Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 15, 2012

Yeah, that’s it, Pig, just napping.

I usually don’t care for the Danny Donkey strips but this one was funny.

I heard the real estate market crashed, I guess this is what they were talking about.

Goat… why bother?

A tad darker than usual. It’s funny until you acknowledge that Rat is advocating homicide.

It would be so much easier to get along with other people if it wasn’t for other people.

Location, location, location.

Contrary to margueritem’s attempt to sanitize the situation, Pig, the x-eyed people are defunct, done in by Danny Donkey.And Rat’s superficially clever aphorism is nevertheless untrue!

Google Translate is awesome!!

L’enfer, c’est les commenters… ;-)

rat went to the same art class as charlie brown. he’s wearing the ink very well…

Well, what was Danny supposed to do?… they were driving him outta his tree….Right, Arch! LOLAnd Sisyphos, didja have to?

Sham Pain can get you down.

That’s just what kids need…….Rat writing children stories.

He just wanted to leaf everyone alone.

Danny Donkey turned me off a while ago. The series where the toy comes to life is funny, but Rat’s cartoon I just have problems getting into now.

too bad its not his own he is advocating….wheres Dr. Kevorkian when you need him?

Why is it that Rat hasn’t won a cartoon award for Danny Donkey? I think it’s long overdue.

Based on the 5th panel I’d be tempted to say that Danny’s action was justifiable. What a bunch of jerks!

What the #@&? kind of tree is that??

For Danny Donkey i have two words: anger management.

What a great idea!

I love going to the beach, except for the d**n sand that gets into everything.

Oh my… A bit more violent than usual.

Cartoon physics at work again. An impossibly tall tree with no branches or leaves and a skinny trunk that somehow manages to support a treehouse with several dozen people in it.

I think likely Rat’s bark is worse than his bite.… anybody who had actually smelled a deceased person would not think him a better neighbor …

no idea why but the first frame made laugh more than the last

‘its true!’

if you only Goat knew Danny Donkey’s neighbors, maybe he’d understand! ;-)

Rat’s amusing because he’s so spoiled rotten and narrow-minded and sure of himself…atavistic and doesn’t know THAT, either. Ignorant, clueless people are funny as characters. When they get power is when it becomes philosophically necessary to extirpate THEM, too. But I’m too smart to reveal myself like that…

Awwwwwwww.

Poor Goat looks at his wits end.

No surprise… Rat is there.

LOL xxx

Rat is Id’s Little Fink…on the make. When it’s in the situation he’s gonna be King. And look out.

Rat has a decent point, though. On a very rare occasion, you’ll have a neighbor that’s pretty nice. I had one in my last house and I miss them both (a couple). They had the most wonderful rolling workbench in their garage, too. I modeled the one I now have after that one.

Love the Danny Donkey Tales. So delightfully anti-social.

Why does this Stephan Pastis not win awards for this stuff. This is one of my favourites theses days.

so . . . a treehouse at the top of a very large tree, you say . . . then invite everyone over . . . then leave and chop it down . . . hmmm . . .

If it was only that easy…lol

I hope Goat’s giving up on changing Rat doesn’t mean that there isn’t going to be any more DD… On another note, it’s good to see him back. Oh, and I’m throwing a party at my tree house tonight, if any1 is interested…

One Sunday newspaper: $1.50Pair of reading glasses: $3.99Rat advocating homicide: Priceless

huzzah! another danny donkey

Nice kid’s story!

This strip RULES! Those getting all serious… You just don’t get it. Shut up.

Love DD, EE, and HH! Bring them back more often, please?

Danny Donkey bought a house at the top of a very tall stick.\

Danny then went broke.

Danny turned his living room into a sports bar.

Then, when everybody was in his bar, he chopped down the tree and took all their wallets.

“Now I have money for my car insurance AND my new flat-screen TV!”

Somebody said “scream”

Fod figt