Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 23, 2012
Transcript:
Rat: Check it out, Goat. It's a pie cooling on that windowsill. We're supposed to steal it. It's a comic strip gag dating back to the great depression. Goat: I'm gluten-intolerant, and there's now way that's gluten-free. Rat: Well, that made for a good comic strip.
Templo S.U.D. almost 12 years ago
thanks a lot… uh… Goat or Mr. Pastis?… for ruining it all!
hariseldon59 almost 12 years ago
It was funny when Yogi Bear did it.
possiblekim almost 12 years ago
Happy thanksgiviing Rat and Goat :D
zero almost 12 years ago
Bababooey… er, um I mean - Ratatooey
Tirasmol almost 12 years ago
hahahaahahaahaaa
Yontrop almost 12 years ago
When he made the comment, it was still Thanksgiving on the West Cost.
Proginoskes almost 12 years ago
The gag is to steal it, Goat. You don’t need to eat it.
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
If you’ve got a complaint, Rat, take to That Sad Little Man, a.k.a. Cartoon-Boy. I snickered at this one….
orinoco womble almost 12 years ago
What a joke!
SAINT12345 almost 12 years ago
real sign of the times : Who bakes pies?
the burser almost 12 years ago
Pecan for me! followed by cherry then the other fruits
Liam Astle Premium Member almost 12 years ago
It’s better than what they did in “Family Guy” when the steam from the pie raped Peter.
Lucid Premium Member almost 12 years ago
How does Goat KNOW it’s not a gluten-free pie. In my town, odds are it would be. Yeah, I know… we’re thinking of moving.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Soupy Sales would have made very good use of that pie!
jmartin1955 almost 12 years ago
To much of an insider joke. Mildly amusing.
orinoco womble almost 12 years ago
Kind of like buying a bag of mixed salad greens labelled in large letters: GLUTEN FREE!! Yes, well I would hope so!
hcr1985 almost 12 years ago
I would get that pie, and I would also pick up Cool Whip on the way home!!
eddie6192 almost 12 years ago
Goat should learn to be less tolerant of Rat.
Number Three almost 12 years ago
Sometimes Goat can be a killjoy but he’s still adorable.
LOL xxx
loupoo98 almost 12 years ago
haha.. nice try rat!
Digital Frog almost 12 years ago
That’s the difference between Goat and Rat. Goat is a celiac and Rat is a silly hack.
Soroxas almost 12 years ago
Don’t hate me, but I prefer pecan pie
BlackScorpion1910 almost 12 years ago
My mother Is gluten intolerant, so now we can’t eat anything delicious!!!! Rat, take the pie man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
De_Faulto almost 12 years ago
I guess Stephan Pastis assumed that no one would read it because it’s after thanksgiving.
GoodQuestion Premium Member almost 12 years ago
This is what made the “great depression” grate . . . . .☻.Another nice one DFrog – ☺
Vonne Anton almost 12 years ago
Hmmm…so, in the Great Depression, when people were starving, it was a great gag to steal someone’s pie? How funny….
finale almost 12 years ago
“That’s a pie safe”….itsa sure is iffa no one can reach it.
Perkycat almost 12 years ago
I thought it made for a good comic strip.Digital Frog – very funny!I bake pies – they are actually quite easy.Great comments today!
Sherlock Watson almost 12 years ago
Today’s strip is rated PG (Paris Goat); tomorrow we’ll be back to the stuff that’s rated R (Rat).
route66paul almost 12 years ago
I am very sorry for your child. The problem here is that so many people are on “gluten free”(or whatever the bad food of the month is) that many places will sell it anyway. like the little boy that called “wolf”, this is a disaster waiting to happen. Allergies are not to be messed with, but when they are claimed wrongly, others do not believe.
lmonteros almost 12 years ago
Just eat the filling and throw the crust away…a lot of folks do that. I think the window sill thing came when kitchens were tiny and hot. Maybe. Just guessing. We don’t do that in L.A., it’s usually hotter outside.
porkerroy almost 12 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving, Stephan. Thanks for all the great strips!
alviebird almost 12 years ago
Let’s face it, hot kitchen or not, when you are waiting for a pie to cool you want it fast. It is going to cool quicker on the sill, where the air can circulate better.
Ermine Notyours almost 12 years ago
The pie-in-the-window idea showed up in “Wreck-It Ralph”. I read this comic this morning before seeing the movie.
lookwhatbobfound almost 12 years ago
saw the peanuts “Happiness is a Warm Blanket” again tonight, pastis had a big part in making that
bmonk almost 12 years ago
I do like the scene from “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” where they steal the pie—and then Delmar runs back and leaves a dollar.
vjkjm almost 12 years ago
So, if goat ate the pie, would he gag on it?
alantain over 1 year ago
A gluten-intolerant goat? That’s like an elephant with a peanut allergy!