Pickles by Brian Crane for December 20, 2020

Uh no Earl, even Roscoe knows that’s a silly idea.

You’ve survived 2020, Opal!

TMI, Earl, on that last remark

We mentioned our new roof.

I’m cutting the cheese more these days than a worker in a deli. Maybe I should try to send out a newsletter and…o, never mind.

I received one of those in the past. I imagined doing a potential newsletter heavily padded with lies and embellishments.

Some are interesting from people you have not seen for a while!

Looks like Roscoe is thinking hard on this one ;-)

They already know about the warts. I SnapChatted them.

The look on Roscoes face….lmao! I had a family member send me a Xmas letter but I liked it because I live across the country and never see them. Warts? Really, EARL?

If I receive one I never read it past the first sentence…unless it’s one of those humorous, self deprecating ones. People take themselves sooo seriously.

You’re not making many points there, Earl!

Maybe someone should post this on Facebook!

And now you know why I don’t send out a Christmas letter!

A Christmas letter is well explained by Pickles!

“Well, Earl, there IS that 215 pound wart that I’m going to have removed at the attorney’s office…”

Our life isn’t even as exciting as the Pickles’. You know with the pandemic stay-at-home order and everything or life is REALLY dull.

They were note worthy warts.. Remember even the doctor commented on their size.

Reminds me, I have a troublesome mole about an inch from where the sun don’t shine. Taint funny, come on now.

I still get very detailed Christmas letters, including all medical issues, from a former co-worker I haven’t seen since 1973. I quit sending cards back at least 10 years ago. I might send something to let them know when I move so they don’t send them to the new owners for the next 20 years. Obviously it never occurred to her I might have died ten years ago.

Well it would refreshing to see a Christmas newsletter with warts and all.

But you have done amazing things this past year. You entertained thousands, nay I say, tens of thousands of viewers who read Leon’s comic strip. His characters are ironically just like you. If Leon did not have Earl for his inspiration, where would this world be?

As so often happens, they brag about stuff they didn’t do.

Sounds like us, not much to write a news letter on.

I was thinking Saturday Night Live could do some dark humor with this years’ Christmas Newsletters. Earl’s comment is exactly the kind of thing I would expect from SNL.

“ I was arrested for drunk walking between my living room and kitchen. It ruined the rest of my in house vacation. The cops wouldn’t take me to the station for fear of Covid, so they locked me in my closet for two weeks. “

Thanks Roscoe!

You made me laugh. That’s what.