Pearls Before Swine: Eat, Pray, Love
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/10

Uh, oh my. Zebra needs to upgrade to a better neighbor.

Lynn

On Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 12:59:56 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> Pearls Before Swine: Eat, Pray, Love
> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/10
>
> Uh, oh my. Zebra needs to upgrade to a better neighbor.

Could this possibly be a reference to the famous book by Lynne
Truss?

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves introduces itself with a joke about a
talking panda. Said panda walks into a bar...

Has something to eat.
Discharges a firearm.
Departs.

When asked, on his way out, why he did this... he shows the
bartender a book about the natural habits of the panda. A
sentence, intended no doubt to convey the fact that pandas
normally eat bamboo shoots and bamboo leaves was written
with an error of punctuation:

The Panda: eats, shoots, and leaves.

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The zero-tolerance approach to
punctuation, by Lynne Truss.

John Savard

On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:46:37 PM UTC-6, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 4:16:10 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 12:59:56 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > > Pearls Before Swine: Eat, Pray, Love
> > > https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/10
> > >
> > > Uh, oh my. Zebra needs to upgrade to a better neighbor.

> > Could this possibly be a reference to the famous book by Lynne
> > Truss?
> >
> > Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The zero-tolerance approach to
> > punctuation, by Lynne Truss.

> No, it's not. Have you living under a rock?
>
> The book 'Eat Pray Love' was on the bestseller lists for 186 weeks,
> and the Julia Roberts movie with the same name made $140M profit.

Actually, I think I _did_ hear of that book, although I forgot about it soon
after; but given that the joke of the comic strip involves the title being
interpreted in two ways, I don't see why it couldn't have been referencing
_both_ works.

John Savard

On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 5:38:11 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
> On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:46:37 PM UTC-6, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 4:16:10 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 12:59:56 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > > > Pearls Before Swine: Eat, Pray, Love
> > > > https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/10
> > > >
> > > > Uh, oh my. Zebra needs to upgrade to a better neighbor.
>
> > > Could this possibly be a reference to the famous book by Lynne
> > > Truss?
> > >
> > > Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The zero-tolerance approach to
> > > punctuation, by Lynne Truss.
>
> > No, it's not. Have you living under a rock?
> >
> > The book 'Eat Pray Love' was on the bestseller lists for 186 weeks,
> > and the Julia Roberts movie with the same name made $140M profit.

> Actually, I think I _did_ hear of that book, although I forgot about it soon
> after; but given that the joke of the comic strip involves the title being
> interpreted in two ways, I don't see why it couldn't have been referencing
> _both_ works.

Now that I've looked up information about it, I think that at one point I
was even aware that it was about a woman who travelled across the world,
and discovered the power of eating in Italy, and that of prayer and love in
two other countries.

With a title like that, though, in the absence of other information, I think I
would have been likely to assume it was biographical, but about a country
music star.

Why? Well, it describes three very basic activities - and, as we know,
country music is sometimes represented as a basic musical form, requiring
only the use of the I, IV, and V chords as a basis - and a lyric representing
a well-known emotional situation accurately in the way it is commonly
experienced. (Harlan Howard's dictum: three chords and the truth.)

And, of course, rural America is conservative and devoutly religious.

John Savard

Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in
news:09233c29-80c2-478c-bfff-9e58c0900d5cn@googlegroups.com:

> On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 5:38:11 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
>> On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:46:37 PM UTC-6,
>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 4:16:10 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc
>> > wrote:
>> > > On Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 12:59:56 PM UTC-6, Lynn
>> > > McGuire wrote:
>> > > > Pearls Before Swine: Eat, Pray, Love
>> > > > https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/10
>> > > >
>> > > > Uh, oh my. Zebra needs to upgrade to a better neighbor.
>>
>> > > Could this possibly be a reference to the famous book by
>> > > Lynne Truss?
>> > >
>> > > Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The zero-tolerance approach to
>> > > punctuation, by Lynne Truss.
>>
>> > No, it's not. Have you living under a rock?
>> >
>> > The book 'Eat Pray Love' was on the bestseller lists for 186
>> > weeks, and the Julia Roberts movie with the same name made
>> > $140M profit.
>
>> Actually, I think I _did_ hear of that book, although I forgot
>> about it soon after; but given that the joke of the comic strip
>> involves the title being interpreted in two ways, I don't see
>> why it couldn't have been referencing _both_ works.
>
> Now that I've looked up information about it, I think that at
> one point I was even aware that it was about a woman who
> travelled across the world, and discovered the power of eating
> in Italy, and that of prayer and love in two other countries.
>
> With a title like that, though, in the absence of other
> information, I think I would have been likely to assume it was
> biographical, but about a country music star.
>
> Why? Well, it describes three very basic activities - and, as we
> know, country music is sometimes represented as a basic musical
> form, requiring only the use of the I, IV, and V chords as a
> basis - and a lyric representing a well-known emotional
> situation accurately in the way it is commonly experienced.
> (Harlan Howard's dictum: three chords and the truth.)

You clearly know nothing about County and Western music (as with
all other subjects).

