Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 15, 2012

You won’t find Rat’s picture in the dictionary under subtle.

It’s almost like Rat’s giving the lady puppy dog eyes.

Subtle? Rat doesn’t do subtle. In fact, Rat is about as subtle as a herd of rogue elephants.

I’m not subtle. Or obvious. Instead, I’m respectful. I’m a man of God first, a gentleman second, and a college student third. And at the moment, that’s working out beautifully.

Rat is no gentleman. Not even a gentlerat. Pig, please don’t make Rat your rôle model!

they all started playing music. they called themselves the bandoleers

The irony of this to me is she’s not really that pretty.

“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”[Genesis 3:1]

Subtle as a meat axe, Rat.

I think it’s you. Rat seems to be looking up at the poor woman’s face, and Pig is staring at them.

Wait until Pig tries to spell subtle.

Pay cloase attention to Rat’s subtlty Pig. Note how the pretty girl finds Rat creepy and beats him up with her purse. Then ask yourself if you want to be like Rat.

I think Goat and Pig are checking out her backside in the last panel.

I think only in the “Pearls” universe are there pretty women who have mullets.

Rat is just creepy…

LOL xxx

Isn’t there a passage that says, ’Tootest not thine own horn"?

Band of leerers..took me a second.Could Rat be King Lear?…no?Is that his daughter?…no way.

… methinks Goat meant some other other men …

If she’s pretty, I’m from Gedi Prime.

“We’re Stephan Pastis’ Lonely Hearts Club Band,We hope you will enjoy the show…”

looks like Rat has found the catnip !

Rat’s standards seem to be pretty low.

Rat is anything but subtle.