Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 30, 2011
Transcript:
Pig: Why do they call Philadelphia the 'City of Brotherly Love'? Goat: Well, as with most words, you just need to break down the word. Pig: How do you mean? Goat: Well, 'Phileo' is Greek for 'to love'...and 'Adelphos' means 'brother'. Pig: Oooh...that's neat! Lemme try that with a word! Goat: Sure. Pig: Okay...'ra'...what does that mean? Goat: You mean, as in the cheer, 'rah rah'? Pig: Yeah...and what about 'ag'? Goat: Ag?...That's often showrf for 'agriculture'. Pig: What about 'vi'? Goat: 'Vie'?...That means 'to compete'. Pig: So 'Viagra' is to help you cheer at an agricultural competition? Man: May I have that back please? Pig: I'll take a bunch and cheer great! Goat: Check please.
margueritem about 13 years ago
Oh pig, it might last more than 4 hours…
as363 about 13 years ago
@morgueritem – but will pig be able to ? Just asking ..
Arianne about 13 years ago
He kinda went at that bass-ackwards. Is that Piggy style?Soooo-eeeey!(Yes, I am thoroughly ashamed of myself.)
RetFor about 13 years ago
look out, pigita!
fatjimi about 13 years ago
That’s going to be hard to explain.
Arianne about 13 years ago
Buckle your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!!! The ribaldry will flow like a raging river from which there is no Deliverance.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago
Omega — to provide fodder for a cartoon, silly!
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago
Meanwhile, looks like Pig’s gonna be up unexpectedly early.And late.
legaleagle48 about 13 years ago
For once, Pig just might be a match for Pigita.
orinoco womble about 13 years ago
Thanks, Arianne, I now have the music from Deliverance in my head. Not quite the thing for Sunday morning!!
Sisyphos about 13 years ago
Is there a doctor in the house?!
AnonymousUser about 13 years ago
Does the thing even work on pigs?
Brockie about 13 years ago
So if you take Viagra do you……become a member in good standing…..oh that was so goooood.
BlueRaven about 13 years ago
Right. Because every erection must be satisfied and one orgasm is all it’ll take to cure the problem. And rape is funny. Give unto me a break.
fmasroor about 13 years ago
Not good.
hariseldon59 about 13 years ago
Up until now I wasn’t sure if Pig was anatomically correct.
chris_weaver about 13 years ago
Well, it does assist with ‘seed planting’!
Snoopy_Fan about 13 years ago
Yes… and Pig will be an “ex-spurt” when he’s done with the viagra…
Snoopy_Fan about 13 years ago
Boy, I can’t wait to see tomorrow’s strip…
evanisdaman about 13 years ago
That’s not appropriate ODDBALL that could cause kids to think bad things…I’m just joshin’ ya
Snoopy_Fan about 13 years ago
Is Goat asking for the check because he’s embarassed, or because he doesn’t want to be around when the viagra kicks in?
Snoopy_Fan about 13 years ago
I think Pig could use a stiff drink…
RonaldDavis about 13 years ago
I figure the “Vi” in Viagra is from the Latin “vir” meaning “man”. Agra is a city in India, containing the Taj Mahal, which is a monument built by Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife. It is the greatest erection ever put up by a man for a woman.
Arianne about 13 years ago
Pig will be makin’ bacon, come the dawn. (Shameless recidivist, that’s me.)
Lowtech about 13 years ago
oh my god he actually sneaked viagra into the comics page!
nancyroy2 about 13 years ago
Frank… I was just thinking the same thing! That Pastis really gets away with a lot! Good for him!
tigre1 about 13 years ago
Great comments…good strip, too…
waycyber about 13 years ago
There was the guy that spent all his money on Viagra and complained about being hard up for the rest of the month.
celeconecca about 13 years ago
this little piggy had (bleep)
waycyber about 13 years ago
Democrat – from demonic rat.
Republican – from Rep (a salesman), pub (a place for the purchase of intoxicating liquor), li(e) – to be prone, can – toilet, so salesman that gets drunk and falls flat out on the toilet.
Independent – equivalent to the English phrase “Johnny No-Mates”
hariseldon59 about 13 years ago
In his books Stephan sometimes prints letters from angry readers who are offended by his strip. I can’t wait to see the letters this one generates.
Number Three about 13 years ago
Hahahahahaha, LOL.
xxx
Sherlock Watson about 13 years ago
Pig really made a boner this time.÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷This might finally put Pigita in a good mood. If she’s not home, Pig can always go “see Alice” (Cialis).
klaude about 13 years ago
I always call Philly the city of brotherly shove.
ineza Premium Member about 13 years ago
Man! Pastis! Convolute! I wish I was rat, with a bat, to go upside your head (cartoon wise of course)!!!!!
pocounohamster about 13 years ago
I believe I was in that diner when that occurred :)
Sillstaw about 13 years ago
“‘Numb’ is when you can’t really feel, and then ‘brr,’ is what you say when you’re cold, so I’m going to say that ‘number’ is someone who can’t feel when they’re cold.”
Also, I shudder to think of the Rule 34 images this will inspire…
A_NY_Outlaw about 13 years ago
P-I-G: The lovemaking machine!!
Keno21 about 13 years ago
Hope he doesn’t OD. Hate to see Pig die. Especially since he’d have to have an open-casket funeral.
Keno21 about 13 years ago
You know, I don’t recall ever seeing a boner joke on Family Circus…
bmonk about 13 years ago
I like the stories about the fellow who got a pill stuck in his throat—now he has a stiff neck—and the gang who hijacked a truck full of a Viagra shipment. THe cops are looking for a gang of hardened criminals. . . .++++The problem with Pig’s plan is that he’s gonna spend a few months watching grass grow. . . .
mjb515 about 13 years ago
It does enable you to plow your partner’s garden.
jkhandy about 13 years ago
Pathetic that we live in a society in which men have to take a pill to obtain an erection. If your penis isn’t working the way in which it was designed naturally, then you have some serious mental issues and should be working on that instead of popping a pill in order to ejaculate your emotions into some female. And, any female who allows her partner to do so is either in porn or truly lacking in the self worth department. God Bless America!
cutiepie29 about 13 years ago
I was working at customer service for a certain web site and a site member wrote in to complain about another member’s user name (which was also his email address). The part that the complainant objected to was the domain name, which was VIAGRAFIX.com. We had to write and tell her that even though she was offended, we couldn’t just change his user name since email addresses were allowable (although not exactly advised) for use as a user name. The kicker was that it was not “Viagra-Fix”, as she had read it, but instead “Via-Grafix” and he was a graphic artist.
naturally_easy about 13 years ago
Ooh…my ooba kanoobsas!
KatP Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Kind of strange that some guy just leaves his Viagra sitting on the table at a diner. O_o
gocomics over 10 years ago
Pig is reading “The Inquired”, I think.