Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 03, 2022

Some people are happy with nothong at all.

It depends on who wears them.

hopefully your little thing won’t come out of the little thong…

I guess Pig never passed a Spelling Bee in his life, huh?

Pig vandalise his own home.

Seeing Pig snap out at Goat like that is very refreshing.

I remember when thongs were footwear (flip flops).

It’s the little thongs that matter in life. It’s the big “but” after it that must be taken into consideration.

Little thongs for little thongs.

Next up: a thong and dance routine.

Hard to argue with either point.

It could have worked if that had been typed

Words to live by

Is liking this cartoon sexist?

Truer words have never been spoken

He got the apostrophe s right

That’s the Sumo wrestlers’ motto.

They are interesting to see!

Pig is giving Rat a hint to pick up his laundry off the floor.

I always taught my students (and my own kids) that language exists to serve a purpose — to communicate. Misuse of the language can make achieving that goal more difficult or downright impossible. If nobody knows what you’re saying, it’s better to remain quiet. Correct grammar and spelling can help you achieve your goal of communication.

“little thongs…” Isn’t that redundant?

Little thongs only cover small amounts or little things. If you have bigger amounts or bigger things, it’s better to have bigger thongs.

Didn’t that used to read “All Animals are Equal but Some are More Equal Than Others”?

Way more interesting his way! Don’t think the neighbours will appreciate it.

I find thong underwear uncomfortable, never liked the feeling of panties in the slot. I guess that is probably TMI. ;-p

They’re just G-Stringing Pig along.

Pig goes along, thinging a happy little thong.

Rat doesn’t think it wrong, that this thilly thong was thung.

LOL! Very funny!

Depends upon who wears it.

I think there has been a little clerical error.

Always take time in life to stop and smell the thongs.

I used to thong so.

As a member of the so-called Grammar Police, it’s my job to spell and correct. It says so right on my badge. 8>)

The O is next to the I on the keyboard, I can see the mistake can happen.

No one likes us, but the world needs us! Especially since no one knows the difference between “your” and “you’re”, and “their”, “there”, and “they’re”. Grammar Nazis unite!

I thing a thong as I put on my thongs to walk in the thand by the thore; but if you thaw me in a thong by the thea it thurely would be an eye thore

Yes, we grammar and spelling snobs can be useful. We will hold the line against pronouns. Pronouns come in two forms – singular and plural and none of them start with Z or X.

on a Victoria secrets model, YES! on Stephan Pastis…. OH HELL NO!

I remember when thongs cost 59 cents at Revco. I’d go through three or four pair each summer.

How did Pig miss that error?

“Paging Sisqo. Temporary relevance call for Sisqo.”

Max Schulman gag: College freshman goes to first meeting with his advisor. The advisor is doing a cat’s cradle made from leather boot laces. The advisor asks, “What are these?” Boy answers, “Thongs.” Advisor replies, “You’re welcome.”

What Rat uses to hit people over the head with:obviously.

If, instead of “SNOBS”, Pastis had used the nickname of a particular German political party, I think the comment section would be a bit different.

Let us not forget from the Book of Seinfeld, “There’s good naked and bad naked.”

Thanks Steph, I needed that.

Larry the Cable Guy: I’m wearing a thong right now. Don’t get to excited, it started out as boxer shorts.

Thing a thong of thixpenth.

I bet Stephen’s Spell Check gave him a hard time on this one.

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that thong.ki

Thing a little thong to help you get along!

Calling Dr. Freud!

Depends on the little thongs, Rat.

He’s not wrong.

Pastis may have attended UC Urvine…

Wait til you guys get angry class from the neighbors.

Do not scorn us of the Grammar Police [officially commissioned over at Frog Applause ]. We have our function, such as saving Pig from underwear embarrassment….

Serious comment provoked by a comic below. If you hate such things, there are other threads.

If Pig honestly thought the “little things” mattered, he would care about spelling and grammar. Such are often considered small and unimportant but can honestly have a huge impact. It bothers me how little some people consider their value in good communication.

Little Thongs matter more than Grammar snobs.

When I was working taking classified ad orders at a newspaper, an overflow call from the Obit department was routed to me. Poor lady had wanted the obit to read (among other things) that her loved one was “Now in his heavenly home,” but it had a single letter error. The “w” had been replaced by a “t.” I nearly died suppressing my reflexive reaction. Yes, one small spelling error can have a great consequence.

Sounds like a poor coverup job to me!

Yeah, people prefer to be snobby about their bad grammar and bad spelling