Pickles by Brian Crane for March 27, 2021

Thingys are very important. You have to be very careful you don’t lose them.

Oh yeah, that was Whatshisname.

who’s the say the borrowed thing from Earl was really the questioned fellow’s own thing?

Do you mean this guy Opal married some years back but can’t find anywhere anymore?

Sounds familiar Earl!

Lyman?

Maybe the place he moved is under ground.

That was my thingy, that I loaned to you, and I want it back.

He’s been dead for fifteen years.

Earl go look in a mirror ;-)

What you get for asking Opal, Earl!

Ahhh come on, Opal! Ya know, that guy, what’s his name, and his wife was short and chubby, and she lost weight then she was thin and still short?

Yes, that was Steve Wozniak.

From the description, I think it was me.

How nice it is to be remembered.

You know. He’s the brother that guy who lives over there by the …. uh that place on the west side that makes the thingamajigs.

Opal’s being cruel again. Did Earl sleep with her sister Pearl, or something? I know that Earl dated Pearl before he dated Opal, but iut was never revealed, to my knowledge, how many bases they covered.

I have always had one hell of a time remembering peoples names. Worked next to a fellow for 18 years. talked to him every night, I could never remember his name, his nickname however, that I remember. For some reason this 6’5" 275 lb guy nickname was smurf. I don’t think anyone except HR knew his name. When the supervisor handed out paychecks-which stopped in the early 90s when everyone went to DD-even the envelope with his paycheck in it had the name smurf on the back.

Let it go, Earl, let it go!

Sounds like you, Earl!