Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 02, 2012
Transcript:
Rat: Behold! I, Rat, have invented the "Box O' Superior Wisdom"... Reach in and grab brilliance! Goat: it's beer. Rat: Yes. Drink eight and you'll think you know everything. Goat: That is not wisdom. Pig: Ohhhhhh? Well, listen me to you, wister mise guy.... Rat: Another satisfied customer.
Rakostump over 12 years ago
HAHAHAHA…Stephan names a lot of stuff “something ’o Something” … lol :D
Rakostump over 12 years ago
poor pig :(
Proginoskes over 12 years ago
Beer does make you smarter … It made Budweiser.
Sherlock Watson over 12 years ago
Boiled ham, anyone?
Darsan54 Premium Member over 12 years ago
Ahhhh, beer. Both the source and solution to all our problems.*
*homage to Homer Simpson
margueritem over 12 years ago
Brewsky, the fount of wisdom.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
I get a few in me and I turn into a professor.
x_Tech over 12 years ago
You’re wrong Rat, eight beers do not bring wisdom. It’s the shot of Tequila before and after each beer that provide the enlightenment.
knight1192a over 12 years ago
Rat actually did it! He got Pig to drink beer. And not just one but eight! Pastis said that Pig being so child-like he always pictured him as only drinking juice or soda and everyone else, especially Rat, would drink beer. But Rat actually did it.
LiveToSurf over 12 years ago
In Bavaria(Germany), beer is taxed in the same category as ‘Staple food products’. I love it here!!!
orinoco womble over 12 years ago
“When I am this drunk, I become brazen and arrogant to the last degree. I perform the most difficult feats flawlessly. And all of you, my dears, because it’s true, look as big as cockroaches, or some other quite unimportant things.” (Doctor Astrov in “Vanya on 42nd Street.”)
arye uygur over 12 years ago
@jukeofurl: In the US regular food is not taxed in grocery stores, only “drinks” (not juices, but soda and alcoholic beverages) as well as pet food, etc.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Oh, my, my! Pig has made a pig of himself and become sloshed. Since he has not hitherto been drunk in our presence, he will likely develop a massive hangover and be unavailable for comic relief for some time. I hope Rat and Goat have some amusing routines scripted for use at times like these….
Hillbillyman over 12 years ago
Beer is what gets idiots out driving around crashing into cars killing inocent folks. Just because your old enough to drink beer don’t mean you have too.
Kvasir42 Premium Member over 12 years ago
I like beer/ It makes me a jolly good fellow/ It helps me unwind and makes me feel mellow/Whiskey’s too rough/Champagne costs too much/And vodka puts my mouth in gear… (Tom T. Hall song)
Guilty Bystander over 12 years ago
Ahhh, reminds me of an old favorite dinner from college: cookies and beer. Ever dunk a chocolate chip cookie in a Budweiser? Maybe I did…I don’t remember.
Speaking of which, it isn’t the beer that brings wisdom, it’s the hangover, as in “I did WHAT???”
Varnes over 12 years ago
It’s gotta be Beer:30 somewhere… bottoms up!
Let’s do some cheese rolling…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOyQBSMeIhM
bahramthered over 12 years ago
I don’t think I’m smarter after a few beers but I do paint models better.
daphilli over 12 years ago
@LiveToSurfAnd in Greece, beer is taxed with a “sin” tax. Therein lies the difference.
inshadowz over 12 years ago
If it takes eight, why then does beer come in sixpacks?
3hourtour Premium Member over 12 years ago
..yes,I know this will get lost in the massive posting on this strip..Rat is a practitioner of the lost art of Ty Wun On…when you Ty Wun On you become much more brave;you feel no pain…etc,etc and so forth…
NJ Lyon over 12 years ago
OH MAH GAWD THAT WAS NOT THE IMAGE OF PIG I WANTED TO SEE AT 7:57 AM
hariseldon59 over 12 years ago
I think this might be the first time we’ve seen Pig drink beer.
PICTO over 12 years ago
There’s a belligerent Einstein in every dozen.
hariseldon59 over 12 years ago
Poor Pig. I can almost hear Don Henley singing “The End of the Innocence”.
finale over 12 years ago
My guess is it only took 2 to do in Pig.
rolleg over 12 years ago
Inspirational strip just in time for the weekend.
cork over 12 years ago
Baked Ham
lecrenb over 12 years ago
Reminds me of Cliff Clavin explaining to Norm how beer makes you smarter through the natural selection of brain cells…
Number Three over 12 years ago
That is EXCELLENT!
Just as well he didn’t put bubble bath in his mouth which he thought was mouthwash like my cousin did!
He said ‘That mouthwash tastes bloody awful’
LOL. Good one Rat!
xxx
the burser over 12 years ago
so true
Bill Chapman over 12 years ago
“Beeeeeeer……..Mooore Beeeeeer……..”
So sayeth the zombiefied barfly.
pam Miner over 12 years ago
Oh, PIg! You’ve had a few too many!
jroc311o over 12 years ago
Im getting this comic framed