Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 08, 2017
February 07, 2017
February 09, 2017
Transcript:
Rat: Can people get their money back if they don't like today's strip? Stephan: Well, no. They're not really spending any money on it. Rat: They are if they buy a newspaper. Stephan: Well, then, I guess you could ask them what percentage of their newspaper enjoyment comes from 'Pearls' and give them that percentage back. People: 0.000% Rat: Well, that makes the math easy. Stephan: Please stay out of my house, random newspaper readers.
Well, I don’t know what percentage of my web surfing this is, but my Internet access isn’t free. So I am kind of spending money on it, even if it doesn’t go to the cartoonist. But then, this serves as advertising which has gotten me to buy all the treasuries so far.
So when this strip appears in a treasury, can I get a few cents discount on that?