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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/29 The Crocs setting up an oil rig]] so that they can dig up gophers and snack on them for life. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/30 And it works]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/01 Alas, they can't turn it off]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/02 So they decide to hold a press conference]] to tell everyone that they're monitoring 24/7 - and by that, they mean that they're watching the show ''24'' seven days a week ("We has on DVD. It reely gud show.").[[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/06 Rat eventually solves the problem]] by dropping an anvil on Stephan Pastis' head so that he won't keep drawing the gophers.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/29 The Crocs setting up an oil rig]] so that they can dig up gophers and snack on them for life. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/30 And it works]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/01 Alas, they can't turn it off]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/02 So they decide to hold a press conference]] to tell everyone that they're monitoring 24/7 - and by that, they mean that they're watching the show ''24'' seven days a week ("We has on DVD. It reely gud show."). [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/06 Rat eventually solves the problem]] by dropping an anvil on Stephan Pastis' head so that he won't keep drawing the gophers.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/02 Rat takes part in one of those civil war battle re-enactments]].

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/02 Rat takes part in one of those civil war Civil War battle re-enactments]].



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/03 Rat is going around givingg everyone "clever, well-thought-out nicknames that somehow reflect who each of us are"]]. Rat being Rat, he's given himself the nickname "God's Gift to the World". Goat, meanwhile, has the nickname "Mr. Crappo".

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/03 Rat is going around givingg giving everyone "clever, well-thought-out nicknames that somehow reflect who each of us are"]]. Rat being Rat, he's given himself the nickname "God's Gift to the World". Goat, meanwhile, has the nickname "Mr. Crappo".
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/28 In an attempt to make the strip more family-friendly]], Stephan invites ComicStrip/DennisTheMenace to appear. The result - Dennis setting a fire.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/28 In an attempt to make the strip more family-friendly]], Stephan invites ComicStrip/DennisTheMenace ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS to appear. The result - Dennis setting a fire.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/19 Goat isn't thrilled that Rat dubbed him, in a book that he wrote, as an "arrogant no-nothing fathead"]]. When he complains to Rat, Rat claims that [[BlatantLies the character isn't supposed to be Goat]] - his name is "Goatt".

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/19 Goat isn't thrilled that Rat dubbed him, in a book that he wrote, as an "arrogant no-nothing know-nothing fathead"]]. When he complains to Rat, Rat claims that [[BlatantLies the character isn't supposed to be Goat]] - his name is "Goatt".
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/06 Rat asks Stephan Pastis if it would be illegal for a cartoonist to mention a brand name product in his comic strip in the hopes that the company would send him free samples. When Stephan tells him that no, it isn't, Rat shouts "SIERRA NEVADA BEER!!" multiple times, then heads out to stand by the mailbox. According to Stephan in the commentary, it worked.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/06 Rat asks Stephan Pastis if it would be illegal for a cartoonist to mention a brand name product in his comic strip in the hopes that the company would send him free samples.samples]]. When Stephan tells him that no, it isn't, Rat shouts "SIERRA NEVADA BEER!!" multiple times, then heads out to stand by the mailbox. According to Stephan in the commentary, it worked.
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* The {{pun}}s, no matter how [[NarmCharm terrible they may be]]. The anticipation makes it so much better, because you ''know'' one is coming but you ask yourself, "[[OverlyPrepreparedGag where's Pastis going with this one?]]" He never disappoints to make it spectacular. Adding to this is Pastis himself acknowledging how terrible they are by having his characters mock him each time.

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* The {{pun}}s, [[IncrediblyLamePun puns]], no matter how [[NarmCharm terrible they may be]]. The anticipation makes it so much better, because you ''know'' one is coming but you ask yourself, "[[OverlyPrepreparedGag where's Pastis going with this one?]]" He never disappoints to make it spectacular. Adding to this is Pastis himself acknowledging how terrible they are by having his characters mock him each time.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/20 The crocs form "Eetazeeb", an "all-powerful corporation wid know-hows and monies dedicated to immediate dedicated to immediate destrukshun of all zeebas"]] (its headquarters is a large cardboard box).

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/20 The crocs form "Eetazeeb", an "all-powerful corporation wid know-hows and monies dedicated to immediate dedicated to immediate destrukshun of all zeebas"]] (its headquarters is a large cardboard box).



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/30 Larry calling up Junior pretending to be the President of the United States, telling him to play Wii instead of studying]].

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/30 Larry calling up Junior pretending to be the President of the United States, telling him to play the Wii instead of studying]].



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/10 The Crocs, upon finding out about Zebra's crawl space, try to use it to get into Zebra's house]]. Alas, they keep smashing their snouts on the floor joints.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/10 The Crocs, upon finding out about Zebra's crawl space, try to use it to get into Zebra's house]]. Alas, they keep smashing their snouts on the floor joints.joists.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/04 Rat drew a line on the floor]]. Said line is the boundary of Ratopia, a sovereign nation within which Rat is the king, czar, dictator and head cheese]]. Pig admitting that he doesn't think he likes that. Rat's response is to kick him in the crotch.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/04 Rat drew a line on the floor]].floor. Said line is the boundary of Ratopia, a sovereign nation within which Rat is the king, czar, dictator and head cheese]]. Pig admitting admits that he doesn't think he likes that. Rat's response is to kick him in the crotch.



--->'''Rat:''' It's interfering with my source for solitude.

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--->'''Rat:''' It's interfering with my source search for solitude.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/06 Pig doesn't know what a stationary store is]].

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/06 Pig doesn't know what a stationary stationery store is]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/19 Stephan Pastis decides that]] ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' needs a "go-to gag" - something reliably funny that they could return to over and over. Cue [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Rat pulling a football that Pig is about to kick away]].

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/19 Stephan Pastis decides that]] ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' needs a "go-to gag" "[[RunningGag go-to gag]]" - something reliably funny that they could return to over and over. Cue [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Rat pulling a football that Pig is about to kick away]].



** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/27 "YOU'RE BEEN PUNK'D BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH!"]]

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** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/27 "YOU'RE "YOU'VE BEEN PUNK'D BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH!"]]



* [[ https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/17 Zebra meets "Magic Bunny", who can make a five-dollar bill disappear]].

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* [[ https://www.[[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/17 Zebra meets "Magic Bunny", who can make a five-dollar bill disappear]].



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/25 Bad laughs: the great deal-breaker."]]

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/25 Bad "Bad laughs: the great deal-breaker."]]

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-->'''Goat:''' All of Van Gough's paintings.

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-->'''Goat:''' All of Van Gough's Gogh's paintings.



** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2004/07/15 "The hotel has informed me that the 'L' button stands for 'lobby'. Contrary to what we told yu in the registration packet, it does not - I repeat - NOT, stand for 'lift-off'."]]

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** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2004/07/15 "The hotel has informed me that the 'L' button stands for 'lobby'. Contrary to what we told yu you in the registration packet, it does not - I repeat - NOT, stand for 'lift-off'."]]



-->'''Stephan:''' I don't think I'll have Jon do this again.

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-->'''Stephan:''' I don't think I'll have Jon John do this again.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2005/08/06 Pig meets the "Wolf Who Cried Boy"]], who Rat finds very annoying.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2005/08/06 Pig meets the "Wolf Who Cried Boy"]], who whom Rat finds very annoying.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2005/10/04 "You can do it... you bit fat tub of lard."]]

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2005/10/04 "You can do it... you bit big fat tub of lard."]]



--->"Me no wear pants. It feel guuuuud."

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--->"Me --->"[[NakedPeopleAreFunny Me no wear pants. It feel guuuuud."]]"



--->'''Zebra:''' I'm more of an old testament guy.

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--->'''Zebra:''' I'm more of an old testament Old Testament guy.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/08/26 "Green is my favoriest color."]]

