Pickles by Brian Crane for January 11, 2017

that is quite a wonder, Clyde

And today just about every gentleman carries a gun… also gentlewomen…

Always have a pocket knife except when flying. The gentleman part come from being able to open packages, cut threads, tighten screws, etc on request. Most pocket knives are not much help for violence.

Clubbing me softly with his club….

The only new thing I like about the new format is the strips are larger.

Why does my e-mail GoComics stop when I reach “I”?

Hubby, like GSAW, always carried a pocket knife. He got it when he was 14, and although we’ve had a few I-can’t-fine-it scares, he still has it.

Gentleman was a term for the upper class, meaning a man of refinement. Now it is used even for the criminal. I was told that it was supposed to give the that person the benefit of the doubt. I say, if he is a criminal, there IS no doubt.

I’m no MacGyver, but I always like to carry either a Swiss Army knife or a Leatherman. It’s amazing how often I’ve had to make use of one of the attachments, as well as the blades, which I keep well sharpened.

Gentle + man = oxymoron!

Gentlemen are about as rare to find as a dinosaur fossil.

xxx

Good point… Originally “gentilis” meant “of the same clan.” I think it was used for nobility long before it acquired the meaning of kind or peaceful…