Pickles by Brian Crane for October 17, 2021

Earl, that is the wrong answer.

That’ll keep her out of his way for a while.

good thinking, Earl

Time to borrow a vacuum cleaner from someone you hate.

Call a sweep play.

Opal are you afraid if you bend down you will not be able to get back up ?

Just push them aside. Or wait until the game is over.

He won’t be getting any blueberry pie now, even if he DOES pick them up later.

Earl you deserve a b u t t whoopin’.

This is one that I’d like to see continue, but I bet it won’t.

I heard dogs love blueberries. Just call in Roscoe to clear a path.

Might as well just sweep them up. You’re not going to eat them now, are you?

Ladies, notice the difference in women’s and men’s answers?

Now this one is really funny. Sounds like something my Dad would try on my Mom. I expect retaliation will follow as it did for him.

Earl found his thrill!

I don’t see why Opal can’t bend over and pick up the ones around her feet and clear a path through the blueberries. Even so it’s not very nice of Earl to not help her when she asked him to and I’m certain Earl will regret that decision! (If they were real people of course lol)

Sort of like Earl found his thrill on Blueberry Hill even though she is not on a hill, but later on…!

Looking at and knowing the size of a container of blueberries, that looks like about FOUR containers worth of blueberries on the floor.

Ugh, that happened in the car. The bag tipped over, the carton popped open and BAM, blueberries everywhere.

I thought I got them all but was still finding the odd moldy one months later!

He should have just handed her the broom, and then gone back to the game.

Where is the dog?

He could have least given her a broom and dust pan.

Been nice knowing you Earl.

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Wait till Opal gets her hands on Earl! Smashed or not, I would not be standing there waiting……..

Opal, a man has his priorities!!

where is the vacuum Rosco? he would have that mess cleaned up in no time. He’ll poop blue for the next 3 days, but he will have it cleaned up!!!

Broom … snow shovel … or shop vac, you choose the next panels.

Actually, it may be fun to squish them between your toes. We won’t talk about cleaning that up.

Opal, at least shut the door on the fridge while you’re waiting.

This comic strip made me laugh out loud.

PÍnche Earl. LOL.

Funny, but living dangerously.cf. Norman “the Man” Chad. “In addition to his work on ESPN and on his Couch Slouch column, Chad wrote a book, published in 1993 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, called Hold On, Honey, I’ll Take You to the Hospital at Halftime (Confessions of a TV Sports Junkie)”

He will be sorry at half time?

Just call the dog!

This doesn’t work with cantaloupes. Just so you know.

think earl is gonna regret his decision

Don’t worry. If you step on enough of them it’ll make the kitchen floor look like the rug in the TV room…

Half time? More like end of times!

They don’t have anywhere near that many in a carton at our two local stores.

I wonder if they handled it that way on patrol in ’Nam where someone would put his foot down and hear a bone-chilling CLICK. . . .

THE CARTON’S RIGHT THERE..!!!!!!!!!!!!Just bend & pick Opal……. bend & pick.

Do you have a Roomba with a ‘Hungry, Hungry Hippos’ attachment?

Funny! Suicidal, but funny. They are still a couple, at an age when devotion is also co-dependence for things that were simply done when younger, now require some extra effort or assistance. I’d check the refrigerator to see if there is anything long enough to swish a few out of the way for a place to sit on the floor for picking up. (loaf of bread, bag of celery, empty egg tray,..) Yeah, rinse them off and put them in the pancake mix. Getting off the floor may take some strategy too. Bending/squatting down to pick them up…problematical. I still can, but Opal?

That was a laugh out loud Sunday strip! Poor ol’ Earl is in for it.

Just the blueberries on the floor strikes me as funny.

Ooooooooh, is he gonna be in trouble when that game is over!! I hope she uses the rolling pin. Yeah, I’m a tough crowd.

Enjoy it while you can, Earl! Because, you, as well as every other married man, know the Opal will make you pay, alot, and, for a long time!!!

Oh sorry Opal no one messes with Earl’s football game. Scoot the berries with your foot gently.

Not to worry, Opal. You can just have your own version of South Bend, Indiana’s Blueberry Stomp! But in your case, you can just run 10 feet instead of 10 miles

You were the one that dropped them for crying out loud. You may get a little more attention from the fur bearing family members

:-( That was both mean, and mean-spirited.

To quote my Mom, “T’ain’t funny, McGhee!”

:-(

That’s something that if my wife does it, it’s a funny accident. If me or one of the kids do it… IT’S THE WORST DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!

Where the hell’s that damn dog when ya NEED him..?

Come on guys, He just enjoying his day!

Too bad it wasn’t an extra large economy pack

Earl finally gets a moment of peace… now if he could do something about her screaming. That would be wonderful.