# Pibgorn: Smokin'! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625 "2009-04-01T20:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625/1 "2009-04-01T20:00:18Z")
Apparently she picked up some pointers while merged with Dru. > **[Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney for March 26, 2009 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/03/26/)** > > March 26, 2009 > **[Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney for March 27, 2009 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/03/27/)** > > March 27, 2009 > **[Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney for March 30, 2009 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/03/30/)** > > March 30, 2009 > **[Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney for March 31, 2009 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/03/31/)** > > March 31, 2009 > **[Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney for April 01, 2009 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/04/01/)** > > April 01, 2009 Current arc started [here](http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/03/17/). ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625/2 "2009-04-01T22:25:48Z")
Yeah, Pibby’s all grown up and slutty now. Just the way a fairy should be. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625/3 "2009-04-01T23:22:17Z")
It took somebody referring to Pibby to make me realize the title of the strip was not, as I had always read it, _Pig Born_. That title never made sense. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625/4 "2009-04-01T23:24:54Z")
I’m sure Geoff’s smoking of about thirty cigarettes at once has to do with the tobacco tax boost commencing today? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625/5 "2009-04-01T23:58:52Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m sure Geoff’s smoking of about thirty cigarettes at once has to do with the tobacco tax boost commencing today? That’s not Geoff. He’s missing. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625/6 "2009-04-02T00:02:06Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > It took somebody referring to Pibby to make me realize the title of the strip was not, as I had always read it, Pig Born. > > That title never made sense. It’s a [musical reference](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pibgorn_(instrument)), in case you’re not aware. [This guy](http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/Crewth.jpg) [as well](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crwth). ---
**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 2, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625/7 "2009-04-02T00:10:15Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > It’s a [musical reference](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pibgorn_(instrument)), in case you’re not aware. [This guy](http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/Crewth.jpg) [as well](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crwth). Cool. Thanks! ---
**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 2, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pibgorn-smokin/491625/8 "2009-04-02T02:15:54Z")
The character art reminds me of his [9 Chickweed Lane.](http://comics.com/9_chickweed_lane/?Page=4)