# Pearls before Swine was posted late

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-before-swine-was-posted-late/445814>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 18, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-before-swine-was-posted-late/445814 "2008-04-18T00:50:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-before-swine-was-posted-late/445814/1 "2008-04-18T00:50:08Z")

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for 17 April 2008.  
And no [wonder.](http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/)

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-before-swine-was-posted-late/445814/2 "2008-04-18T01:03:09Z")

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[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]  
And no [wonder.](http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/)  
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Why?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-before-swine-was-posted-late/445814/3 "2008-04-18T01:13:37Z")

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It is an odious pun…actually, it’s not a pun…whatever it is, it’s odious even for Pastis. 🙂

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-before-swine-was-posted-late/445814/4 "2008-04-18T01:28:07Z")

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I kinda liked it. :o

Of course, I have my own collection of suchlike, just waiting for the right opportunity…

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-before-swine-was-posted-late/445814/5 "2008-04-18T01:45:46Z")

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Agreed.

I have many lines that I am saving for the right opportunity, some of which may never come about.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-before-swine-was-posted-late/445814/6 "2008-04-18T02:06:45Z")

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[QUOTE=silenus]  
I kinda liked it.  
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Me, too. “Odious” is just an excuse to post and discuss it. I hope the croc convention continues and wasn’t just a set up for that joke, though.