My wife, who’s spent a decade or more berating me for not getting hearing aids, is now getting deaf. She owns hearing aids, but won’t wear them (much), preferring to cup her hand over an ear to hear the TV and to play “Earl” in conversations w/ me. It’s kind of funny how much the roles are reversing.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
Opal rests her case.
sirbadger over 5 years ago
See what we want to see. Have you seen any unicorns or heard any dragons lately?
Alondra over 5 years ago
That sounds accurate Opal.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 5 years ago
Supporting evidence.
Anathema Premium Member over 5 years ago
What was this cartoon about?
Ontman over 5 years ago
I saw that one…I mean I heard that one coming.
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Earl’s brain was in reading mode at the time not listening ;-)
hariseldon59 over 5 years ago
Apparently so do dogs. I like the way Roscoe only wakes up when Earl begis speaking.
dadoctah over 5 years ago
I have a theory that while men are descended from monkeys, women are descended from magpies.
If you need proof, look how excited they get about shiny rocks.
jagedlo over 5 years ago
Poor Roscoe, woken out of a sound sleep for all that!
Tentoes over 5 years ago
I think she’s right.
Zebrastripes over 5 years ago
Eeh? What’d ya say? Another babbling session from Opal….lol
Bookworm over 5 years ago
Hearing aides are a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing sometimes to hear what’s being said. It’s a curse sometimes to hear what’s being said.
Grace Premium Member over 5 years ago
Selective sight is essential to a marriage’s survival if one of the couple is tidy and the other is…not…
lagoulou over 5 years ago
Male patterned deafness….
KEA over 5 years ago
We don’t lose our hearing, we just get better at filtering out non-essential noise.
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
As a man – I don’t get it…
zeexenon over 5 years ago
Roscoe is being disturbed and about to depart.
Lightpainter over 5 years ago
I think Roscoe is the brains of the family, and he opens his eyes because he can’t believe what bizarre thing his humans are going to say next
sparkle 13 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Talk about living-room research !!! Opal will get a Nobel Science award next year !!!!!lol
rlaker22j over 5 years ago
it’s called spousal deafness and I’ve suffered from it for years
Concretionist over 5 years ago
My wife, who’s spent a decade or more berating me for not getting hearing aids, is now getting deaf. She owns hearing aids, but won’t wear them (much), preferring to cup her hand over an ear to hear the TV and to play “Earl” in conversations w/ me. It’s kind of funny how much the roles are reversing.
litchick32 over 5 years ago
Oddly this makes total sense to me. Since my mom has to wear glasses and my dad has to use hearing aids
kathleenhicks62 over 5 years ago
I agree with the second part.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 5 years ago
Earl has selective hearing, and Opal wasn’t selected.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
More like a hypothesis, Earl. And it affects both sexes.