Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 27, 2007

That would be “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It” by R.E.M.?

That’s great it starts with an earthquake. Virgis Snakes? and airplanes. Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of the hurricane. Listen to yourself turn……. Leonard Bernstein!!

Their expressions are weird in panel 8

“The other night I dreamt of knives, Continental drift divide. Mountains sit in a line… Leonard Bernstein!”

Maria.

LyricsThat’s great, it starts with an earthquakeBirds and snakes, and aeroplanesAnd Lenny Bruce is not afraidEye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churnWorld serves its own needsDon’t mis-serve your own needsSpeed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strengthThe ladder starts to clatterWith a fear of height, down, heightWire in a fire, represent the seven gamesAnd a government for hire and a combat siteLeft her, wasn’t coming in a hurryWith the Furies breathing down your neckTeam by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, croppedLook at that low plane, fine, thenUh oh, overflow, population, common groupBut it’ll do, save yourself, serve yourselfWorld serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleedTell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, rightYou vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright lightFeeling pretty psychedIt’s the end of the world as we know itIt’s the end of the world as we know itIt’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fineSix o’clock, T.V. hour, don’t get caught in foreign towerSlash and burn, return, listen to yourself churnLock him in uniform, book burning, bloodlettingEvery motive escalate, automotive incinerateLight a candle, light a motive, step down, step downWatch your heel crush, crush, uh ohThis means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clearA tournament, a tournament, a tournament of liesOffer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I declineIt’s the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)I feel fine (I feel fine)It’s the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)The other night I drifted nice continental drift divideMountains sit in a line,

Leonard BernsteinLeonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester BangsBirthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boomYou symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right, rightIt’s the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know itIt’s the end of the world as we know itIt’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)

The fact that I know most of the words to this song is probably one of the biggest “cool but useless” talents of mine.