Pickles by Brian Crane for August 19, 2018

A manly solution to The Gordian Knot.

“Why is he reading the directions?” a man asked, somewhere. “Just nuke it til it glows!”

Good old Earl lazy as ever………Sad part is I knew folks when I was younger that would be hard pressed to boil water…….point being mommy should not have to feed you like a baby………

Pizza tastes better than a tv dinner.

I’d much rather learn how to cook than order pizza. And I did.

Find a potato. Stab it repeatedly with a fork. Wrap it with a damp towel. Nuke it for a few minutes, then dunk in your favorite sauce. Giant ‘french fry’. YUM!

This is so true! Why are frozen dinners so complicated to cook?? They should be more practical.

They taste like cardboard. I agree with real one this one.

And there is one that says “Turn the meatloaf 1/4 turn to the right”. I wonder what happens if you turn it to the left?

And chucking it back in the freezer is too much trouble?

I used to hate those tv dinners when I worked because the instructions were so complex that by the time I got an available microwave and cooked it there was no time left to eat it.

At least microwave instructions have eliminated the pointless “preheat oven to 375” step.

You skipped the last step: Scrape into Dog’s bowl.

Like the guy who said “ya wanna fool around?” She said “my place or yours?” " He said if you wanna argue about it, just forget it!" ;o}

Bravo!!!

I live alone. Might as well put my photo in place of Earl. Except I am more patient.

It’s easier to assemble IKEA furniture.

Well don’t throw it away! Opal can make it later for him.

I hate to cook, but I CAN cook. When I am hard pressed, I can throw down some fried quesadillas! :D

Learn to cook.

Eat what you cook, no matter how bad it comes out.

That is the best motivator of all in getting better.

Can’t figure out why the dog is so sad in the last frame. Dogs love pizza bones — unless Earl is the kind of guy who eats the crusts too.

I laugh so hard at this strip every day because it is so true to life