Pickles by Brian Crane for March 09, 2010

Earl puts out a noxious gas whenever he eats too many beans.

I’m sure she was talking about you, Earl.

Poor Nelson is so confused. :X(

Poor Nelson is bored!

An interesting question: is a cut flower dead?

I’d say not, on a cellular level, since it continues to bloom (for a while) if put in water. Gradually, the individual cells die, the flower’s internal structures fail, and it wilts. Or think of a chicken with its head cut off: it actually can run around (for a while) before it quits.

Live/dead is not a neat binary condition, which makes some situations a lot more difficult.

Not another dead flower day. And I hit Earl with this YESTERDAY. I’m so depressed. someone send me flowers.

Earl’s thinking “who cares” I’m reading the sports section…

Tulips continue to grow when cut, but to no good end result. LOL Would Earl or a wilted flower have the most dire effect on the other flowers. I do not care to be around to see which one wins.

My Favorite Comic It Reminds me of me.

do older people.. uhmmm emit more …???

freeholder1: Here ya go.

Most of the time Opal is talking about Earl, so it would be a natural conclusion on Earl’s part.

I have seen some cut flowers actually develop roots.

@RubberRules, YES!

Members of Congress do the same thing.

The flower plant will not last forever. It already grew out in short time. sighhhhhhhh!

Cut flowers are “only MOSTLY dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. ” (to quote The Princess Bride)

Just because something or someone is dying doesn’t mean they can’t be killed.

Just look at zombies and vampires - the undead. Even they can still be killed.

Gramma wasn’t talking about you Earl. But *we* were yesterday.