Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 18, 2003
May 17, 2003
May 19, 2003
Transcript:
"What's that thing?" "Looks like some kind of bug." "Excuse me? 'Some kind of bug?'...I, Sir, am a 'Lepidus Souzaranti,' a rare and exotic bug protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act." "What I'm handing you now is a list of federal, state, and local agencies you will need to contact before you may resume your loathsome construction project." "Those agencies will perform an exhaustive, eighteen-month review of the situation and outline the necessary steps you must take to protect my delicate habitat." "Of course, what's a few months' delay and some cost overruns when it comes to saving a Lepidus Souzaranti?" "CRRRUNCH." "I wish all my problems were that simple."
m.l. over 12 years ago
Whoisthecomicguy almost 12 years ago
That’s illegal.
KZ71 over 10 years ago
Illegal, maybe. Who’s going to tell?
And it’s a freaking bug… you don’t hold up humanity for the livelihood of a BUG.
Ernest Lemmingway over 9 years ago
There’s actually a place in Utah that’s the habitat of an endangered species of underwater snail. $50K fine per snail killed and it’s monitored at all times so violators do get caught. Don’t ask, I saw it on an episode of Dirty Jobs.
tigre1again about 8 years ago
Come on, folks. Please understand ‘Circumstances alter cases’… sometimes a bug is just something to slap. Sometimes a cigar is just a smoke…nicely done, Mr. Pastis. A lot of us have been on both sides of discussions like this.
BOSFLASH over 5 years ago
Must have voted for Trump.