Pickles by Brian Crane for September 03, 2019

Reverse psychology strikes again!

I think ever since I got a cell phone caddy that gets attached to my belt, I’ve been tucking in every shirt I wear.

She wanted to find out if he was packing heat.

Going untucked occasionally is one of those little comforts of being retired.

Looks like Earl is back to normal. Last week was apparently an aberration.

reverse psychology.

Opposite day?

I’m thinking Opal knew he would do that, and that’s why she said she likes it.

Reminds me of which way to hang the toilet paper…

Opal is playing Earl like a fiddle.

would have loved to see a smile on Opal’s face in the fourth panel when she knew that she had conned him into putting his shirt in!

Some shirts are just meant to be untucked.

Opal, you sly female! Earl is like a kid and does the opposite of what he thinks she likes….lol

tucked in shirts are the same as neck ties – useless, ridiculous and a part of the age old plot of supposed fashion police against men being comfortable.

It seems the bigger the belly, the more the likelihood the shirt will be untucked.

I’m so uncool, I even tuck my undershirt into my boxers.

You fell again for Opal’s head games AGAIN Earl !!!!!! lol

Earl, you’re bad!!

The biggest problem with tucked-in shirts is they won’t stay that way… at least not all over

Perfect!

You been played, Earl.

I hate untucked shirts (unless I’m working out or running) and my wife hates them tucked in. Caused so many fights, yes – real fights – over the years. She eventually stopped nagging me but I can see the look of disapproval in her eyes.

If that’s what’s up your butt today, you have some serious issues. It’s a freaking shirt. And I’m wearing it so shouldn’t I be comfortable. It’s about control.

An untucked shirt covers a multitude of sins.

“Tuck it all, Opal!”

Ha! I’ll never tuck in MY shirt!

Hey! How did my shirt get tucked in?

OK, Nurse Ratched, I’m heading back to the ward now.

My wife is like that. Whatever I think, she thinks the opposite. Doesn’t matter what it is. There have been times when I agree with her only to have her change her mind. Aargg.

Jim Gaffigan has a funny bit about untucked shirts (to hide weight) on his new comedy special. It’s on Amazon Prime.

Are you sure about that ’I’m a grown man’ thing, Earl?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ocaZb-bGg

Gotta love reverse psychology. :)

If I ever have to wear a shirt that’s meant to be untucked I have to REALLY concentrate. I must be a genetically programmed “tuckerinner”.

I know what it’s like, Opal. My husband is having a mid-life crisis, too: The boy who, in his earliest pictures, has his flannel shirt neatly tucked into his jeans, today had his hair down over his forehead. When asked if was out of hairspray, he told me he didn’t use hairspray today ‘cuz "today it doesn’t matter." What’s next — argyle socks, Sonny Bono’s fur vest? Where does end????

I like dress shirts for men tucked in, but polo shirts or tees look fine untucked.

My first wife could be manipulated in somewhat that way. I grew to hate that in order to get anything done, she had to be manipulated into it. My next (and last) wife is much easier to get along with.

Earl the contrarian.