Pickles by Brian Crane for July 01, 2021

Tap out Earl. The shirt’s winning.

Gee Earl, you look preggers! I have a belly myself. If someone comes up to me and makes a wisecrack such as “When is your baby due?” I just look them in the eye and say, “I don’t know who the father is. It’s a mess.” That usually shuts them up!

Let’s politely call it a “post-lockdown” hug.

I had a few shirts like that and threw them all away. Then I decided to get me some nice shirts that had more girth in the middle andsome pants that were a speck larger in the waist at our local Veterans thrift store… I’m a bit of a tightwad on certain things and always try and seek out an alternative route. Besides, I’m sure the Veterans appreciated the purchase.

That shirt looks to be holding on for dear life!

Funny

Is Earl trying to imitate The Hulk?

I think the shirt is (or should be) crying for help.

It’s being stretched to its limits.

The buttons look like they are about to pop.

Funny, a lot of my old shirts shrunk in the closet!

Earl wear the shirt around town and see if you start a new style trend ! Kegs are in …. six-packs are out ;-)

Used to wear ’’tapered’’ shirts in my youth. Well, my shirts still taper, but in the opposite direction now.

That’s two hundred pounds of Earl in a hundred and fifty pound shirt.

Too bad they don’t have muu-muus for men. . .

Roscoe is depicted just perfect in all three frames . But the eyes in the fourth one are just fantastic , love the Roscoe . Thanks to Brian for todays comic .

LOL! when age catches up and Opal notices…

Opal nailed it. Very good.

Beware Opal…if one of those buttons pops it could poke your eye out!

Now imagine Earl in a BIKINI……… HA..!!!! – Try to get THAT image outta your head (sorry)

I would have reached between the buttons, grabbed a chest hair or 7 and pulled hard, then suggested he change his shirt before I got the dog grooming kit.

At least Earl isn’t suggesting that Opal shrank the shirt in the laundry.

The Male equivalent of the Female “does this dress make my butt look big?”

Earl, fitted shirts are not for you…honest!

It’s no longer a fitted shirt; it’s a stuffed shirt. Very well stuffed.

Looks like the shirt would fit Opal just fine. Problem solved.

And, man, does she have a serious case of Waistboobs!

My wife and the multi-pack of tee shirts I picked up the other day…

I, unfortunately, have too many of those death-grippers hanging in my closet. I keep holding on to them in hopes that I’ll lose enough weight, so I won’t look like Fat Stuff in Smilin’ Jack, wearing them.

That is, however, some great thread, holding the buttons on.

I agree with Opal. For me when I looked at myself, I thought I look pregnant though too old and that part is gone. For me taken years to lose 12 pounds, I have more to go. I am still obese.

I’ve returned to the gym, thinking I could get away with a muscle shirt. Whoa boy, did that bring me back to earth.

“I can’t control… my shirt!”

He should have said that the shirt shrunk in the wash

I had to get a couple of new “interview suits” at some point when I could see the end was near for a job I was in and had some life transitions that lead to some poor life choices around health and fitness. So, I’m in Men’s Warehouse, lost, and a very professional looking woman came up to ask what I needed. So, I explained and we started looking at stuff. She turned out to be very good and understanding cuts of pants that would look professional despite my … girth. I some point I made a self deprecating comment about my weight and her response was, “if you are here, needing a suit – that is your line of success and we can make you look good with it.” I spent a surprising amount of money that day.

i see lots of old geezers wearing their pants at the top of their butt crack with a gigantic gut above- but- “my waist is still 36 inches!” right

OMG, you’ve outdone yourself. I almost sprayed my tea all over the monitor. Well done.

If it’s a fitted shirt, you sure couldn’t fit into it

Better stand back. Those buttons look like they’ll pop in 4,3,2……!

He has one of those aliens in his belly, ready to break out and eat everybody in sight. Time to call Ripley.

In my youth, many, many years ago, tapered shirts became the fad. I had to make do with my old shirts until the fad died, and normal shirts were available again.

Fitted to WHAT?!?

I guess Earl hasn’t seen the new way of wearing shirts. He should know he needs a XXXXXXXL size to be in style.