The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for September 27, 2024

He going to strike because there’s no time to spare.

They’re going to get bowled over

Duck, Pins!

I’m thinking of a 7-10 split.

Ancient form of a strike force!

Captain Billard

You better split.

Oh, spare us the puns!

Pictured: A shipload of Dutch Pin Settlers sailing for The New Alley.

On land, you roll the bowling ball at the pins down the bowling alley.

At sea, you fire the bowling ball at pins on the bowlin’ galley

It took a while.

Lay down and play dead. No, that usually doesn’t work for bear attacks either.

Low Information Voters

Strike the sails! We surrender, so please spare us!

Perhaps you should re-frame that question.

Once I boarded a replica of the Pinta (one of Columbus’ ships). It was amazingly small.

Grab your balls, we’re going bowling!

And that was the end of the last Bowling Pin people.

Hide behind the stoutest part of the ship, the beer frame.

Cannonbowl!!!

Trawling for Dollars by Blaster Television. {Bowling for Dollars produced by Bert Claster of Claster Television, creator of Romper Room.}

Bunch of pin heads.

I don’t get it. My mind must be in the gutter…

Must be a preemptive strike.

Their wiffle balls are full of holes.

Must be the H.M.S. Pinafore.

♬Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late — The cannons don’t thunder, there’s nothin’ to plunder

This is one strip that won’t have readers’ heads in the gutter.

No comments about hearing a pin drop?

Nothing to worry about. Their cannonballs always wind up in the gutter.

The ball ended up in the gutter.

Oh no! The terrible Pirate DreadStrike! The only thing missing is the Parroty, oh, wait a minute…

Be funny if the pirate was dressed in a bowling shirt.

If they could only pin down the reason. They should probably strike their colors.

the captain just thought he’d give it a shot…