Pickles by Brian Crane for January 17, 2014

Why, Opal, you dirty little old lady.

He’ll be sitting there a long time.

The hat will not help.

The only cowboy I know that involves Tom Hanks is Woody from the “Toy Story” trilogy.

Hope you roundup some good Western metaphors, Earl.

I reckon she’s a pine’in fur ol Woody.

Would those be Desperate Dan type cow pies?

Opal’s a cougar?

I think he is like Jeff “Cowboy” Brantley of the Reds broadcast booth—“All hat and no cattle!”

For my wife it’s Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott (it’s his voice she says)

Marion Martin approves

Be careful, Earl. Hankerin’s can get you in trouble. And Tom Hankerin’s can get Opal excited.

Sorry, but hearing the storyline of “Brokeback Mountain” totally destroyed the last vestiges of cowboy appeal and the entire mystique for me. The Duke was not pleased.

First Mark Trail, now Tom Hanks. Opal you are a fickle creature.

Tom Hanks is just not my type. Harrison Ford, on the other hand, is my pick!!

Maybe he can kick the one on Nelson’s head!

Wonder if this is one of Earl’s many phases?xxx

Do not forget we southerners have sensitive feelings.

You know you’d miss milania if it were gone.Besides, decaying trolls are reputed to have an even worse stench than living ones.

I was raised on a large cattle ranch and worked there a good part of my life. When you spend your life on horse back, hats and boots are tools of the trade to protect you. While I’ve known of cowboys that spoke like they had an IQ of 40; I’m quite sure most of them would think that would be enough to put them well above you. As for them all being in the South; you will find them all the way into Canada and Hawaii has it’s share of them too.

I love the new look, Earl.