Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 05, 2011

That’s a little rough, even for the Garbanzo crowd…

I prefer the Chickpeas…………

So the Mallet-O-Intimidation returns, or whatever it was called. I think the last time, Zebra got his own and Rat’s mallet head fell off and he started quoting Ghandi.

how beautiful could a bean be?

I … must … not … stare … at … avatar …

The chickpeas will strike back!

I don’t know about you, but I’m not going to be the first to tell Rat that Garbanzo bean day is the the 21st not Friday.

Heresy must be extirpated! Can’t have a Garbanzoist-Chickpeaer split!

Either way, I haet peas & beans of any kind.

I"ll be glad when the rat is executed.

That was wicked!

I thought goats were supposed to be hard headed. That mallet should have just bounced off of goat’s head.

New story line. Rat runs a Michelle-Bachmannesque campaign for president. Guard duck is his campaign manager.

The mallet is back!

Because he’s a dirty rat?

Goat is wrong— I’m pretty sure “chickpeas” is a disgusting porn site.

Shades of early “christian” methodology…dang splinter groups!! Don’t know if they used a mallet tho…but would have been a good idea!

Croquet anyone?….poor Goat got malletized.

i wonder what beans have to say about this? nobod’ys asked them yet.

Behold once again the Mallet O’ Understanding

Now they’re black-eyed peas…

This is why “revolutions always eat their own”. The radicals get so radical that they lose sight of the original revolutionary goals and instead become obsessed by ideological purity.“Purge the schismatic deviationists!”

Robespierat

@John Abrams Jul 18Opposite Day

Rat is well known for his wise cracks……….☻

IRATional? InaccuRATe? ExaspeRATing?

Rat is the equivalent of Danae in Non Sequitur.

The old “hammer of truth” reappears.

You know the Inquisition tried that with tragic results all around.

totally uncalled for…. that “was” a perfectly good croquet mallet there….

chickpea croquettes?

I’ve always preferred “chick peas”.

If Rat doesn’t calm down, we might have to send in the marines and navy beans. (The cavalry on pinto beans?)

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If Rat hits too hard with his mallet and cracks it, he could start a splinter moving himself.

It’s all just a mess of beans anyway.

Remember Blazing Saddles?

That band with Fergie and Will.I.Am used to just be called the peas. Then they met Chris Brown.

Remember, folks, on Garbanzo Day you have to eat every bean and pea on your plate.(Waiting to see how many get that…)

Never knew how Violent he was…

Leave the aardvark alone Rat!xxx

I’m so happy that nobody injected a Tea Party knock today. And shocked too.

Wasn’t everybody joking about chickpeas for a couple of days? EVERYBODY RUN!!!

Lordy Lordy..A slap at the Tea Baggers by Pastis.But NOT uncommon for him He gets KNOCKS in on a regular basis..

pearls before swine is a great comic, including a bit of dark humor, but with the perfect amount, it creates a incredible strip.

I wonder how Rat always keeps his croquet mallet handy…

Yes, garbanzos are indeed chickpeas. What a disgusting word – garbanzo. When I first saw it I thought it was a separate bean all by itself.

Is there a guy pea for every chick pea?

The malletization of Goat.

Goats expression in panel 2 is priceless.