Pickles by Brian Crane for February 09, 2016

Opal, touché

Yeah! That “Poltergeist” movie will creep anyone out!

You mean little Chucky? He’s precious!

Both would creep me out.

But this broaches the VERY interesting question of why is the clown doll in the bedroom?

“And I seriously underestimated the creepiness factor.”

Maybe the spider is just there to debug her computer. Many dolls, not just clowns, can be creepy.

Didn’t Opal have a laptop the last time we saw her computer?

Emmett Kelly dolls for sale on the internet…

Thanks to Pennywise, everybody is scared of clowns.

Fears are generally irrational but it doesn’t make them any easier to deal with. A truly brave person will fight their fears constantly even though it never gets easier.

Please stop spamming and look at the replies you have already gotten on other strips. Basically, everyone has said NO!

I dont care for spiders either, I caught one this morning and put it outside, I would do the same with a clown doll!!

I’ve seen your post on multiple strips and several people have answered. Could you please delete the extras. I whole-heartedly agree with BurkeKnight.

I agree with Earl, clown dolls are insanely CREEPY!!

i think we’ve established that opal is not always thoughtful. hence the clown doll in the bedroom even over earl’s objections.

LOL Agreed.

If I had to live with a spider or a clown doll, I’d take the spider.

It’s either a little money spider or a huge tarantula.

If it was a huge tarantula, I would understand! Still wouldn’t throw a perfectly good computer away though.

xxx

Clowns are creepy. Certainly agree with you on this one, Earl.

Read CIRCUS WORLD by Barry Longyear.A story about an interstellar circus ship breaking down and the troupe and animals developing a society based on the specialties.Extremely improbable but Longyear breathed life into it.

Clowns are supposed to be funny, not creepy.

I often wonder why people are afraid of clowns…when I was a kid, I loved them…Clarabell, Milky, yes, Red Skelton…they were wonderful.

So why does Earl keep the clown doll?