David Allen Coe said it best:

"Some folks say that it is the perfect country and western
song...... but it is not the perfect country and western song
because it doesn't say anything about being drunk, momma, prison,
trains, or trucks. So I sat down a wrote another verse and now I
think it is the perfect country and western song (David Allen Coe)

"I was drunk, the day my momma got out of prison
"So I went, to pick 'er up, in the rain
"But before I got to the station in my pickup truck
"She got runned over by a danged ol' train"

--
Terry Austin

Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

In article <09233c29-80c2-478c-bfff-9e58c0900d5cn@googlegroups.com>,
Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 5:38:11 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
>> On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:46:37 PM UTC-6, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 4:16:10 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
>> > > On Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 12:59:56 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> > > > Pearls Before Swine: Eat, Pray, Love
>> > > > https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/10
>> > > >
>> > > > Uh, oh my. Zebra needs to upgrade to a better neighbor.
>>
>> > > Could this possibly be a reference to the famous book by Lynne
>> > > Truss?
>> > >
>> > > Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The zero-tolerance approach to
>> > > punctuation, by Lynne Truss.
>>
>> > No, it's not. Have you living under a rock?
>> >
>> > The book 'Eat Pray Love' was on the bestseller lists for 186 weeks,
>> > and the Julia Roberts movie with the same name made $140M profit.
>
>> Actually, I think I _did_ hear of that book, although I forgot about it soon
>> after; but given that the joke of the comic strip involves the title being
>> interpreted in two ways, I don't see why it couldn't have been referencing
>> _both_ works.
>
>Now that I've looked up information about it, I think that at one point I
>was even aware that it was about a woman who travelled across the world,
>and discovered the power of eating in Italy, and that of prayer and love in
>two other countries.
>
>With a title like that, though, in the absence of other information, I think I
>would have been likely to assume it was biographical, but about a country
>music star.
>
>Why? Well, it describes three very basic activities - and, as we know,

Well, you do, dear. What I know about country music is based on
one Muppet show.

>country music is sometimes represented as a basic musical form, requiring
>only the use of the I, IV, and V chords as a basis - and a lyric representing
>a well-known emotional situation accurately in the way it is commonly
>experienced. (Harlan Howard's dictum: three chords and the truth.)
>
>And, of course, rural America is conservative and devoutly religious.

Not always in a good way.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

In article <XnsAD93AD48C9B76taustincagmailcom@85.12.62.245>,
Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
>Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in
>news:09233c29-80c2-478c-bfff-9e58c0900d5cn@googlegroups.com:
>
>> On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 5:38:11 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
>>> On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:46:37 PM UTC-6,
>>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> > On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 4:16:10 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc
>>> > wrote:
>>> > > On Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 12:59:56 PM UTC-6, Lynn
>>> > > McGuire wrote:
>>> > > > Pearls Before Swine: Eat, Pray, Love
>>> > > > https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/10
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Uh, oh my. Zebra needs to upgrade to a better neighbor.
>>>
>>> > > Could this possibly be a reference to the famous book by
>>> > > Lynne Truss?
>>> > >
>>> > > Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The zero-tolerance approach to
>>> > > punctuation, by Lynne Truss.
>>>
>>> > No, it's not. Have you living under a rock?
>>> >
>>> > The book 'Eat Pray Love' was on the bestseller lists for 186
>>> > weeks, and the Julia Roberts movie with the same name made
>>> > $140M profit.
>>
>>> Actually, I think I _did_ hear of that book, although I forgot
>>> about it soon after; but given that the joke of the comic strip
>>> involves the title being interpreted in two ways, I don't see
>>> why it couldn't have been referencing _both_ works.
>>
>> Now that I've looked up information about it, I think that at
>> one point I was even aware that it was about a woman who
>> travelled across the world, and discovered the power of eating
>> in Italy, and that of prayer and love in two other countries.
>>
>> With a title like that, though, in the absence of other
>> information, I think I would have been likely to assume it was
>> biographical, but about a country music star.
>>
>> Why? Well, it describes three very basic activities - and, as we
>> know, country music is sometimes represented as a basic musical
>> form, requiring only the use of the I, IV, and V chords as a
>> basis - and a lyric representing a well-known emotional
>> situation accurately in the way it is commonly experienced.
>> (Harlan Howard's dictum: three chords and the truth.)
>
>You clearly know nothing about County and Western music (as with
>all other subjects).
>
>David Allen Coe said it best:
>
>"Some folks say that it is the perfect country and western
>song...... but it is not the perfect country and western song
>because it doesn't say anything about being drunk, momma, prison,
>trains, or trucks. So I sat down a wrote another verse and now I
>think it is the perfect country and western song (David Allen Coe)
>
>"I was drunk, the day my momma got out of prison
>"So I went, to pick 'er up, in the rain
>"But before I got to the station in my pickup truck
>"She got runned over by a danged ol' train"
>
Jane (now James) Robinson wrote a country/western song once,
which began,

"Darlin', you have up and went
Away with some slick city gent,
And now I'm cryin' tears enough for two;
That's the fundamental reason
I've been snifflin' and sneezin',
Sittin' here pickin' my nose and thinkin' of you."

A few more verses ensued, which I have forgotten, and the final
verse ran,

"I've collected what I've picked
And it's enough to make you sick.
I've rolled it in a ball that's greenish-blue.
That little wad is all I've got;
It should be you, dear, but it'snot,
From sittin' here pickin' my nose and thinkin' of you."

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/