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/08/26 "Green is my favoriest favoritest color."]]



-->'''Croc 2:''' BINGO!! We no can fly [=NUTHeeng=]!

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-->'''Croc 2:''' BINGO!! We no can fly [=NUTHeeng=]![=NUTHeeng=]!!



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/02/07 "Happy anniversery, you big fat pain in butt."]]

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/02/07 "Happy anniversery, anniversey, you big fat pain in butt."]]



--->'''Hotel Guest:''' [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds McDonald]]. Striped tights. Floppy feet.

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--->'''Hotel Guest:''' Ronald?
--->'''Rat:'''
[[UsefulNotes/McDonalds McDonald]]. Striped tights. Floppy feet.



--->'''Rat:''' Fine. Ask for the Hamburgular. But he won't be as friendly.

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--->'''Rat:''' Fine. Ask for the Hamburgular.Hamburglar. But he won't be as friendly.



--->'''C.E.O. Croc:''' ''(hands him a box full of money as well)'' Ooh, have box o' moneys.

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--->'''C.E.O. Croc:''' ''(hands him a box full of money as well)'' Ooh, have box o' moneys.monies.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/06/08 Rat has concluded that most of life's problems are caused by stupid people doing stupid things]]. But he has the answer - he shall classify every person as a "Smarto" or a "Stupido" based on his "Analysiso". Then the "Stupidos" will be thrown off a cliff, bounce off a trampoline, and land on "La Isla Stupido". There, they can perform acts of "stupidosity" upon the other "Stupidos", never to bother the "Smartos" again. Pig protests that he doesn't think there are any "stupid" people, just smart people making bad decisions, and that they're really all the same. Cut to Pig about to land on "La Isla Stupido".

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/06/08 Rat has concluded that most of life's problems are caused by stupid people doing stupid things]]. But he has the answer - he shall classify every person as a "Smarto" or a "Stupido" based on his "Analysiso". Then the "Stupidos" will be thrown off a cliff, bounce off a trampoline, and land on "La Isla Stupido".Stupida". There, they can perform acts of "stupidosity" upon the other "Stupidos", never to bother the "Smartos" again. Pig protests that he doesn't think there are any "stupid" people, just smart people making bad decisions, and that they're really all the same. Cut to Pig about to land on "La Isla Stupido".Stupida".



-->'''Waiter:''' You want ''WHAT'', Senor?

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-->'''Waiter:''' You want ''WHAT'', Senor?Señor?



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/07/27 Pig talks to Mr. Crumb about his conundrum of the humdrum of being mum and eating plums like a numb bum from some slum or drum and slum or hum with rum if dumb]].

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/07/27 Pig talks to Mr. Crumb about his conundrum of the humdrum of being mum and eating plums like a numb bum from some slum or drum and slum strum or hum with rum if dumb]].



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/12 Rat decided to buy a parrot]]... but on the way home, the parrot learned some new words...

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/12 Rat decided to buy a parrot]]... but on the way home, [[FowlMouthedParrot the parrot learned some new words...]]



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/16 Larry believes that]] if you pull the IgnoringBySinging trick when others are singing "Happy Birthday To You", you don't age that day.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/16 Larry believes that]] if you pull the IgnoringBySinging trick when others are singing "Happy Birthday To You", "HappyBirthdayToYou", you don't age that day.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/28 Rat has been reading the Genesis Book of World Records]] and he noticed that there's no record holder in the category of "Most Consecutive Times Slapping Your Rotund Friend in the Face".

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/28 Rat has been reading the Genesis Guinness Book of World Records]] and he noticed that there's no record holder in the category of "Most Consecutive Times Slapping Your Rotund Friend in the Face".



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/30 Larry calling up Junior pretending to be the President of the United States, telling him to play Wii instead of study]].

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/30 Larry calling up Junior pretending to be the President of the United States, telling him to play Wii instead of study]].studying]].



* The "[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Larry in Wonderland]]" storyline. It begins with [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/22 Larry falling down a gopher hole]] and meeting a rabbit that resembles the White Rabbit, albeit brown instead of white. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/23 He winds up dressed as Alice]], [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/26 and tries to calm down by drinking a beer]] - a beer that makes the crocodile shrink. Zebra winds up falling on top of Larry [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/27 and decides that the tables have turned]] - now Larry is the prey, and he's promptly eaten. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/28 His crime is witnessed]] by the Mad Ducker (Guard Duck) and the Cheshire Snuffles (Snuffles with a CheshireCatGrin), and he is arrested by the soldiers (the Crocs) of the Queen (Patty)... who's actually quite happy about it. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/29 Afterwards]], he encounters Tweedle Dum Pig and Tweedle Dee Idiot Pig, who aren't much help at all, and is put to sleep by an aromatic fog blown by the Raterpillar (Rat). [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/30 From there, things quickly take a turn from the insane]] as the Raterpillar eats all the characters... and Goat, despite his protests that he wasn't even in this storyline. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/31 Then he eats Stephan Pastis]].

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* The "[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Larry in Wonderland]]" storyline. It begins with [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/22 Larry falling down a gopher hole]] and meeting a rabbit that resembles the White Rabbit, albeit brown instead of white. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/23 He winds up dressed as Alice]], [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/26 and tries to calm down by drinking a beer]] - a beer that makes the crocodile shrink. Zebra winds up falling on top of Larry [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/27 and decides that the tables have turned]] - now Larry is the prey, and he's promptly eaten. [[https://www.
**[[https://www.
gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/28 His crime is witnessed]] by the Mad Ducker (Guard Duck) and the Cheshire Snuffles (Snuffles with a CheshireCatGrin), and he is arrested by the soldiers (the Crocs) of the Queen (Patty)... who's actually quite happy about it. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/29 Afterwards]], he encounters Tweedle Dum Pig and Tweedle Dee Idiot Pig, who aren't much help at all, and is put to sleep by an aromatic fog blown by the Raterpillar (Rat). [[https://www.
**[[https://www.
gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/30 From there, things quickly take a turn from the insane]] as the Raterpillar eats all the characters... and Goat, despite his protests that he wasn't even in this storyline. [[https://www.
**[[https://www.
gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/31 Then he eats Stephan Pastis]].



* Ladies and gentlemen]], [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/24 "Danny Donkey's Guide to Spiritual Fulfillment"]].

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* Ladies and gentlemen]], gentlemen, [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/24 "Danny Donkey's Guide to Spiritual Fulfillment"]].



--->"Hey, tomahawk missiles are not surgeon's scalpels."

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--->"Hey, tomahawk missiles are not surgeon's surgeons' scalpels."



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/24 Can YOU help Cynical Rat find happiness?"]]

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/24 Can YOU help "Help Cynical Rat Me find happiness?"]]happiness!"]]



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/17 Rat and Pig find an Indian basket after digging in their backyard]]. Goat says that the land that their house is on must have been the home of a native american tribe.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/17 Rat and Pig find an Indian basket after digging in their backyard]]. Goat says that the land that their house is on must have been the home of a native american Native American tribe.



-->'''Rat:''' There's one for the blooper wheel.

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-->'''Rat:''' There's one for the blooper wheel.reel.



--->'''Goat:''' "LeLavabo" means "bathroom sink".

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--->'''Goat:''' "LeLavabo" "Le Lavabo" means "bathroom sink".



-->'''Rat:''' ''(in email)'' [[FunWithAcronyms IHTOASMTIATCOTYHABYWABOL]]\\
'''Zebra:''' Hey, Pig, do you have any idea what that means?\\
'''Pig:''' "I Hate That Overused Acronym So Much That I'm About To Come Over To Your House And Beat You With A Bat Out Loud".\\
''(enter Rat, who does exactly that)''\\
'''Rat:''' I'd appreciate you not warning them in advance.



* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/01/08 I'm gonna make them a Hoffa they can't re-fuse. Plus Pastis sleeps with the fishes]].

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* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/01/08 I'm "I'm gonna make them a Hoffa they can't re-fuse. re-fuse." Plus Pastis sleeps ends up sleeping with the fishes]].
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* The {{pun}}s, no matter how [[NarmCharm terrible they may be]]. The anticipation makes it so much better, because you ''know'' one is coming but you ask yourself, "[[OverlyPrepreparedGag where's Pastis going with this one?]]" He never disappoints to make it spectacular. Adding to this is Pastis himself acknowledging how terrible they are by having his characters yell at him each time.

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* The {{pun}}s, no matter how [[NarmCharm terrible they may be]]. The anticipation makes it so much better, because you ''know'' one is coming but you ask yourself, "[[OverlyPrepreparedGag where's Pastis going with this one?]]" He never disappoints to make it spectacular. Adding to this is Pastis himself acknowledging how terrible they are by having his characters yell at mock him each time.
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** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/29 "Sorry, but me got take queek potty break."]]
** Melvin takes so long in the bathroom [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/05 that eventually the other Crocs bust into the bathroom and grab Melvin]]. Using Junior's see-saw, they launch Melvin into the sky... [[spoiler: and he winds up landing on and destroying the prison where Stephan Pastis was being held.]]


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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/31 Rat is indeed a tad tightly-wound]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/01 Pig ticked Rat off, so he's holding a grudge as a means of revenge]]. Pig isn't really affected.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/02 "I sense sarcasm."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/03 Rat is going around givingg everyone "clever, well-thought-out nicknames that somehow reflect who each of us are"]]. Rat being Rat, he's given himself the nickname "God's Gift to the World". Goat, meanwhile, has the nickname "Mr. Crappo".
-->'''Rat:''' ''(to an annoyed Goat)'' I tried to be fair.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/07 "This will improve our friendship."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/08 "The words 'that boring goat' won't fit on my shard."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/15 Using the acronym "LOL"]] [[DisproportionateRetribution earns Goat a baseball bat to the face]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/18 Zebra winds up earning one, too]].
* What really makes [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/19 this strip]] funny is a combination of Rat's bluntness, the fact that he cut down a huge tree, causing it to crush Zebra's house, just to see if it would indeed crush Goat's house, his thinking that saying "I meant well" will automatically make it okay, and especially Goat's horrified reaction to learning this information.
* [[ https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/17 Zebra meets "Magic Bunny", who can make a five-dollar bill disappear]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/21 Rat has stumbled upon]] a form of communication that he believes to have been written by aliens. Actually, it's just Welsh.
-->'''Rat:''' Do you suppose they come in peace?
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/22 "Must you hire a tugboat?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/23 "You bore me so much I fear I'll fall asleep and drown in my soup."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/24 Pig introduces Goat to his friend Timbo the tortoise]]. He's in public relations.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/25 Quite possibly Zebra's first]] NotSoAboveItAll moment in the history of the strip. When even ''Larry'' thinks you're strange, you're doing something wrong.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/27 Rat didn't get a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Foundation]] and he's pretty upset about it.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/28 Rat got fat]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/30 And then manages to lose the weight]]. How did he do it? [[spoiler: By eating less.]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/03 "Friday, October 7th is Garbanzo Bean Day!"]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/04 And no one disrespects Garbanzo Bean Day]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/05 And don't even think about pointing out that half the country calls garbanzo beans "chickpeas"]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/08 Meet Eddie the Exclamation Point]], the most abused and overused punctuation mark in the entire internet age.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/12 "If does take a lot of work to write 'Pig' fifty times."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/13 Pig threw a message-in-a-bottle, hoping that it'll reach some far-off civilization that'll send him a message back, into the bathtub]]. Rat, instead of pointing out to him how flawed his plan is, suggests that maybe the ring around the tub will contact him.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/14 "You're a foo foo fatface."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/22 "It's been a good month."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/25 Bad laughs: the great deal-breaker."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/27 Seeing a hotel room with a TV in the bathroom on the Travel Channel]] gives Pig an idea...
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/29 "Pig, she has a tic."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/11/01 Rat is tired of routine]]. He needs change. His solution to this problem is to burn down the house.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/11/02 "Must be nice to get some recognition."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/18 "OVERTHROW IT!!!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/22 "Jiffy and Spiffy, the Two Good Citizens"]]. Pig loves Spiffy best.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/23 Pig introduces Goat to Pluto]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/25 Do not taunt Pig's Guard Frog]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/28 In an attempt to make the strip more family-friendly]], Stephan invites ComicStrip/DennisTheMenace to appear. The result - Dennis setting a fire.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/29 Pig suggests that the Guard Frog become the "cute pet" of the strip]]. Stephan says that a family strip needs a cute dog or cat a la Earl and Mooch from ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}''. The Guard Frog, as it turns out, is not a ''Mutts'' fan.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/12 Zebra builds a wall for more protection from predators]], resulting in [[TheCameo a cameo from]] [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown and Linus]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/13 The wall gets bigger]], thanks to some help from [[CallBack the kids from the Kids Club Treehouse]].
--->'''Larry:''' ''(to Stephan Pastis)'' Dis very upsetting storyline.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/15 One of the Crocs complains that by building the wall higher, Zebra is "hurteeng our relashunsheep"]]. Zebra says that their "relationship" consisted mainly of the Crocs trying to eat Zebra.
--->'''Croc:''' Try to focus on da gud times.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/16 Pig and Goat talk about the kids' helping Zebra]]... resulting in another misunderstanding from Pig.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/17 "MEESTER ZEEBACHEV... TEAR DOWN DIS WALL!!!"]]
--->'''Goat:''' Did Ronald Reagan conclude by throwing beer cans?
--->'''Zebra:''' ''HEY!'' RECYCLE THOSE!
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/23 "He no leesten gud."]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/24 Eventually]], Larry points out to another, Melvin, that HE went grocery shopping for their fraternity whereas Melvin didn't do any chore. Thus, he gives Melvin a chore - to blow up the wall via a bomb strapped to his body.
--->'''Melvin:''' Me feel like you got better part of deal.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/25 "Melvin seem unclear on concept."]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/26 Melvin tells Larry that he will get even]]... by unfriending Larry on Facebook.
--->'''Larry:''' [[FelonyMisdemeanor Dat low blow, Melvin.]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/14 Rat's Guide to Being a Team Player]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/18 "I am not one of your cattle."]]
-->'''Rat:''' Not now you're not.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/27 Pig finally got a date]]... at the grocery store.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/08/28 "He is such a show-off."]]

