Pickles by Brian Crane for December 20, 2019

Darn those ultra-flexible frames.

Nope, never done that before.

Things they don’t want to see.

one time ago, my step-grandmother dropped her iPhone in the toilet; her daughter — my stepmother — and she went to get a new one

Mine are back in the case and on the cabinet shelf before all that happens.

And they’ll see them very* clearly!

Be prepared for the sewer alligator with glasses.

I can see clearly now, the……………..

If I were her, I’d not try to get them back. And I’d get one of those old-lady things strap things to keep it from happening again with the new pair. Either that or get the kind the 7-year-olds have with a hook all the way behind the ear

Opal what an awful feeling it must have been to have seen your glasses swirl down the toilet, having to admit it to Earl, and then hope he would not rub it in as he drove you to the optometrist who would have a great laugh.My cell phone went into the washer(in jeans pocket) the afternoon before an important meeting, panic, and when I went to the store to get a replace(thank goodness for sims cards) the employee was ho-hum about it. No sympathy. Apparently, it is a common event. Not sure about glasses going down the toilet, however.

That’s a visual that will stick all day.

A bunch of things they don’t want to see, that’s for sure!

Dr Seuss

Actually had something similar happen to me…was on a family trip and stopped by to see a creek in the area, bent over to look at something and plop…they fell right in…and the sad part is that they were brand new glasses!

Opal now your glasses are swimming with the fishes …

Opal made a spectacle out of a simple bathroom trip!

Gotta love Roscoe’s eyes in the last frame.

They went where no eyewear had ever gone before, what will they see, what will they find? You don’t want to know!

They may not get far, and plug the John, so quick, get the ….plunger? LOL

With apologies to Dr. Seuss!

I like the look on the dogs face in the last panel!

Opal did look a little flushed in the first panel.

I remember somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 years ago, Dad’s false teeth went down the toilet as he flushed. He went running outside tn his underwear and yanked the top off the cleanout in the line to the septic tank but it was too late, they had “done moved on”. He’ll be 93 on Jan 2 and my mother still hasn’t let him live that down.

Had a student tell me that happened to her when she was in the restroom – but it was her cell phone!

Did this with a PalmPilot many years ago- it was in my shirt pocket for no good reason. Had not flushed yet. Fished it out, decided it would be better off if I rinsed it. Disassembled it and let it dry out before turning it on. Worked fine for a year or so before the screen went wonky.

the glasses can be retrieved. they would be caught in the trap under the toilet, wouldn’t they?

Been there, done that!

Earl sounds like a a Dr, Seuss parody.

Free to swim with the sewer trout!

I love the expression on the dog’s face in the last panel.

See the video at www.xxxxx.com

When cell phones were a relatively new thing, our company gave everyone in IT a cell phone. The first day, I almost dropped mine in the toilet, and the next day, my boss wasn’t so lucky — she dropped her cell phone in the toilet and it was flushed. I fell over laughing, so glad it was her and not me.

For me, I was at a Boy Scout camp as a leader. Five thousand Scouts there so a lot of Porta-potties on site. One scout dropped his expensive flashlight into the holding tank. NO WAY was I getting it out. I bought him a new one, exactly like the old one. His parents ( cash strapped) never knew what happened.

Gotta get a Marion the Librarian strap, if you gotta look.

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Poo Fish

If Opal could see she’d SMACK him !!!! lol

Chances are, the glasses are in the toilet’s trap way, where they will cause problems with some future flushes.

Earl, you shocked Roscoe!

Good Idea to have back up glasses, even if they are out-of-date. That and don’t look while its flushing, an invisible cloud of nano droplets fountain up with each flush.

Gotta love the look on Roscoe’s face in the last panel!

I had my glasses fall out of my pocket when I was rototilling and yes it did a number on them.