So you’re allowed to grab them on the comics page now as long as you call them oompa loompas??
Cidu Bill on Mar 15th 2010
Was kinda funny, though…
Filed in Bill Bickel, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor, oompa loompas | 13 responses so far
James Schend Mar 15th 2010 at 04:17 pm 1
Oompa-Loompas is a long-standing Pearls Before Swine euphemism. If they’ve gotten away with it this long, I think they’re safe.
Sili Mar 15th 2010 at 04:21 pm 2
Hmmm. It looks like Pig’s arms are too short to actually reach his oompa-loompas. Poor guy.
George P Mar 15th 2010 at 05:13 pm 3
Yeah, he looks as if he’s grabbing his stomach.
Its Justme Mar 15th 2010 at 05:15 pm 4
I don’t think a pig’s oompa-loompas are in the same place as a human’s. This is taking anthropomorphication too far!
I just like to use that word. One doesn’t get to very often.
mitch4 Mar 15th 2010 at 07:24 pm 5
If “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is ever on their movie night, how do they discuss the cast of characters?
David N Mar 15th 2010 at 09:15 pm 6
I’ve always disliked those network bugs, I was just unaware of the safety dangers they brought. Consider myself educated.
Rat seems a little … umm, short to be too worried.
Kamino Neko Mar 15th 2010 at 09:43 pm 7
Rat’s short, but his legs are about the same length as Pig’s…so his Oompah Loompahs are still in danger.
Kamino Neko Mar 15th 2010 at 10:41 pm 8
Actually, it just occurred to me Rat’s Oompah Loompahs have probably been removed… Intact adult male rats are pretty…unmistakable.
Roy Mar 16th 2010 at 01:42 am 9
Oompah Loompahs are small and orange. Hmmm.
Keera Mar 16th 2010 at 01:13 pm 10
The artwork in this PBS made me LOL.
nonegiven Mar 16th 2010 at 01:26 pm 11
Hopefully, my new glasses will let me read this without cranking it up so big it runs off the right side of the page.
Rainey Mar 17th 2010 at 09:02 am 12
It took me a while to figure this out, but this strip is about irony. It’s ironic that a floating logo be able to interact with characters as though it’s a solid object. It’s alao ironic that this strip points out the indecency of animal characters wearing just a cup when they’ve been naked all this time but we didn’t “realize” it because we’re so used to seeing naked animal characters. It’s also ironic that these male characters are anatomically incorrect in a way that should destroy the joke but doesn’t.
chuckers Mar 20th 2010 at 05:02 am 13
I just noticed somewhere that somewhere between the 3rd and 4th panel, Rat puts on a cup.
2 oompa-loompas, 1 cup?