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/07 Larry plans his treehouse coup]].
-->'''Larry:''' Me revolting.
-->'''Bob:''' No, you not, Larry. You juss leetle bit ugly.
-->'''Larry:''' Mebbe me no need you help, Bob.
-->'''Bob:''' Mebbe juss geet new face, you be okay, Larry.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/10 Rat asks Stephan if they're allowed to use the word "poop"]]. Stephan says no. How does Rat use that to {{Troll}} Stephan? By offering to show him the different parts of the model ship that he just built, starting with the POOP DECK.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/13 "Me juss doing leetle pruning."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/17 The best way to handle someone else's offering to show you their vacation photos]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/18 Yet another]] WhosOnFirst routine between Rat and Pig.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/19 Pig watches a 3D film]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/20 Rat finds out that some bottled water is just city water repackaged]].
-->"'''FILL, YOU FAT PIG, FILL!!!'''"
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/21 He offers some of his new bottled water to Goat]]...
--->'''Rat:''' See, it's got a beautiful mountain spring on the label. I even gave it a fancy French-sounding name: "Le Lavabo".
--->'''Goat:''' "LeLavabo" means "bathroom sink".
--->'''Rat:''' Nuts. I've given away my secret source.
--->'''Goat:''' ''(slaps his forehead)'' Go away.
--->'''Pig:''' If it makes you feel better, some of it comes from our tub.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/22 Pig doesn't quite understand what a movie trailer is]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/23 "Things are different on 'Opposite Day'."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/24 Rat really shouldn't buy build-it-yourself furniture]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/26 Bob, Larry and Junior watch]] ''Franchise/TheMuppets''.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/27 "Will you please stop doing that every time I drink a smoothie?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/04 "Expanse... narrowing. Goat... brilliant."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/05 Never use the expression "floundering" around a flounder]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/06 Pig doesn't know what a stationary store is]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/07 An alien spaceship lands in front of Rat and Pig]]. And from out of that spaceship emerges... a can of beer with limbs.
-->'''Rat:''' ''(to Pig)'' I sense a clash of civilizations.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/08 The alien beer cans ask for a summit]] so that they, Rat and Pig can discuss their respective goals.
--->'''Beer:''' Ours is to promote interplanetary peace through the exchange of technology and culture.
--->'''Rat:''' Mine is to drink your head. If it's any consolation, I'll recycle the can.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/09 And he promptly does that]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/10 The Crocs get their hands on explosives and try to use them on Zebra]]. Due to Bob's incompetence, it doesn't work.
-->"We having techneecal deeficulties."
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/11 Pig and Guard Duck go to outer space]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/12 However, they only have two of their "three essential items"]]. In order, they are root beer, peanut butter and oxygen supply. Guess which one they don't have.
--->"It's very tasty peanut butter."
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/13 They come across Pluto]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/14 And then the beer can aliens make a reappearance to supply Pig and Guard Duck with oxygen]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/07/15 "Tonight at six... how fat dwarves are planning to eat you."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/29 The Crocs setting up an oil rig]] so that they can dig up gophers and snack on them for life. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/30 And it works]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/01 Alas, they can't turn it off]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/02 So they decide to hold a press conference]] to tell everyone that they're monitoring 24/7 - and by that, they mean that they're watching the show ''Series/{{24}}'' seven days a week ("We has on DVD. It reely gud show."). [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/06 Rat eventually solves the problem by dropping an anvil on Stephan Pastis' head so that he won't keep drawing the gophers.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/29 The Crocs setting up an oil rig]] so that they can dig up gophers and snack on them for life. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/30 And it works]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/01 Alas, they can't turn it off]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/02 So they decide to hold a press conference]] to tell everyone that they're monitoring 24/7 - and by that, they mean that they're watching the show ''Series/{{24}}'' ''24'' seven days a week ("We has on DVD. It reely gud show."). [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/06 Rat eventually solves the problem problem]] by dropping an anvil on Stephan Pastis' head so that he won't keep drawing the gophers.



-->''Bearded Customer:''' Hi, I'd like a grande, one pump, vanilla, nonfat, caramel macchiato.
-->'''Rat:''' And I'd like world peace, but lo, it's not to be.
-->''Bearded Customer:''' I take it I'm not getting my order.
-->'''Rat:''' Shhhh, I'm wishing for unicorns to dance upon your head.

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-->''Bearded --->'''Bearded Customer:''' Hi, I'd like a grande, one pump, vanilla, nonfat, caramel macchiato.
-->'''Rat:''' --->'''Rat:''' And I'd like world peace, but lo, it's not to be.
-->''Bearded --->'''Bearded Customer:''' I take it I'm not getting my order.
-->'''Rat:''' --->'''Rat:''' Shhhh, I'm wishing for unicorns to dance upon your head.



-->'''Rat's Boss:''' We do ''not'' discipline our customers.
-->'''Rat:''' Which is why they're out of control.
-->'''Customer:''' May I come out now?

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-->'''Rat's --->'''Rat's Boss:''' We do ''not'' discipline our customers.
-->'''Rat:''' --->'''Rat:''' Which is why they're out of control.
-->'''Customer:''' --->'''Customer:''' May I come out now?
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/20 "How come nobody bowing down?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/21 Pig knows who's going to win the Nobel Prize for scientific breakthroughs]]...
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/23 Larry, Vice President of the Kids Club Treehouse]], has a chat with Timmy, the secretary of the treasury.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/24 "Perhaps I could be thoughtful-er."]]


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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/26 "EES YOU ON DRUGS?!!"]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/27 The next day's strip]] is even funnier.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/29 Rat writes an inspirational]] "BeYourself" book.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/31 The coffee shop, for whatever reason, has decided to hire Rat again]]. But this time he's got a new guarantee - he's either nice to the customers or their next cup is free.
-->'''Customer:''' But will you be rude the next time?
-->'''Rat:''' Ruder.
-->'''Customer:''' What kind of deal is that?
-->'''Rat:''' Not a good one, you oafish chowderhead. Oops... next one's on me.
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-->''Bearded Customer:''' Hi, I'd like a grande, one pump, vanilla, nonfat, caramel macchiato.
-->'''Rat:''' And I'd like world peace, but lo, it's not to be.
-->''Bearded Customer:''' I take it I'm not getting my order.
-->'''Rat:''' Shhhh, I'm wishing for unicorns to dance upon your head.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/02 Then]] Rat responds to another customer giving him a complicated drink order by [[DisproportionateRetribution giving the customer a time-out]].
-->'''Rat's Boss:''' We do ''not'' discipline our customers.
-->'''Rat:''' Which is why they're out of control.
-->'''Customer:''' May I come out now?
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/06/03 What's the one thing even more absurd than giving a customer a time-out just for giving a complicated drink order]]? The answer: "breaking up with" a customer for giving a complicated drink order on the grounds that they're a "high-maintenance customer". Which is exactly what Rat does here.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/06 Pig is dating somebody who really lights up a room]]. Take a while guess just what that "somebody" is.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/09 "FOUR LOTTO TICKETS! I AM GUARANTEED TO WIN!!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/10 Pig is a beekeeper]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/13 Larry is not]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/14 a particularly good "tree croc"]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/15 "Don't mind me."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/19 Rat got a Snuggie]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/20 Rat going on a literal crusade against Starbucks]] [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because they don't put enough room in his cup for cream]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/22 Rat challenges Stephan Pastis to an ugly face contest]]. Stephan wins.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/25 Zebra gets a visit]] from "the Eester Bunny".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/28 Pig slapping Goat]] for calling his new girlfriend a "dirty blonde".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/30 "The key to negotiation is to start big."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/05/01 The Crocs attempt to sue Zebra again]].

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2004/03/11 Stephan Pastis took the panels to get washed]]. As a result, Pig is having difficulty watching TV. Why? Well...

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-->'''Goat:''' ''(doing a {{Facepalm}}) Ohhhhhhh lord...

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-->'''Goat:''' ''(doing a {{Facepalm}}) {{Facepalm}})'' Ohhhhhhh lord...



-->'''Croc 2:''' BINGO!! We no can fly NUTHeeng!

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/14 "Hoof hoof hoof hoof hoof hoof."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/15 Larry and Bob are fishing]]... and Bob's the bait.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/16 Pig introduces Rat to some huge fans of his]]. However, they prefer to be called "portly" fans.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/17 Rat can't sleep]]. He's afraid - not of the dark, but rather of lazy cartoonists who use dark room gags to save themselves two panels of drawing.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/20 "Me sense flaw een plan, Bob."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/24 While staying with Rat and Pig while Goat's house is being painted]], Goat learns that Pig's bedroom is where the magic happens.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/25 "My friend would like some I.D."]]


