Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 24, 2016
Transcript:
Pig: I want to start a baseball league for at-risk youth but I don't know what it requires. Rat: That takes helmet, bats, gloves. Pig: I don't have all that. What if I just start dodgeball league so they can take out their anger in a safe, constructive way that hopefully doesn't lead to more violence? Rat: That just takes balls. Censor: Oh, aren't you cute. Rat: What? Dodgeball requires balls. Pig: Big ones, in fact.
BE THIS GUY about 8 years ago
For safety sake, make sure they are not brass ones.
jackhs about 8 years ago
Pig and Rat don’t have any. Or so it appears.
Sherlock Watson about 8 years ago
Today’s background music: “Big Balls” by AC/DC.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
long time, no see, CSC
Bilan about 8 years ago
Giving baseball bats to at-risk youths takes some balls.
warden145 about 8 years ago
The social pages say I’ve got the biggest balls of all!! :-D
The late Bon Scott heartily approves of this comic.
Cadillacus about 8 years ago
:) Good one.
dadoctah about 8 years ago
Dodgeball is institutionalized child abuse.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 8 years ago
Big, soft ones.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 8 years ago
if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
jerylkohjx348 about 8 years ago
“What?” Throws wrench.
Chad Cheetah about 8 years ago
Where was the Comic Strip Censor last Friday, March 18?
Sandfan about 8 years ago
Pastis has a pretty big pair himself to tease the censor on this one.
whiteheron about 8 years ago
Tetherball is kind of, well, binding.
ksu71 about 8 years ago
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZOIHifv_E
Larry_Olsen about 8 years ago
I was once told by a pro tennis player that winning at tennis was half racket and half balls.
linksglfr Premium Member about 8 years ago
i grew up attending LA Unified School District. In elementary school we didn’t play dodgeball, we played it by another name, ‘socco’. it was one of eight sports we played on a rotation basis. Without question it was the one everyone wanted to play; skill and violence. I remember one fellow Eddie Quintana who threw the ball sidearm with his arm extended and flung it forward like a discus. The fastest throw I ever saw. Anyone who could catch his rocket was ricking a dent on the chest.
nosirrom about 8 years ago
He should start a Handball League.It would be easy for at risk youth since they’re familiar with “Balls to the Wall”
tahoeh2o about 8 years ago
We called it smear-the-queer in the early 60’s…
dre7861 about 8 years ago
Does it take any type of balls, like say Schweddy Balls?
tazz555 about 8 years ago
you should see my wife’s melons. They are huge. Nice and round. You could just eat them up…yep she got them at the super market
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
Thats just nuts.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
Dodgeball is just a legal way for bullies to attack smaller and weaker kids.
knight1192a about 8 years ago
Takes big brass ones to stick it to the comic censor like that.
Plods with ...™ about 8 years ago
Busted… I like it.
Number Three about 8 years ago
The Comic Strip Censor should have shown up on the 18th March strip like others have mentioned,
Unless he was on holiday.
xxx
cdgar about 8 years ago
As a bowler, I have big balls. Problem is I can’t keep them out of the gutter.
noreenklose about 8 years ago
Solid Neutronium (according to ST: TOS)
ziggman14304 about 8 years ago
Teach them curling, that takes big stones.
richdell about 8 years ago
I once saw a bumper sticker that said “Rugby is a sport played by men with oddly-shaped balls.”
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
I would expect Rat to draw the attention of Comic Strip Censor. But Pig’s follow-up in panel 4 puts the icing on the cake!Well done, Pig! Good follow-through, Cartoon-Boy!
abbybookcase about 8 years ago
dodgeball—traumatic memories. i took my nephew to see “chicken little” some years back, and had flashbacks. “let’s play dodgeball! popular kids against the unpopular kids!” argggghhh
Kirk Barnes Premium Member about 8 years ago
Big, round, RED ones!
DragonNerd over 3 years ago
I play dodge ball. It’s disgusting.
Kirbo about 3 years ago
lol
alantain 8 months ago
Try bowling… but that takes balls, too. And used shoes.