Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 06, 2015
Transcript:
Rat: What's the matter with you, Goat? Goat: I'm writing an article about an ailing Sikh priest who gets his dog to attack someone but there's a misspelling in the quote I want to use. Rat: So what's wrong with that? "'Sic him,' said the sick sikhh [sic]." Rat: Get a real job.
Sherlock Watson almost 10 years ago
If you have a complaint, Rat, you should locate SP’s boss Ezekiel. In other words, seek Zeke.
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
what a tongue twister
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Steph should sack someone who says he sucks… and sometimes even seeks to sock him!
corzak almost 10 years ago
“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick . . . " – World’s Hardest Tongue Twister, according to Guiness Book of World Records.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Corzak… some researchers have declared that the hardest is the nonsense phrase “pad kid poured curd pulled cold” ……..but I do find the “sick sheik” one harder to say.
alviebird almost 10 years ago
This one’s a little easier.
I slit a sheet. A sheet I slit. Upon a slitted sheet I sit.
bignatefan almost 10 years ago
Was the story set in Sikkim?
doublepaw almost 10 years ago
Sick
Plumbob Wilson almost 10 years ago
Sic semper S.Pastis.
PICTO almost 10 years ago
That article sounds like a lot of doggerel and it’s making me sic.
jreckard almost 10 years ago
Mr. Pastis, that cheeky geek, should sneak a peek into proper pronunciation. Then he could seek for a chic sikh.
arye uygur almost 10 years ago
If this particular comic were published in a Turkish newspaper it would be pornographic.
juicebruce almost 10 years ago
Would you please say that in Croc…………………
Emmett Wayne almost 10 years ago
I think I am going to be sihk.
jdkingbear almost 10 years ago
That reminds me: what is the definition of twins? Why, womb mates, of course.
puddlesplatt almost 10 years ago
THANKS FOLKS! MY TONQUE IS NOW TIED.
Stocky One almost 10 years ago
Sickening.
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
He couldn’t get hired in a real job, Rat. McDonald’s wouldn’t even want him
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
Cartoon Boy has been trying too hard and needs some rest, in isolation, away from the rest of the world. A very private sanitorium, for example. With a strait jacket. And a gag. No visitors. Let him out after six months or a year….
eddie6192 almost 10 years ago
Toon Boy is a sicko.
Arty8846 almost 10 years ago
That’s worth two long groans.
Noah121 almost 10 years ago
I saw that one coming from the first panel :)
Ermine Notyours almost 10 years ago
“She sits and sips Schlitz.”
sarah413 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Rat’s on a sikh and destroy mission. Go sic him!!
lotsalaffs Premium Member almost 10 years ago
They are so bad they’re actually funny.
nena.person almost 10 years ago
Quoting people verbatim makes me sic.
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Bravo!
Brian Fink almost 10 years ago
Wondering how often Stephan’s wife says that to him (just to get him out of the house :) )
damifid0 almost 10 years ago
I like this strip[toon] by pastis. Keep ’em coming toon boy. :) Peace.
Mikel V almost 10 years ago
And the sick sikkh shaves with a Shick, so he can pick chicks
ChessPirate almost 10 years ago
“Rat-a-tat” goes Rat’s bat…
legaleagle48 almost 10 years ago
Actually, he WAS a lawyer, but that was more for his parents than anything else. Cartooning has been his day job for years now, as it was also always his dream job.
KEA almost 10 years ago
it has been my experience that people who complain about puns either don’t get them, or can’t construct them (or both)
usfellers almost 10 years ago
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.I love this strip!
Number Three almost 10 years ago
Oh shut up, Rat.
xxx
Carl R almost 10 years ago
The sixth sick shiek’s sixth sheep’s sick.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) almost 10 years ago
Weird, just the other somebody posted a story about sic on FB.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 10 years ago
The New York Daily News ran a repeat strip in place of today’s cartoon !!
claire de la lune. almost 10 years ago
Alliteration!