A genuinely funny strip, one of my favorites! Great unexpected imagery of the foot in the wall, the comedic timing of the “okey-dokey” and the “wham” and also, well-utilized throwaway panels. Great strip today Crane!
I get my vacuum and kill them that way…the big ones….little ones I just hit with my shoe and clean it up. I am NOT a bug lover….hate them all of them. And yes I know they have a purpose. However, I prefer they do it outside and not in my house.
The most I’ve ever done against the spiders in my kitchen was to trim back the web when they started getting all territorial. Chloe had gotten to several times the mass she was the first time I’d seen her, so I know she didn’t need a bug-trap that big to feed her.
A couple of weeks ago one of the girls had decided to go for a nice leisurely walk across the kitchen floor instead of staying and looking after her web. The rest of you probably would have stepped on her. I just stayed out of her way until she reached safe cover on the opposite end of the room.
Reminds me of the great classic, Henry’s Awful Mistake https://www.amazon.com/Henrys-Awful-Mistake-Henry-Duck/dp/1534415408/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HOYUBI7HFA6Z&keywords=henry%27s+awful+mistake+by+robert+quackenbush&qid=1574595490&sprefix=Henry%27s+Awful+Mistake%2Caps%2C286&sr=8-1
Leaving the warning reminds me of my theory of fly swatters. The fly is always around until you pick up the swatter. Then is disappears. Why? It can smell the death of its brethren.
Earl in real life would have taken a newspaper (especially the section Opal usually reads), swatted the spider, and left it smashed on the wall for Opal to clean. The next time she’d simply take care of it herself or at least ask him (“please” and “thank you” are not in her vocabulary) to do it instead of shrieking and then ordering him.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
in the fourth to the last panel, I would’ve thought Earl took of the spider a little too hard with his newspaper rolled up
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
Oooh: Mouse condo!
sirbadger almost 5 years ago
How does he know that the spider is dead? He can’t see it anymore. Normally, I would use a shoe that I’m not wearing.
jagedlo almost 5 years ago
Just to see the look of surprise on Roscoe’s face!
retrocool almost 5 years ago
‘ole Earl’s still got it in ’em
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 5 years ago
Opal: “Correction, as an opening for other spiders coming in!” (well as other things)
Daniel Verburg almost 5 years ago
Big solution to a small problem ?
JasonBall almost 5 years ago
A genuinely funny strip, one of my favorites! Great unexpected imagery of the foot in the wall, the comedic timing of the “okey-dokey” and the “wham” and also, well-utilized throwaway panels. Great strip today Crane!
Kwen almost 5 years ago
Did Earl get his superstrenght from spider bite? This, or you also have a termit problem in these walls…
Breadboard almost 5 years ago
Be careful of what you ask for ;-)
whenlifewassimpler almost 5 years ago
I get my vacuum and kill them that way…the big ones….little ones I just hit with my shoe and clean it up. I am NOT a bug lover….hate them all of them. And yes I know they have a purpose. However, I prefer they do it outside and not in my house.
dadoctah almost 5 years ago
The most I’ve ever done against the spiders in my kitchen was to trim back the web when they started getting all territorial. Chloe had gotten to several times the mass she was the first time I’d seen her, so I know she didn’t need a bug-trap that big to feed her.
A couple of weeks ago one of the girls had decided to go for a nice leisurely walk across the kitchen floor instead of staying and looking after her web. The rest of you probably would have stepped on her. I just stayed out of her way until she reached safe cover on the opposite end of the room.
adina.sherer almost 5 years ago
Reminds me of the great classic, Henry’s Awful Mistake https://www.amazon.com/Henrys-Awful-Mistake-Henry-Duck/dp/1534415408/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HOYUBI7HFA6Z&keywords=henry%27s+awful+mistake+by+robert+quackenbush&qid=1574595490&sprefix=Henry%27s+Awful+Mistake%2Caps%2C286&sr=8-1
cubswin2016 almost 5 years ago
I think this is a plot of Earl’s to get Opal to stop asking him to do things kind of like what Ray Barone did.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
What? Who kicks the wall to kill a spider? A Kleenex or fly swatter would have sufficed……LOL!
RobertMaxwell almost 5 years ago
Drywall made in China?
iggyman almost 5 years ago
Mission accomplished! (And then some)!
wrytercat almost 5 years ago
Better prepare for the size of the spider that will arrive through that hole!
DiminishedFirst almost 5 years ago
Leaving the warning reminds me of my theory of fly swatters. The fly is always around until you pick up the swatter. Then is disappears. Why? It can smell the death of its brethren.
Display almost 5 years ago
Earl in real life would have taken a newspaper (especially the section Opal usually reads), swatted the spider, and left it smashed on the wall for Opal to clean. The next time she’d simply take care of it herself or at least ask him (“please” and “thank you” are not in her vocabulary) to do it instead of shrieking and then ordering him.
KEA almost 5 years ago
put a little sign next to the hole: attn spiders – don’t let this happen to you. That should do it.
tomwheaton almost 5 years ago
Spiders have 8 legs.
ANIMAL almost 5 years ago
Holey Crap..!!!!!
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs almost 5 years ago
Not that I bother spiders. They eat flies, I dislike flies.
sarahbowl1 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The next frame should be the spider walking out of the hole, lol!
Linguist almost 5 years ago
You really stuck your foot in it this time, Earl.
Fiammata almost 5 years ago
I’d be worried about his foot.
wlbr549 almost 5 years ago
Kung Fu Earl!
Ivan Araque almost 5 years ago
I do that all the time!!!! :D
Al Nala almost 5 years ago
Das var DUMMM, Earl. Flyswatter or slipper, you should have chosen!
zeexenon almost 5 years ago
My luck, would have had me busting a load bearing wall stud.
CalLadyQED almost 5 years ago
My hero