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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/30 As it turns out]], Pig [[JustHereForGodzilla only watches]] Creator/AlfredHitchcock movies so that he can find Alfred's [[CreatorCameo Creator Cameos]].
-->'''Pig:''' FOUND THE FAT MAN!
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/01 In order to save money, Rat has decided to skip haircuts. And soap. He's now Au Naturel]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/02 Goat accidentally offending chopped liver]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/13 Goat meets Rat's friend, Big Guido]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/14 Rat decides to change the font in the strip's word balloons to a font typed on the computer in order to make it easier to read]], much to Stephan Pastis' ire. Then Rat takes advantage of the computer's "copy and paste" feature, which Stephan's not too thrilled about either.
-->"Delete those now."
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/15 Pig asks Goat a complex question]].
-->'''Pig:''' Alright, so if a guy is from America, you say he's American. And if a guy is from Russia, you say he's Russian. But if the guy is from Finland, you say he's what?
-->'''Goat:''' Finnish.
-->'''Pig:''' [[WhosOnFirst I did.]]
-->'''Goat:''' Did what?
-->'''Pig:''' You're not very helpful.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/04/17 "It's getting harder and harder to write a college graduation card."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/03 Rat decides that since there are motion-activated paper towel dispensers]], there should also be motion-activated brains for stupid people.
-->'''Goat:''' ''(annoyed)'' I hardly think--
-->'''Rat:''' ''(waving his hand in front of an approaching Pig)'' SHHHH... activating.
-->'''Pig:''' Well, hello to you, Rat.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/04 Pig has to give a speech tomorrow]], but public speaking makes him a little nervous.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/05 The Super Bowl is confusing Pig]].
-->"RUN FASTER, FAT MEN, FASTER!!"
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/07 Rat labeling everything in the strip after telling Stephan Pastis that his drawing is bad]].
-->"Quick question... is that supposed to be a piece of paper?"
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/08 Pig got a job writing billboard ads]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/10 "But I don't want to live on the roof."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/12 "Do you really think my muscles are that big?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/13 "And that's why pigs don't have a mating dance."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/16 "TUNAS REVOLTED!! TUNAS REVOLTED!!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/19 Rat used to be very judgmental of others]], but now he realizez that everyone - even him - are deeply flawed. Goat asks if Rat now feels more humble. Rat's response?
-->'''Rat:''' Proud. My flaws have more style.
-->'''Goat:''' Never mind.
-->'''Rat:''' Why be humble when you can be me?
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/02/20 The Crocs become]], in Zebra's words, "cheap corporate shills".

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/23 Rat becomes]] Literature/RobinHood in order to take back the wealth of the top one percent of Americans.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/11 "The Washington Monument does not depict George Washington."]]



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/17 "The diner got new wallpaper."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/21 Rat managing to]] stop the strip from doing yet another IncrediblyLamePun. Doubles as a MomentOfAwesome.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/24 Rat has decided to become a therapist]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/28 Goat's reaction]] to finding out that he didn't click "Reply" when sending an email admitting to one cousin that he hates all of his other relatives - he clicked "Reply All".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/29 The Crocs setting up an oil rig]] so that they can dig up gophers and snack on them for life. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/30 And it works]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/01 Alas, they can't turn it off]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/02 So they decide to hold a press conference]] to tell everyone that they're monitoring 24/7 - and by that, they mean that they're watching the show ''Series/{{24}}'' seven days a week ("We has on DVD. It reely gud show."). [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/06 Rat eventually solves the problem by dropping an anvil on Stephan Pastis' head so that he won't keep drawing the gophers.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/07 Rat doesn't quite understand how you're supposed to play "Slug Bug"]].
-->'''Goat:''' ''(to Rat, who just punched Pig in the nose)'' There wasn't even a Volkswagen!
-->'''Rat:''' I imagined it.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/10 "You're boring my kangaroo."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/15 "Panel walls can be so thin."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/29 "Prepare for a disturbance in the force."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/01/07 Goat sets off Rat's "Boring Guy-ometer"]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/01/13 The strip gets a new character]] - a rhinoceros who [[{{Pun}} horns in]] on other peoples' conversations.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/01/17 Rat is putting together a cover]] for the next ''Pearls Before Swine'' book. He thinks sticking ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes on the cover will help increase sales.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/01/18 "Quick, throw you wheel."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/01/20 What is the true purpose for which we are put on this Earth]]? According to Rat, it's lawn care.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/01/23 "I'M A FAT GUY YOU KNOW! I'M A FAT GUY YOU KNOW!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/01/31 "I think he's on to us."]]



* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/23/ "I sure miss phone booths."]]



* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/03/23/ "I sure miss phone booths."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/09 How many muscles does it take to pummel a perky guy?]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/10 Rat now has his own iPod, iPhone and iPad]].
-->'''Goat:''' You know, I always hate hanging out with people who have all that stuff because they pay more attention to all that than they do to the people they're with.
-->'''Rat:''' Yes. It is all part of my grand strategy for social interaction with those around me.
-->'''Goat:''' Which is what?
-->'''Rat:''' iIgnore.
-->'''Goat:''' iGiveUp.
-->'''Pig:''' iHuggaYouMakeYouFeelBetter.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/11 The strip gains]] a literal GreekChorus.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/13 Rat demonstrates his "hot look"]] - he squints seductively, puffs out his lips and flexes his biceps. The result? The girl that he's trying to impress holding her stomach and running to the bathroom.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/17 Rat and Pig find an Indian basket after digging in their backyard]]. Goat says that the land that their house is on must have been the home of a native american tribe.
-->'''Goat:''' Do you know what this means?
-->''(Rat is suddenly at a blackjack table)''
-->'''Rat:''' One step ahead of you.
-->'''Goat:''' ''(angrily)'' No.
-->'''Pig:''' And look! Rat found a blackjack table!
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/18 Then Zebra points out that the basket has "Macy's" written on the bottom of it]].
--->'''Rat:''' So ''THAT'' was our tribe.
--->'''Zebra:''' That is not a tribe.
--->'''Pig:''' How fierce were these Macy's?
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/19 Soon Rat's casino is open for business]]. Alas, Pig isn't very good at card games.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/23 "This seems excessive."]]
* In yet another wonderful example of the strip BreakingTheFourthWall, we have [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/25 the copyright line falling onto Pig]].
-->'''Rat:''' There's one for the blooper wheel.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/27 One of the Crocs has had his speech noticeably improved by genetic engineering]]. Bob had genetic engineering done too, but his was not as successful.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/29 "So Danny Donkey balanced a beer on his head and set a goal of throwing his cell phone into the sea, which he achieved."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/07 "We play game of peeckle wid Bob."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/14 Quite possibly the Crocs' most pathetic attempt at eating Zebra yet]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/15 "TAKE MY APOLOGY FOR THE HOLLOW GESTURE IT IS!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/21 Pig wants to introduce Rat to a new friend of his]]. He's a big fan. Literally.
-->'''Rat:''' ''(to Stephan Pastis)'' [[LamePunReaction They pay you for this?]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/23 Rat becomes]] Literature/RobinHood in order to take back the wealth of the top one percent of Americans.
-->'''Goat:''' To give to the poor?
-->'''Rat:''' Well now that would be stupid.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/24 Rat has somehow gotten his hands on a vuvuzela]]. Cell phone blabbers beware.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/25 Rat meets a flying fish]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/27 Rat asks Goat why it's important to be non-judgmental]].
-->'''Goat:''' Because nobody is perfect, so to judge others is to invite judgment upon ourselves.
-->'''Rat:''' So nobody should judge anybody because we all have flaws and thus are not in a position to judge others.
-->'''Goat:''' Exactly.
-->'''Rat:''' Then who tells the idiots they're idiots?
-->'''Goat:''' You might be missing the point.
-->'''Rat:''' IT'S A PUBLIC SERVICE I PERFORM!
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/28 Rat meets Pig's new friend, Sean]].
-->'''Rat:''' Why's his shirt off?
-->'''Pig:''' Because Sean works out every day and thus needs but the flimsiest of excuses to remove his shirt in public settings.
-->'''Rat:''' We're in a restaurant.
-->'''Sean:''' Helps me digest.
-->'''Pig:''' Whoa whoa whoa, Sean, keep on the pants.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/09/30 Rat really does not like]] the expression "do me a solid".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/05 Goat is reading]] ''Literature/Fahrenheit451''.
-->'''Goat:''' It's this science fiction novel about a hedonistic anti-intellectual society where nobody can own books, so nobody reads. Instead, everyone just sits around watching interactive wall-size [=TV'=]s.
-->'''Rat:''' You just described my living room.
-->'''Goat:''' ''(does a {{Facepalm}})'' Well, it ''used'' to be science fiction.
-->'''Rat:''' Hey, their [=TV=]'s aren't bigger than mine, are they?
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/06 "I'm sorry that you were offended."]]
* From a storyline in which Larry goes on ''Celebrity Series/{{Jeopardy}}''...
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/11 "Mee no kan spel nayme."]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/14 "Me no can read, FATFACE."]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/15 The other Crocs' over-the-top reactions to Larry actually getting an answer right]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/16 "EEN YOU FACE, TREEBEK!!!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/18 Pig works on a jigsaw puzzle]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/19 "Please, sir. Help make a difference."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/23 Rat's cheery grin in the second panel of this strip]] is hilarious.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/27 Pig has an island installed in his and Rat's kitchen]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/10/28 "I think it's in the rules."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/05 Rat proves that Goat's stories really are as boring as watching paint dry]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/06 Rat is watching a bunch of fat Italians yelling at each other]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/09 "My strip is not a 'Mad Lib'."]]
-->'''Rat:''' Why not? It beats the ________ you write.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/18 Pig and Goat meet J. Rutherford Shrimp]], founder of "Shrimps For a Better Future".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/21 Rat delivers a kind message to all the wonderful manufacturers of fine products that come in neat little enclosed plastic packages]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/23 "Ooh! An email."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/24 Can YOU help Cynical Rat find happiness?"]]
-->'''Pig:''' I WILL FIND A WAY!
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/27 Rare is the comics page Bigfoot sighting]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/28 Stephan Pastis gets a call from]] [[ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus Jeff Keane]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/29 Rat has a new philosophy that he thinks could promote peace and harmony in the universe]] - "GIVE ME WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT IT!"
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/01 "Languages is sort of my strength."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/02 Rat takes part in one of those civil war battle re-enactments]].
-->"Music/{{Metallica}} gets me pumped for battle."
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/03 "I should change that ringtone."]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/04 "McNugget?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/06 Zebra meets Potus, the Pachyderm Peace Officer]]. His captain's asked him to work out a compromise between Zebra and the Crocs. His idea is that Zebra give the Crocs one of his hands.
-->'''Zebra:''' ''(aggravated)'' That is not a compromise.
-->'''Potus:''' Please, sir, you've got two.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/07 Potus asks Zebra just what, exactly, is wrong with his idea]].
--->'''Zebra:''' What's WRONG? I'll tell you what's wrong! What if I give 'em my hand and things don't work out?! THEN WHAT?? GIVE 'EM '''MY LEGS''?!! MAYBE MY '''''HEAD?!?'''''
--->'''Potus:''' ''(looking at his notepad)'' It's like you're reading my notes.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/08 Eventually, Potus apologizes to Zebra for suggesting that he give the Crocs a part of his body to eat]]. Zebra thanks him. Then...
--->'''Potus:''' Got a sibling you don't like?
--->'''Zebra:''' ''(ticked-off)'' Please leave.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/10 The Crocs try to corrupt the process]] by giving Potus multiple bags of peanuts.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/12 Rat meets Pig's friend Jacko the fire-breathing dragon]]... who as it turns out has allergies.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/13 "YOU CANNOT FILIBUSTER A COMIC STRIP!!"]]
* After Larry goes back to school - fourth grade, to be exact - to get an education, [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/15 his teacher tells him]] that his book report on ''Literature/TomSawyer'' is not acceptable. Why? Because "booook long" does not an acceptable book report make.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/19 "Nuts. I can still HEAR the idiots."]]
* Another strip in the "Larry returns to the fourth grade" storyline - [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/22 Larry takes an American history exam]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/23 "Why you so boring?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/06/26 Rat has founded an opera company]]. He doesn't have anybody that can sing opera, but he does have a fat guy dressed funny (Pig). It's ninety-percent of the battle.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/10 "You've bored us to the depths of our studs."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/16 Pig's "Vending Machine O' Dreams"]] is all out of "Bags O' Immediate Gratification".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/19 Stephan Pastis decides that]] ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' needs a "go-to gag" - something reliably funny that they could return to over and over. Cue [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Rat pulling a football that Pig is about to kick away]].
-->'''Stephan:''' Our OWN.
-->'''Rat:''' Oh. That's been done before?
-->'''Pig:''' ''(now dressed as Charlie Brown)'' Good grief.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/26 Goat doesn't think that he'll put]] "Rat's Book of Maxims" on his summer reading list.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/27 "YOU'RE BEEN PUNK'D BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/28 "Enough."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/29 Rat apparently uses a bedpost as a pool noodle]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/07/31 "Pudgy, unsmart pig needs new me."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/01 Yet another attempt by the Crocs to eat Zebra]]. Here they give him a giant ostrich egg with a Croc inside it, encouraging him to put it in his house and make an omelette. Doesn't work.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/02 Rat takes advantage of the copyright line between the panels to reveal something embarrassing about Stephan Pastis]].
-->"Take it down."
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/03 The Crocs remodel their house]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/04 Pig's reaction to finding out that Goat has a pen pal who lives in Wales]]. What else really needs to be said?
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/05 Rat gives Goat a plaque for being the last letter-writer in America]]. The prize also includes an oil lamp and a buggy whip.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/06 Even the MAILMAN is making Goat feel like a loser for writing a letter]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/07 "I'm not putting out any more samples until you guys leave."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/08/08 "PREPARE FOR AN EMAIL!!"]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/09 Goat helps Pig make a monthly budget]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/12 Pig and Rat need an accountant to help with their taxes, so Pig introduces Rat to Bernie Bear]]. He's honest, he's diligent, and he's good with numbers. There's just one problem - he's asleep from November through March (but he really picks up post-hibernation).
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/13 So then Pig finds another accountant, Andy the Aardvark]]. He's a whiz with numbers. Alas, he's also nocturnal.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/14 Rat then decides to ask their neighbor Alan for help]]. Alan is smart, honest, has thirty years' experience... and is also a little burned-out. The expression on his face is what makes the strip.
