Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 08, 2011

Looks like Rat did the engraving.

No, no. He got it right.

Dogsniff – well, it’s a pretty grave mistake.

Pig didn’t dig it.

On the other hand, when it comes to this sort of undertaking, Pig isn’t all that deep. He’s sweet, but pretty shallow.

Don’t sweat it, Pig. I think you are a real nice epithet! ※※ Today’s forecast – rolling sunshine !! Yay ☼ !!

Aw Arianne…… hey I liked your late one on yesterday’s Off the Mark.

I originally didn’t want any marker on my dirt condo. But now I’m thinking @#%&*! – would be perfect.

Gosh, Pig! You should have specified what you wanted on your marker, not just said “gimme an epithet!” That would be the usual way of doing business. Oh, well; you won’t be reading it when Your Time comes….

Maybe Rat could go into the tombstone business. My tombstone – “Warning!!! Don’t eat the mystery meat!”

But it is a nice epithet though.

…Pig…slightly overdone…

Must’ve been Rat.

Hmm. My tombstone? “Okay, now I’m retired.”

Looks like Rat has a new job.

since when do you take your tombstone home to your house?

very Nice :) thanx alooT توبيكات رمضان

Ephithet is just a descriptive term… e.g., “Alexander the Great” or “Ivan the Terrible”.

“Nuts?” That’s all Pig could say?I’d be more like; “Oh thit!”

When the time comes, will the Undertaker dig Pig’s grave with a piledriver?

Pig reminds me of me!

I’d return it – the tombstone was too short of a read and lacked a decent plot.

Reminds me of an old television commercial. What do you want on your Tombstone? Sausage and pepperoni.

As General Patton said, a man that eloquent must be saved. Even if he’s a pig.

Am I the only one who feels sorry for poor little pig. It ain’t easy being pudgy and stupid, and he has such a good heart. Love that little guy. Oh wait, he’s a comic. Nevermind.

nice

i feel kind of sorry for him…………….mmmm….BACON!!!!

Looks like Pig wanted, “PIG — #$&%$&# Nuts!”++++++++++++BTW, is Pig a veteran of Bastogne?

This little piggy is having an epithetical epitaph epiphany. (Try saying that while eating crackers.)

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The engraver got it wrong; Pig is a #$&%$&# simpleton.

Fine, but an epithet is NOT an insult.

Jake!! Good to see you too. And Cyndi — but comics need love too. I like your bear, BTW.

ha ha dumb

It’s a pathetic epithet. Translated to the numbers, it might be Pastis’ phone number 3475473. Awww, probably not.

do they put epithets on cans of ashes? someone tell me in a later life.

Wow, the puns coming from the comments section are even better than today’s strip. “…this sort of undertaking.” Awesome!

… I don’t get it!

Yes, it does look like Rat has a new job :)

To Number6 & Jakebb2: back when Pibgorn was taking comments, they had a character named Spitcock. The other site’s censor server would have melted down under weight of those comments.

Was that written by a ghost writer?

Epithet has more than one meaning, and if he literally said a “nice” one, that would require whoever wrote on the gravestone to go with the meaning “a characterizing word used in place of a name”. The other meaning is incompatible with the word “nice”.Hence, they did not follow directions.

I think it was really rat in a human suit…