel in Skagway, Alaska called, “Morning Wood”.

Catchy name, hard to forget. Good marketing.

I dunno; the censor’s response is rather flaccid.

Cartoonists have to deal with some stiff regulations.

Cheap as they are, Richard jokes are still worth a chuckle.

That guy just stiffed them!

Yeah, I had one when I was a kid in the 50s. Always was losing the nuts. I was reminiscing at work last week to the younger office workers. I got funny looks from the ladies when I tried to explain it. They called HR. HR got it all straight for them. Miss that toy. I wish I had one now.

A truck containing a shipment of Viagra has been hijacked. Police are on the lookout for a gang of hardened criminals.

Oooohhhh! Dirty! You have a potty-pen, Stephan.

Erector set, by A.C. Gilbert, I had one, great fun and a learning toy!

See what you started, Stephan?

Some years ago there was a Motel in East Detroit Michigan that had a Mexican man puling a donkey by leash and the story was to " bring your own A$$ " : )

I’m sorry Stephen but this one is dumb and I don’t think adults should be allowed to read it.

Max Miller joke:—‘Dad, is it hard to please a woman?’‘It is if it’s not, son!’

Pushing your limits, there, Stephan.

Looks like I came late. All the good puns are already gone.

Enis Penvy

Actually, the censor was rather soft on him.

FB wouldn’t allow it. They don’t all anything if you catch them on a bad day. Never get back to your dispute either.

For all the men reminiscing that they “had one years ago”, there are medications to relive the joy.

Should drop a Lincoln Log on him.

Things can be erected a lot faster if you have friends to play with.

Heh heh. Beavis, he said “hard”.

I used to get hard semi-annually. Now I get semi-hard annually.

Lincoln Logs

Every once in a while I’ll think about the toys I saw back in the 1960s. Aurora had models of a guillotine and a rack, plus a tiny Vampirella. My 007 attaché case had a little plastic throwing knife. The Honey West doll came with tiny handcuffs.

ED can be a terrible thing. Help stop Erector set Deniers.

Probably not, Stephan. Probably not… :.(

Stephan is mechanically inclined. He screws up everything

Come again? What is he trying to say?

Like most people these days (myself included), that censor guy is gonna die single.

Ugh! People just get so offended these days…

Steve must be feeling the pressure.

Childish

Good gravy folks! Get your minds out of the gutter!

I don’t care what he does – this is funny!

The CSC is back! Here to interrupt everything edgy.

I have a bone to pick with this subject matter.

Mista Bone – Great White (probably not one of the more subtle song titles out there)

If ya give me an occasion I’m gonna rise to it, Rise to It, Kiss (nothing ever subtle about anything Kiss sang, see also: Love Gun)

I was jealous of the boys next door when I was small. They got erector sets, I was stuck with paper dolls.

That last panel had me cracking up!

The C-S-Censor’s response is so flaccid he would never get his leg over the line to any happy ending.

We never had an erector set, but we did have miles and miles of Hotwheels track and a super-charger.

Im going to make a comment that will offend a lot of people: OHIO STATE IS BETTER THAN MICHIGAN!!!

Throw a towel over it.

At least it’s not a set of Lincoln logs.

The censor must of spotted his “For a Good Time, See Alice” sign…

I still have, including the books and case, and played with my dad’s set, that he purchased in the 1950’s. Hours of building and many screws and nuts. :-) (tee hee)!

Erector sets had small pieces that children could swallow. That’s a no-no in today’s world. Lincoln Logs were always cool. Wonder if they’re still available.

WOW a lot of lead in the pencils coming out of the wood work

Oh, just zip it up!

Haven’t seen Comic Strip Censor in a while. Glad to see him! Funny!

The original dad joke.

Confession: I chuckle when I pass the billboard for Snap On Tools.

Sheldon Cooper : Now, back to our game.

Raj Koothrappali : You were in the middle of an erection.

Sheldon Cooper : Oh, of course! It’s right here in my hand.

Sheldon Cooper : I want to build a road, but I need wood. Either of you fellows have wood?

[Raj and Howard snicker]

Sheldon Cooper : I don’t understand the laughter. The object of “Settlers of Catan” is to build roads and settlements. To do so requires wood. Now I have sheep; I need wood. Who has wood for my sheep?

Sheldon Cooper : Now, where were we? Oh, yes. Does anyone have any wood?

[Raj and Howard laugh]

Sheldon Cooper : Oh, come on! I just want wood! Why are you making it so hard?

[Raj and Howard laugh harder]

Sheldon Cooper : And now that I have some wood, I’m going to begin the erection of my settlements.

Raj Koothrappali : [sotto, to Wolowitz] He’s got to be doing this on purpose.

Bwaaa, he did it in the end anyway. ha ha

The strips are going blue these days.

The B.C. dictionary says it’s what you buy if you have E.D.

Let’s hope we don’t have a case of electile dysfunction in November.

Ba-da-BOOM!

Maybe some lubricant will help.

I once followed a truck that had this sign: Precast Concrete Erection.

I thought that sounded kinda painful – and did it last more than 4 hours?!

You have no shame, Mr. Pastis. :-)

Flaccid if you’re lucky with a full bladder on a freezing day at 81.

Hey, HEY! Don’t get on the Censor’s case…he’s just another working stiff!

I, for one, am getting tired of all this news about the Presidential erection. I mean, don’t we have enough statues of Presidents? Do we REALLY need to erect more statues of President?

(with a tip of the hat to the late, great Gilda Radnor)

This comic left me in stitches. Well played Pastis

I had trouble with kids keeping a straight face when I was teaching optics and describing images as inverted or erect.

I just think it sounds like Ed may be the problem…

You inadvertently pulled a b0ner, Rat.

Last panel: That’s what she said!

Stephan, Stephan … tsk, tsk — LOLOL

Erect means hard, all right.

The kids across the street had one with a motor.

Erector sets were around about the time comics were meant for kids.

Pastis really needs to bring back Zeeba.

it was a rousing conversation

snicker, snicker …..

Pastis, you have out-done yourself with this one. Excellent!

Pastis got his point across.

I always suspected people making a calling out of censoring must have had as seriously lacking childhood.

At my age, I don’t see well anymore. What’s that sign on the hat of the bossy guy say? Looks like “John Shirley” or something like that.

Brilliant strip !

No doubt the companies behind those names, logos, & mottoes were quite aware of the double entendres. Probably increased business.

You can’t call Pastis soft, he continued on even after being told the strip was over.

The Christmas I was in the 5th grade, I got both a doll and an erector set. I requested the erector set and one of my grandmothers gave me the doll, since she thought I was too much of a “tomboy.” I built all sorts of things with that erector set and passed it on to my younger brother who did the same.