--->'''Alan:''' ''(staring at paper)'' YAAAAAY... more [CENSORED] numbers.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/15 Rat introduces Pig to Tubey, his cylindrical pillow acquaintance]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/16 Pig tries the video phone on his computer]]. He has difficulty finding the camera, resulting in... well, we won't give it away.
* Speaking of the video phone, [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/18 this strip]] has Rat giving it a try... he's not too fond of it, resulting in quite possibly one of the funniest ''Pearls Before Swine'' strips of all time.
-->'''Goat:''' Hey, Rat, it's me, Goat.
-->'''Rat:''' AHHHH... what's your stupid face doing on Pig's new computer?!
-->'''Goat:''' It's "iChat". It's a videophone.
-->'''Rat:''' Why would I want to see your dumb face when we talk? I don't even want to hear your voice.
-->'''Goat:''' Aww, don't be such a misanthrope... hey, what kind of beer is that?
-->'''Rat:''' ''(horrified)'' What kind of-- ...[[OhCrap YOU CAN]] '''[[OhCrap SEE]]''' [[OhCrap ME?!]]
-->'''Goat:''' Of course I can... it's a videophone.
-->'''Rat:''' '''''[[LargeHam AAAUGHHHHH GET OUT OF MY [CENSORED] HOUSE!!]]'''''
-->'''Goat:''' ''Hey hey hey... calm down.'' Just terminate the call if you don't--
-->''(Rat kicks the computer, destroying it)''
-->''({{Beat}})''
-->'''Rat:''' ''(to a shocked Pig)'' It broke.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/19 Pig drops by Zebra's house to check out his new skylight]]. Zebra, as it turns out, is planning to get rid of it because the Crocs are using it as their own personal "Food Channel". [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/20 Eventually he starts wearing a paper bag over his head in an effort to get some privacy]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/21 By the time Goat drops by]], there are even more Crocs peering through the skylight.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/22 Eventually, so many Crocs get on top of the skylight that it gives way, causing the Crocs to fall into Zebra's house]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/23 Zebra asks Rat if he can stay with him and Pig]], but Rat, being [[{{Jerkass}} Rat]], [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/24 isn't much help]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/26 The Crocs]], meanwhile, aren't quite sure what to do. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/27 They eventually decide to "cost zeeba monies" by calling China]], but Larry doesn't quite get the concept.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/28 Fortunately]], Pig tells Zebra that he can indeed stay with him and Rat. Rat, of course, is not pleased. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/29 But then Guard Duck gets rid of the Crocs]]... and Zebra's house.
--->"Hey, tomahawk missiles are not surgeon's scalpels."
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/30 It's not hard to feel sorry for Goat here]], but that doesn't stop this strip from being funny.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/04 Rat confining Pig in stocks]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for "having a large butt that continually smooshes the remote so deep beneath the sofa cushions that no one else can ever find it"]].
-->'''Goat:''' ''(covering his eyes)'' I'm not seeing this.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/05 Pig reads a magazine about model trains]].
-->'''Pig:''' I think I'm gonna build my own train layout.
-->'''Goat:''' Oh, yeah? I used to do that. Standard gauge or narrow? "O" Scale? "G" Scale? "S" Scale?
-->'''Pig:''' One that goes "choo choo".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/06 Rat asks Stephan Pastis if it would be illegal for a cartoonist to mention a brand name product in his comic strip in the hopes that the company would send him free samples. When Stephan tells him that no, it isn't, Rat shouts "SIERRA NEVADA BEER!!" multiple times, then heads out to stand by the mailbox. According to Stephan in the commentary, it worked.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/08 "Whoa. If you find me attractive, you can't be that attractive."]]
* Rat writes a children's book in which [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/09 Danny Donkey goes around turning people into giant cans of beer]]. It's just so ludicrous that it's hard not to laugh.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/10 Rat is now the Honorable Rat, Judge of the Universe]].
-->'''Goat:''' You don't even know what a judge is?
-->'''Rat:''' Sure I do. Everything I say is right, and if anyone disagrees with me, I can pound 'em in the head with my hammer.
-->'''Goat:''' It's called a gavel.
-->'''Rat:''' Sounds like someone needs a pounding.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/11 In the next strip]], Rat has a judgement on the most pressing issue of our age - people gaining thirty or more pounds not updating their Facebook photos.
--->'''Goat:''' That's the most pressing issue of our age?
--->'''Rat:''' It's very annoying.
--->'''Pig:''' WILL THERE BE PRISON TIME INVOLVED?!?
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/12 Rat releases his list of "The Top Seven Things Whose Appeal I Don't Get"]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/14 At a restaurant, Rat orders some "AntiPastis"]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/15 "Do you really think I'm stupid?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/16 "Dat no what ghost writer is, Larry."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/17 Goat asks Rat if he even knows what humility is]]. Predictably, Rat does not.
-->'''Rat:''' Humility is what you strive for when you've failed at everything else.
-->'''Pig:''' I'VE ACHIEVED SOMETHING!!
-->'''Goat:''' That's not it.
-->'''Rat:''' Fine. You've stumped me.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/02 Goat asks Rat if he's ever worried about offending anyone when he calls others idiots]]. After all, millions of people read the comic.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/04/04 Bob and Larry encourage Zebra to save the environment... by putting Bob in his house]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/13 Rat tells Pig that his story is "positively prosaic"]], a word that he is very much aware Pig does not know the definition of. Goat, on the other hand...
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/17 Pig and Guard Duck have a garage sale]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/19 "Care to step outside?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/20 Pig was going to go gamble at a new casino, but it's such a long drive that he figured he would save time and gas by just staying home and setting fire to his money in the backyard]]. A rare GenreSavvy moment for Pig.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/23 "Anyone ever tell you you're about as interesting as a French film?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/24 "Ah ha ha."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/30 "I'm calling it a superpower."]]
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** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/13 "Larry had a bran muffin for breakfast."]]
--->'''Floyd:''' [[CaptainObvious You got bird on hed, Larry.]]
--->'''Larry:''' ''(irritated)'' Me know dat, Floyd.
--->'''Bird:''' Larry ''LOOOVES'' to be regular.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/18 Eventually, he winds up attracting bird watchers]].
--->'''Larry:''' Hey hey hey. Geet lives, peeple.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/19 Rat meets Katie]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/20 the Drama Cow]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/21 And then]], in a CallBack to the previous storyline about Guard Duck thinking that cows "hate your freedom", we have Guard Duck meeting Katie the Drama Cow.
--->"'''WHERE IS A FLAMETHROWER WHEN YOU NEED ONE?!'''"
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/22 He decides to bomb the house in order to take out Katie]]... only to wind up destroying somebody else's house. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/23 And then several others]], which pleases the neighbor-hating Rat.
** Next, he [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/26 makes Snuffles into a "Helikitty with a Hand Grenade" in order to destroy Katie]]... and promptly discovers that Snuffles is still bitter that Guard Duck chose his girlfriend Maura over him in a previous story arc.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/27 Eventually, the "Katie the Drama Cow" storyline winds up resolving the "Larry has a bird on his head" storyline]] - specifically, Snuffles flies over and eats the bird.
--->'''Larry:''' In you FACE, freeky bird peeple!
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/28 Snuffles gives the Crocs the idea to be "Heli-Crocs" so they can fly over and blow up Zebra's house with a hand grenade]]. Too bad one of the Crocs doesn't quite know how to USE a hand grenade...
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/30 The storyline concludes with]] Rat getting rid of Katie by Googling "Cows" and "India", learning that the people of India love cows, and extradited her there. Upon hearing Rat use the word "Google", Larry sees Katie walking out the door and assumes that she's "DA GOOGLE". In the third panel, we see Katie being chased by Larry, another Croc, Guard Duck, and Snuffles the Helikitty.
--->'''Rat:''' ''(watching this from the window)'' Well, now there's you won't find in ''ComicStrip/HiAndLois''.
* Ladies and gentlemen]], [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/24 "Danny Donkey's Guide to Spiritual Fulfillment"]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/14 Rat gets a job as a census taker]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/17 Rat considers playing]] ''Chutes and Ladders'' to be SeriousBusiness.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/01 "YOU CAN'T TAKE ART FROM OTHER COMIC STRIPS! WE'LL GET SUED!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/09 Zebra meets a lion named Lucky whose hunting style leaves a lot to be desired]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/15 "For no reason, me tink you not fat."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/16 Larry decides to write a song]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/19 "THOSE GEEZERS ARE STEALING MY TENNIS BALLS!!!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/20 "Please stop throwing nuts at my head."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/22 Pig finds a magical baby unicorn]]. Rat, upon finding out about this, uses the unicorn to pick up trash.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/23 Goat saves Rat a morning]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/24 and an idea to start a pledge drive]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/02/28 In yet another attempt to eat Zebra, the Crocs claim that they're now government census takers]]. Zebra, for obvious reasons, doesn't believe them. Larry tries to prove it by asking him some questions...
-->'''Larry:''' Uh, first, how many guys you has een you house?
-->'''Zebra:''' Just me.
-->'''Larry:''' Okay... and whuh ees you job?
-->'''Zebra:''' I'm unemployed.
-->'''Larry:''' Sound gud. And does you has keeds?
-->'''Zebra:''' No.
-->'''Larry:''' And, uhhh, how far can you reech arm eento Larry's mouth? ''(opens wide)'' Ahhhhhhhhh.
-->''(Zebra goes back into his house and slams the door in Larry's face)''
-->'''Larry:''' ''(to other Croc)'' Someone no like dere govermint.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/03 Rat gets a job]] as a greeter at [[BlandNameProduct Walmotopia]].
-->"Yo, Big Bones. Can't you see I'm on the phone?"
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/04 "Walmotopia's Friendly Greeter says 'Hi.' But he is trying to watch a movie on his iPhone. So please remove your chubby, stretch-pants-covered rear from his face."]]
-->"No, I will not give you my manager."
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/05 Another customer asks him where the shoes are]]. Rat's response is this...
--->'''Rat:''' Yes, well, I can see why you'd be confused, sir, as we've [[SarcasmMode cryptically hidden them]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in an aisle marked "Shoes"]].
--->'''Customer:''' ''(annoyed)'' Where is the aisle?
--->'''Rat:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer In the store, sir, where we like to keep most of our aisles.]]
--->'''Customer:''' ''(angrily)'' Where is your manager?
--->'''Rat:''' Another question? Please, sir, give it a rest.
*** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/06 Then]]...
--->'''Customer:''' Hi. I'm looking for a television.
--->'''Rat:''' ''(reading a book)'' And I'm looking for some solitude.
--->'''Customer:''' What's that got to do with my search for a television?
--->'''Rat:''' It's interfering with my source for solitude.
--->''(The customer is angry)''
--->'''Rat:''' I see we're at loggerheads.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/03/08 One of the Crocs]] dresses up as ComicBook/SpiderMan and attempts to catch Zebra with Silly String.
-->'''Pig:''' ''(whispering to Zebra)'' [[CaptainObvious I don't think that's what Spider-Man uses.]]
-->'''Zebra:''' Thanks, Pig. I know.

