Pickles by Brian Crane for March 16, 2022

“Let me point it at you Earl.. I’ll squeeze off a shot and we’ll see.”

At least twice a day I’m “Alexa find my phone”.

Don’t answer the phone. Probably a marketer making cold calls.

Everybody’s a comedian.

Snort. That would NEVER happen to me! (When I leave something in the fridge, its a book!)

Even when I’m out collecting carts for the grocery store I work for, I come across forgotten mobile phones in the carts; turn them in to customer service’s lost and found. I once found on the opening shift the mobile phone of a fellow associate in an abandoned cart near the garden center (rather than the lobbies) and it still had plenty of battery power from overnight. Never once found a forgotten mobile phone on the shelves or in the coolers… yet.

Fair trade.

Time for you to check into assisted living.

Estrogen does fog the brain

I put the brown sugar in the fridge last night. I had a snack of Shredded Wheat. At least I did not put the milk in the cupboard! :-)

Phone in the fridge? Cool!

I work at Walmart. People there are so often careless with their phones. I remember when we found 3 phones in less than a week which customers had put down and forgot to pick them up. All were turned in to the service desk (I found 2 of them) and claimed by their owners.

Keep your wallet in there- cold cash!

Is that “Grey Poupon”?!

Many people walk around distracted, trying to do two many things at the same time, and not doing any of them well.

Sounds like the next Smartphone upgrade should include a leash . Very old school but it would work ;-)

“Again” implies that she’s done this before…not a good sign, Opal!

I was in Costco waiting to check out and the guy behind me called his wife to let her know he was in the checkout. Her phone rang, in her purse, in the cart.

I changed my honey’s phone so it announces ‘’call from My Sweet Loverboy’’ when I call.

And I quote her now; ‘’I don’t know why it does that, how does it know?’’

Modern science, babe. Chuckle.

It is OK that you don’t remember where you put your phone or car keys, it is when you can’t remember what the phone or car keys are for that you worry.

Might be time for some new lenses…..

Sounds like a cold call…

It’s fairly common to forget what you walked into a room for. But when the room in question is the bathroom, that could be a problem.

Funny

Oy!

Opal needs to upgrade her mustard. It still flips open.

All the comments about phones and purses are strange. When I left a four pack of Guiness Stout in my cart in the parking lot, it was gone in 10 minutes.

A friend left hers on the counter at Taco Bell. (put down phone, picked up food, forgot to pick up phone… easy to do). I left mine on a counter at Binder Park Zoo gift shop… same scenario.

Again???

Cool new skin for that phone! ☺

That was me yesterday…I got a return call from someone and had my directory out in anticipation of her call, we talked and then I couldn’t find my directory! I looked the usual places I might have set it down, nope! I looked in the freezer, garbage, odd places, nope! Then I discovered it…I’d put it away…absentmindedly.

It was easier to keep track of phones when they were smaller and fit easily into most pockets. I will never get over missing the size and durability of my Razr, although I had to buy new batteries every year.

Oops!

Why is she carrying her purse around the house ?

One of the problems of living alone is the lack of that second phone to find yours.

My mom and I found a cellphone on a park bench. Don’t remember all the details but fortunately the owner was still at the park and we able to give it back to him.

I wonder if Earl is “getting back” for all the jibes Opal makes about him or he is truly surprised.

Its probably one of those robocalls asking you to extend your car’s warranty.