Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 07, 2011

Bringing new meaning to the title “Dueling Banjos.”

Say, a good banjo breakdown is on the way.

Job creation……….

Your tax $$$$$ at work.

No, Rat! Don’t ruin a perfectly good banjo (to the extent that there is such a thing)! If your must whack Goat, use your empty dinner plate!

Nothing improves the sound of a banjo like percussive disassembly.

I don’t think Rat will get away with it, but you have to admire his pluck.

Bob Pinciotti’s favorite weapon.

Bob: Hit him with a banjo!Red: A banjo, Bob?Bob: Yeah.Red: Where is he gonna get a banjo?Bob: I don’t know. But I saw a guy get hit with a banjo once, and he went down!

Hm… I may need to sue Rat for stealing my joke!http://planescapecomic.com/Prologue9.htmlANDhttp://planescapecomic.com/170.html

The job is to record the statistics, not create them.

True, waycyber.

Apparently, though, it’s a powerful instrument.

Looks like appreciation for it kinda sneaks up on you — though Rat’s banjo is about to be a little flat.

Aged engineer — only if Goat has one, also.

Let’s take up a collection….

Rat is one of the better and more qualified consultants!

Banjo, second only to accordion, and inexplicably rising…

Looks like Rat creates his own stats.

I haven’t seen Zebra in a while – I hope the crocs didn’t finally get him.

The return of El Kabong. All Rat needs is a mask and a cape.

@lewreader – Pig could be his plucky sidekick.

Again, goat would be funnier if he didn’t squint in the third frame, but instead had bulging or staring-into-space eyes!

Check out Andy Capp — they have bagpipes and steel guitars to complete the quartet!

On a shirt, two guys in a canoe… “Paddle faster! I hear Banjos!”

I think that’s your cue to leave, Goat.

xxx

Brilliant, I love the levels.

Looks like Rat has another string to his bow—er, banjo.++++Rat, if he were fair, shouldn’t hit Goat—Goat already gave up.OTOH, we all know how fair Rat is.

Pastis must have been watching PBS last night, they had a Steve Martin narrated show on the history of the Banjo. I forgot to check it out, but there probably wasn’t any Martin comedy in it anyways.

What do a banjo and a cruise missile have in common?

By the time you hear it, it’s too late!

Guybrush Threepwood: I choose the banjo!Edward Van Helgen: I accept!Guybrush: . . . You do?

As I recall, banjos don’t die frequently enough…

Nice “That ’70s Show” reference, thebird55!.And, good point, Strike Joe … Zebra has become a rarity in recent months (unfortunately). The strips with him and the crocs are always fun.

How can you folks put a banjo and an accordian ahead of bagpipes? Remember “how do you know when you’ve tuned your bagpipes?” (Stephen Wright).And don’t forget the definition of an oboe: “An ill woodwind that nobody blows good” (Duke Ellington)

Does “banjo fatalities” mean people being killed for playing the banjo? If so, Rat’s going to be reeeeeeally busy.

According to Johnny Carson, the least spoken phrase in the English language is “That’s the banjo player’s Porsche.”

Yet another pointless job in government. We need to just flush out all of Congress and reelect new people. Preferably those who haven’t held government office before. We keep in Congress those who haven’t advocated spending money we don’t have.