Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 10, 2012
Transcript:
Goat: Hey there, Pig...you look happy. Pig: I am! I just measured myself. I'm five feet, nine inches tall! Goat: Gee, Pig...that sounds a little high. Pig: Well, I did measure myself with shoes. Goat: Even with shoes, that sounds high. Pig: Here, measure for yourself. I'll stand against that fence. Goat: I think I see the problem. Pig: You misjudged? It's okay. We all make mental booboos.
margueritem over 12 years ago
LOTS of shoes…
john.barber over 12 years ago
I see the problem. He’s got on high-tops.
LuYihee over 12 years ago
This reminds me of a friend’s father who told me seriously when I was 14 years old, Oh, Lisa, you must be six feet tall! I asked him why he thought that, and he looked me straight in the eye and said, Because I’m 5’8", and you’re taller than me, so you must be around six feet tall. (I was 5’8" then, and haven’t gone up any since.
hariseldon59 over 12 years ago
I guess shoes can add a few extra feet.
Sherlock Watson over 12 years ago
I like how P. Goat has been appearing a lot lately; he’s the character I most identify with.
Sherlock Watson over 12 years ago
Please, Goat, don’t correct him; he’s such a fragile sole that only a heel would do such a thing.(When it comes to lacing a post with puns, I’m no loafer.)
Arianne over 12 years ago
If he tries to wedge in another, and all those shoes crash, Pig can simply reboot.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Not to rain on Pig’s 5’ 9" parade or anything; but, Pig, you practically NEVER wear shoes! Where’d you get all those? And why are you wearing them on your head? (Or was that one-too-many questions?)
eddie6192 over 12 years ago
That dumb Pig is a mental booboo.
Harryfan over 12 years ago
Were those shoes made from pig skin?
SwimsWithSharks over 12 years ago
Nice walkway. Looks like the neighborhood is getting a spruce-up this summer.
imbaldeagle over 12 years ago
2 thoughts came to me as I read this, today.1) How did Pig measure himself without all the shoes falling off?2) In the Amish country here, shoo-fly pie is a favorite dessert, but I used to wonder why they made pies out of shoe flies.
Pete Poworoznek over 12 years ago
At first I thought Pig had a giant Dagwood sandwich on his head.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 12 years ago
Such horrible punage… you both should be booted out of here.
PShaw0423 over 12 years ago
Count the shoes on his head — five of them. With a few inches left over to the top of the fence. So we know he’s over five feet tall…a great visual pun.
dekawesome over 12 years ago
this is totally off topic but i like bagels
Squoop over 12 years ago
I always knew Immelda Marcos was a pig.
Number Three over 12 years ago
I love this strip…
Without the shoes he would be 2 foot something…
xxx
codedaddy over 12 years ago
But I get a persistent image of five people walking around somewhere with one shoe on.
Bill Chapman over 12 years ago
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again….For puns, read Spider Robinsons’s Callahan’s Cross-time Saloon series, the puns are bad(or good – it depends on your definition) to make your sole hurt and your shoes fall off.
dfowensby over 12 years ago
5 feet nine inches? is that what you call Long Pig? ;D
Varnes over 12 years ago
Mental boo boos? I prefer mental boobs boobs……I know…I know……the real things are a lot better, sayin…..
JP Steve Premium Member over 12 years ago
If they can measure horses with hands and Englishmen with stones why not Pigs with shoes?