Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 30, 2018

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    BE THIS GUY  over 6 years ago

    Was the banjo player playing Amazing Grace, because Rat was lost but now he’s found.

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    alaskajohn1  over 6 years ago

    You are forgiven my son.

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    Adiraiju  over 6 years ago

    Frankly, the banjo sounds better than the post office line!

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    Johnny Q Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Now if he’d been playing “Goodbye, England’s Rose” in waltz time on the accordion…

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    chris_weaver  over 6 years ago

    Then he was accompanied by the accordionist and the bagpipist.

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    Needles2sayu~sewFunny  over 6 years ago

    Oh, no. You’re not quite at the “hell” level yet, Rat. That happens when you’re waiting in an extremely long line at the post office and along comes another banjo player…and for the next hour they proceed to “banjo duel” it out. I’ve also had similar experiences with people playing pianos while I’m waiting to board a flight.

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    Bilan  over 6 years ago

    It’s even worse when you see the banjo player’s picture on the wall of the post office.

    (but I guess they stopped doing that)

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    Alexander the Good Enough  over 6 years ago

    Best way to tune a banjo? Wire cutters…

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    Alexander the Good Enough  over 6 years ago

    Best way to tune a banjo? Tighten the G-string ’till it breaks, then tighten the others to match…

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    Alexander the Good Enough  over 6 years ago

    What’d the banjo player get on his SAT? Drool…

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    Alexander the Good Enough  over 6 years ago

    How many banjo player does it take to eat a ’possum? Three. One to eat the ’possum and two to watch for traffic.

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    Alexander the Good Enough  over 6 years ago

    Why’d the, ahem…, Polish fellow take up playing the banjo? For the money…

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    Alexander the Good Enough  over 6 years ago

    Want me to continue?

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    awgiedawgie Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Reminds me of the scene from M*A*S*H where the guy says “Father, can I make a confession?” “Of course, my son.” “I killed somebody…. tomorrow!”

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    F-Flash  over 6 years ago

    1st of all there’s not reason to stand in line at the post office, unless you need some of theirfree Bubble envelopes for properly packing your ebay shipment.

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    ND Cool Z  over 6 years ago

    I thought Rat thought the accordion was the music instrument of hell. https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/6/21

    There’s nothing horribly wrong with banjos or accordions, but I personally think the keytar is the instrument of heaven!

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    Defective Premium Member over 6 years ago

    This is so unrealistic. Who goes to the post office?

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    Stevefk  over 6 years ago

    So would you have preferred a Mariachi Band?

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    dlkrueger33  over 6 years ago

    When I see someone playing a banjo, I wait in anticipation for them to play the music from the movie “Deliverance”. (Dueling Banjos).

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  over 6 years ago

    You’re forgiven, Mr. Swaggart.

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    wrd2255  over 6 years ago

    If you hear banjo music…go to Fedex

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    wllilly1960  over 6 years ago

    …Banjos were taken off the right track by 1950s and 60s pizza restaurant and amusement park operators!

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    Andrew Sleeth  over 6 years ago

    The banjo doesn’t seem to have done Steve Martin’s career any harm. And who knows, maybe Martin was right thinking it could’ve saved Nixon’s, too.

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Relax, Rat. I guarantee Pete Seeger is in heaven.

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    jerumulligan1  over 6 years ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwki4C6w7JU “Banjo Players in Heaven” by the Austin Lounge LIzards… pretty much sums it up!!!

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    skipper1992  over 6 years ago

    An “outdoorsy” friend of mine once wore the following t-shirt: “Paddle faster, I hear banjos!”

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    Reader  over 6 years ago

    Your room is right in here maestro. Gary Larson. (I don’t know how to attach the image)

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    WaitingMan  over 6 years ago

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjsEayry2E

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    Radish the wordsmith  over 6 years ago

    Should have tipped him $5 to stop playing.

    A sentence you will never hear, ‘the banjo players Porsche’. Johnny Carson

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member over 6 years ago

    LOL! LOL!

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    Droptma Styx  over 6 years ago

    Shhh … Rat’s had his “road to Damascus” moment.

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    FRISCOLA Premium Member over 6 years ago

    The difference between a Banjo and a Porsche? You can tune a Porsche. Just Banjo player humor

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    hoffquotes2  over 6 years ago

    If Pig was with you there could have been the line “squeal like a pig”

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    Rev Phnk Ey  over 6 years ago

    Then the banjo player says “bend over and squeal like a pig”.

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    willie_mctell  over 6 years ago

    Rat has never heard Don Reno.

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    KEA  over 6 years ago

    Any instrument played poorly can be annoying, but almost any instrument played really well has something to offer (though it may take some time to appreciate). On the other hand, where did the guy get a milk crate??

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    dwagner200  over 6 years ago

    Reminds me of one of my favorite youtube videos. Search for Josh Williams and Mordecai. Something funny happens during the song.

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    the lost wizard  over 6 years ago

    Rat has obviously never heard Washington Square, one great instrumental recording. Now, as to the bagpipes, that’s another story.

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    David Rickard Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Gentleman: a man who can play the banjo but does not.

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    John W. Vinson Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Perfect Pitch, n. The ability to throw an accordion into a dumpster so that it lands directly on the banjo.

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    Gent  over 6 years ago

    God and Rat are ancient allies. Remember the plagues?

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    pcmcdonald  over 6 years ago

    DMV line is worse!

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member over 6 years ago

    That’s right Rat Banjoes is the devils music. But just wait when they bring in the ukuleles and bagpipes also for all eternity. Repent now Rat

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    Constantinepaleologos  over 6 years ago

    Rat apparently isn’t used to city life.

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    Sisyphos  over 6 years ago

    Goat is correct. Banjos are okay. Free busking is okay. Rat is overacting again….

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    Kim Metzger Premium Member over 6 years ago

    A few years ago, I found and purchased a DVD of “Tom Terrific,” a cartoon that ran on “Captain Kangaroo.” This was one of the earliest TV cartoons ever. It was good, but it was CHEAP! The music was provided by a banjo and an accordion.

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    TurbosDad  over 6 years ago

    Quickly followed by Peruvian pan pipes…

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    LadyPamelaJ  over 6 years ago

    Next, someone sits down with him and starts playing the spoons. hee hee hee!!

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    PBS1!  about 5 years ago

    Why would Rat, of all characters, acknowledge his own sin?

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    we live we love we lie  over 2 years ago

    GET GARD DUCK GO BLOW IT UP!

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    Ninette  6 months ago

    Through no fault of my own I spent a night in Pigeon Forge. At dinner.. where and while I was eating.. a guy breezes in the restaurant and plays the banjo. What the absolute heck!?!?

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