Pickles by Brian Crane for November 01, 2020

Time for some hearing aids Opal. Or if you already have em some new batteries.

It’s been years since someone asked me for the time. It must be a very rare occurrence nowadays since nearly everyone has a cell phone.

Time, temperature, and date(day, month and year) What else does one need to known.

What day is it?

Thursday.

Yes, I am, how about we hit the bar?

Know of any senior citizens who don’t carry a wristwatch? I’m not one, but I do carry a wristwatch.

Men don’t carry loose change. Women carry loose change but they can’t find it.

I stopped wearing my watch when I ran out of places I needed to go.

She’s going for the thyme, it’s on her side.

They’re all wearing slippers and surgical socks…

Old is new again! Pocket watches (cell phones) are the de rigueur, wristwatches are passe.

Who would ask for ‘the dime’, unless it was a specific dime? Sorry, ESL teacher alert.

“You know what? Just forget about it…I’ll ask the person at the checkout stand…”

Has anyone noticed the absence of wall clocks? They used to be everywhere, now I seldom see one! Even the ones in front of the banks which tell the time and temp are long gone! (My house has 2 of them BTW!)

This is why I still wear a wristwatch. It’s much easier to look at that then trying to dig out the phone.

Yes sir still carry a watch and pen ! I love it when someone asks me why do I carry a watch and pen as if it’s a sin . Then several minutes later they want to borrow the pen and ask what time it is ;-)

I bet Marcel Marceau comes out next.

I’m not going to say it , I’m not I promise that I’m not going to . : (

My girlfriend and I are both very hard of hearing; we get into some interesting discussions.

Time and dime rhyme.

“I got no dime but I got some time to hear her story.”

Two old guys, on a bench, talking.

1st guy “Got my new hearing aid, she works great.”

2nd guy “Well that’s good, say, was it expensive?”

1st guy looks at his wrist “Almost 3 o’clock.”

Time is of the essence……Opal needs hearing aids…..

32 years in the Army Signal Corps, wearing a watch is second nature. My definition of time appreciation, however, has changed. Now it’s appreciating the time that I have left.

Call the operator…

Don’t have a wrist watch any more—-not much need.

Whatever time it is she’s probably off by 1 hour.

WHAT?

I used my cell phone for the time…I also carry dimes….not!

with cell phone in hand, i don’t need to wear a watch…and i’m 71

You’d think Opal would have a watch!

I have a fitbit – it tells time (and distance).

The limes are in aisle 3.

time to get her hearing tested

My response has always been “Time for what?”

I am 72 and I don’t wear a watch.

So Opal no wrist watch. Wonder if Opal hearing is not working.Place I used to work at he could not wear a wrist watch, the chemistry of his body killed a windup to battery watch. He just knew on time.

Time and tide wait for no man!

Who remembers the five and dime stores? Common when I was a boy!

one time when i still was living at home, i said “8:30” & my dad heard soup ladle instead..he refused 2 put his hearing aides in..

There’s something about wearing a wristwatch that seems natural to me. I have almost every form of time keeping device and yet without my watch I feel like something’s missing.

The first person of color I’ve seen in this strip and Mrs. Pickles assumes she is a beggar.

Time for a hearing aid.

my Watch is on my phone.

It appears to me that of all the comments thus far posted, only Mr. Medlock (above) seems to have gauged the intended point of this segment. “Pickles” is not a cartoon strip noted for its black characters, which Opal makes clear by her inadvertent tone deafness. Despite the woman being close to Opal in age and is well-dressed (not to mention that they are both in line to pay for their groceries), Opal assumes that, because the woman is black, she is a beggar. Kudos to the artist for his gentle yet poignant insight.