Farina (Pearls Before Swine)
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Farina is a character in the comic strip, Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis.
[edit] History
On August 18, 2002, Farina was introduced to the strip as Pig's sister, coming over for a visit. She was, according to Rat, "so paranoid about germs she wore gloves to [their] house." However, she is introduced to the strip inside a germ-proof, air-filtered bubble, and many jokes involved the fact she was stuck in a round ball. Little by little, though, Rat started to care about her. Rolling Farina up a hill so she could see a nice view of the nighttime sky and taking her to drive-in movies are just two examples of him expressing love for what may have been the first time. However, Farina's father forbade marriage between the two, and were forced to split up.
Then on July 2, 2003, it was revealed that Farina was married to a bubble pig named Bob and had a bubble child. When Rat called Farina up for a date, Bob picked up instead, and attempted to murder Rat when he found out he still loved Farina.
Bob seemed to have cooled down, as on November 15, 2005, Farina showed up again to ask Rat to babysit their child while she and Bob went on a "two-week romantic getaway to the Bahamas", thus breaking Rat's heart again.
