Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 29, 2004

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    gocomics  about 13 years ago

    The dumbest opening line is “It was a dark and stormy night”

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    thecomicprune  almost 13 years ago

    I agree with Barry, it’s dumb and cliche. And it makes no sense that a “smart” guy like Goat would be so critical, some of the greatest novels started silly. AND HOW THE &^%& IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE CONTEXT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE STORY!!! READ IT AND FIND OUT, YOU STUPID GOAT!!!By the way, he think Romeo and Juliet is a Romance! But Shakespeare didn’t write romances, it was a &&*^$#^ TRAGEDY!!

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    Zankchi11  over 9 years ago

    The opening line of Three Men in a Boat is “There were four of us.”

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    Zankchi11  over 9 years ago

    This is my favorite Pearls strip I have read so far.

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    BOSFLASH  over 5 years ago

    That explains it.

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    BOSFLASH  over 5 years ago

    Kaboom explains everything.

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    Totally Not a Killer Dolphin  almost 3 years ago

    I would read a book that started with that line!

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    robert423elliott  almost 3 years ago

    The opening line that I always viewed with one eye cocked was, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Pick one, but ONLY one!!!

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    comicfancat1  over 2 years ago

    call me Ishmael

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    Earls Before Swine Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Come on… there is a multitude of reasons why someone would use an opening line like that—comedic, weird, as a hook—and it may make sense when Rat adds context. Will it end up being a dumb opening line? Probably. But Goat doesn’t know that. And the bigger problem is that Goat is incredibly sensitive to harsh criticism about his writing (from the same guy he is criticizing in this strip, no less). Bad job by him today.

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