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* The "[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Larry in Wonderland]]" storyline. It begins with [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/22 Larry falling down a gopher hole hole]] and meeting a rabbit that resembles the White Rabbit, albeit brown instead of white. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/23 He winds up dressed as Alice]], [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/26 and tries to calm down by drinking a beer]] - a beer that makes the crocodile shrink. Zebra winds up falling on top of Larry [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/27 and decides that the tables have turned]] - now Larry is the prey, and he's promptly eaten. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/28 His crime is witnessed]] by the Mad Ducker (Guard Duck) and the Cheshire Snuffles (Snuffles with a CheshireCatGrin), and he is arrested by the soldiers (the Crocs) of the Queen (Patty)... who's actually quite happy about it. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/29 Afterwards]], he encounters Tweedle Dum Pig and Tweedle Dee Idiot Pig, who aren't much help at all, and is put to sleep by an aromatic fog blown by the Raterpillar (Rat). [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/30 From there, things quickly take a turn from the insane]] as the Raterpillar eats all the characters... and Goat, despite his protests that he wasn't even in this storyline. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/31 Then he eats Stephan Pastis]].



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/09 "Cows. They hate your freedom."]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/10 Thus begins]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/11 a storyline in which]]

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/09 "Cows. They hate your freedom."]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/10 Thus begins]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/11 a storyline in which]]which]] Guard Duck believes that cows are evil.


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*** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/07 Goat learns the hard way that Ratopia isn't too keen on puns either]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/08 "I'm betting on the Google."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/11 Larry attempting to show Zebra that he's the top of the food chain]] is an EpicFail thanks to a bird landing on his head.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/12 Bob tries to help]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/04 Rat drew a line on the floor]]. Said line is the boundary of Ratopia, a sovereign nation within which Rat is the king, czar, dictator and head cheese]]. Pig admitting that he doesn't think he likes that. Rat's response is to kick him in the crotch.
-->'''Rat:''' We have a very aggressive foreign policy.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/05 Then he annexes the TV-sitting area as part of Ratopia]] because he needed a buffer state.
--->'''Pig:''' Why is it called a buffer state?
--->'''Rat:''' Because I am buffer than you, and if you touch it, I shall punch you.
--->'''Goat:''' That is not the meaning of buffer state.
--->'''Rat:''' ''(holding up fists)'' Do I sense an international incident?
--->'''Pig:''' ''(walking off)''' C'mon, Goat... let's go find Wimpy-Land.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/16 "Greetings, kooky person."]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/17 From the same storyline]], we have Rat giving [[SarcasmMode great advice]] to someone who thinks aliens took his brain.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/20 Goat reads an autobiography about Marco Polo]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/21 Rat solves one of his problems in life]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/24 "Rat is God. Rat is God. Rat is God."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/27 Pig is playing with his magnetic letters]]. However, he is having trouble with his X.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/29 Rat can't believe that Pig lets his X call him an idiot]].
--->'''Rat:''' Do all these guys call you names like that?
--->'''Pig:''' 'Y.'
--->'''Rat:''' [[WhosOnFirst Because I'm asking.]]
--->'''Pig:''' 'Y' is someone calling me names.
--->'''Rat:''' How should I know? I just want to know which ones do it.
--->'''Pig:''' 'I.' Sometimes 'M.'
--->'''Rat:''' You sometimes are what?
--->'''Pig:''' Not 'U', sometimes 'R'... 'I', sometimes 'M'.
--->'''Rat:''' I sometimes am WHAT?!
--->'''Pig:''' 'I', sometimes 'M'... 'O'... 'K'.
--->'''Rat:''' YOU ARE NOT OKAY! YOU'RE MAKING ME MAD!
--->'''Pig:''' 'C'. That's about it.
--->'''Rat:''' WHAT'S IT, YOU [CENSORED] IDIOT?!
--->'''Pig:''' 'G'. Now I'm done.
--->''(Rat whacks Pig with a baseball bat)''
--->'''Pig:''' And I thought my 'X' was rude.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/01 Rat tries to make Bippy, a character Stephan Pastis created for the sole purpose of being marketable, welcome]] by punching him in the head. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/02 Then he uses him as a dodgeball]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/11 Rat has invented a kitchen gadget]] that shall make him rich. It is called the "Spoon Picker Upper". How does it work? Well, if you don't want to walk all the way to the spoon drawer to get a spoon, you can just reach for one with it. And it has OTHER uses, as Pig finds out the hard way.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/12 "FIGHT THE POWER!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/13 "HEY HEY HEY! THAT'S MY CAR YOU'RE OVERTURNING!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/21 "I will not be ignored, Pastis."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/25 Rat and Pig got a Wii]]. At the moment, they're trying Wii Boxing.
-->'''Goat:''' ''(to Rat, who has just punched Pig multiple times)'' You don't actually punch the other guy.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/27 "T.V. beeg fat lie."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/12/28 Pig is growing weed]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/01/03 Larry really could use a computer class]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/02 Rat becomes obsessed]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/03 with "Twittifying" everything]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/07 Pig hears the house settling]].
-->"NEVER SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN YOUR DREAMS, HOUSE!!!"
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/09 "Cows. They hate your freedom."]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/10 Thus begins]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/11 a storyline in which]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/12 "They're a dangerous sect."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/13 Goat tells Pig that he's working on building a ship in a bottle]]. It's very hard.
-->'''Pig:''' I imagine. Your head is huge.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/25 Rat finally gets to see a bullfight]]. However, he expected more.

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