Pickles is a comic strip that gives us clean humour, mirrors real life and delights the heart. I appreciate these things. I just started to read this strip and I had no idea what a gold mine I have been missing since it’s creation. With all the doom and gloom that this world can give it is indeed an oasis in the desert. I am thankful for Mr. Crane’s talent in making us laugh and feel good inside.
Surprising what wearing a cowboy hat will do to you. I suspect that when the poetry phase is over Earl will practice some roping and hog tying on Opal. And beans.. Earl will definitely have a hankering for beans.
With his cowboy hat and his moustache Earl kinda reminds me of Sam Elliot sitting at the bowling alley bar in The Big Lebowski. Just a loveable ol’ cuss.
allen@home almost 4 years ago
Bravo Earl good one. Keep at it you’re getting better.
Concretionist almost 4 years ago
AABB again. Maybe we could graduate to ABAB?
I’ve got an equine named Hoss
And a dog, I call him Bill
And when my life becomes a loss,
You’ll inherit both… in my will.
Templo S.U.D. almost 4 years ago
good job, Earl… now send it to a cowboy magazine
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I kinda like this one.
Rodeo Boy almost 4 years ago
Pickles is a comic strip that gives us clean humour, mirrors real life and delights the heart. I appreciate these things. I just started to read this strip and I had no idea what a gold mine I have been missing since it’s creation. With all the doom and gloom that this world can give it is indeed an oasis in the desert. I am thankful for Mr. Crane’s talent in making us laugh and feel good inside.
sirbadger almost 4 years ago
Comfortably wide until it’s time to get up and getting up is not so comfortable.
iggyman almost 4 years ago
Yippee Kay-yo Kai-yay! Earl!
Sanspareil almost 4 years ago
Earl has found his Pink Floyd and has become “comfortably numb”
backyardcowboy almost 4 years ago
It’s a Limerick Earl, not a poem.
jagedlo almost 4 years ago
It looks like you’ve gotten better at this poetry thing, Earl!
cdward almost 4 years ago
I’m a cowboy who rides on a leather recliner
At chow time I mosey on down to the diner.
You might think that I should eat chuck wagon beans
But that’s just too risky, if you know what I means…
Breadboard almost 4 years ago
Earl you have the Cowboy Hat but where are your Cowboy Boots ? You know to get the true Cowboy feel ;-)
Grace Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Well howdee I think he’s got it
ForrestOverin almost 4 years ago
“I’m a wannabe cowboy, and I have a big butt; ‘cause a big hat, a big shirt and boots aren’t enough.”
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Earl does better when there’s no one around to criticise him.
Jefano Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“So I sit back and feel no remorse.”
Jeffin Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Too bad you retired from your day job Earl.
OshkoshJohn almost 4 years ago
My wife and I are old. We both read Pickles, and if a strip reminds either of us of something we did or said, we always tell the other!
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
Opal seems to be busy……she’s not into poetry…..but then again, neither is Earl! LOL
Snolep almost 4 years ago
He’s gonna take that recliner to the old town road, and recline till he can’t no more.
Golf Buddy almost 4 years ago
Now his “poem” is done, what’s next?
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Surprising what wearing a cowboy hat will do to you. I suspect that when the poetry phase is over Earl will practice some roping and hog tying on Opal. And beans.. Earl will definitely have a hankering for beans.
Ukko wilko almost 4 years ago
Great hat, Earl. Out here we call wanna be cowboys, who’s hat is their only authentic thing, “hat ranchers”.
Linguist almost 4 years ago
As we used to say in Arizona, Earl’s a cowboy who’s all hat and no horse!
Saddenedby Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I once sat a cayuse, a horse,
it was tall and long-legged of course.
but the saddle was hard and quite rough
and the horse I’d been told was real tough.
“be careful,” they said or you’ll land on your head
when you give him the ol’ ’giddy up!"
but like Earl, my hero, I’d figured and planned,
I barked out the ‘get going’ command.
with a sweep of my hat on his rump
discovered bucking is more than a bump.
and when finally I fell to the ground,
to land on my head, I had found
the greatest truth that can be learned from all this
IS – you can’t make a cowboy from an old man!!!
cmo2495 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Best one yet!
JohnPeterson1 almost 4 years ago
wouldn’t miss it – I read it everyday!
jpayne4040 almost 4 years ago
Earl is a poet and don’t know it!
kawika50 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
With his cowboy hat and his moustache Earl kinda reminds me of Sam Elliot sitting at the bowling alley bar in The Big Lebowski. Just a loveable ol’ cuss.
Jack Dawson almost 4 years ago
This is a fun strip, and it gets better as I get old enough to identify with some of it. Another one is “pluggers” which is on this site.
zeexenon almost 4 years ago
Mine as well, but I’m beginning to wear my chaps on my keister.
kathleenhicks62 almost 4 years ago
This is the best stanza yet.
Rose Madder Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Give it up, Earl – go back to your old job of doing nothing.
yipp_eeee almost 4 years ago
Thumbs down Earl, but keep trying.
dsatvoinde Premium Member almost 4 years ago
A limerick, in spirit (the last line doesn’t rhyme with the first, technically speaking) is still a poem.
done almost 4 years ago
Best cowboy poem ever!
Buckeye67 almost 4 years ago
You can hang them up now Earl, it not going to get any better than that masterpiece.
ClayDennis1 almost 4 years ago
That the best poem yet buckaroo. Ya got me hummin so keep em comin.
bwsevier Premium Member almost 4 years ago
And it captures the late stage of life perfectly…
montylc2001 almost 4 years ago
Comfortably numb?
mistercatworks almost 4 years ago
Whoa, Lay-Z-Boy. Take it easy, big fella’
JP Steve Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Third day in a row I’ve thought I’d got “The Elderberries” out of order in my queue!
Carolyn Cherry almost 4 years ago
Tired of this. Move on.
submachine almost 4 years ago
I wholeheartedly concur with Mikeyjay!
nisedc almost 4 years ago
I agree. I love Earl, Opal and the family.