Pickles by Brian Crane for May 02, 2022

I’m not going to tell the details because they’re too embarrassing, but suffice it to say that one of our favorite dishes is what we call thumb chili

Why are they so close to the couch? The kitchen is the place to be.

Snerk. Been there and done that. Job site, chain saw being used to cut the base plate out of interior doorways. Foot not carefully placed. I saw it coming and jerked the saw upward as hard as possible, but it cut through the top of my shoe and sock, and it was bleeding (honest) up through the cut. I demanded to be taken to the emergency room where they made me take off my own shoe and sock. I could imagine the toe just falling into the sock. Then they said that if they put a little bandage on that one flap of skin, they’d have to charge me a lot, but otherwise, they’d just let me walk out free.

Want a manlier bandage, Earl? Would you prefer Daniel Tiger or Arthur Read? Sorry, but Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and PAW Patrol are for Nelson.

“Take your hand off?” In the second panel, I thought she was telling him to detach his hand and give it to her.

This hits close to our home. Bull’s eye, actually.

Is there any other, kind of band-aid ?

Will she give it (and him) a kiss?

Did anybody else NOT get a Sunday strip of Pickles? I went from Saturday, straight to Monday. What happened to Sunday?

Me too, cut my finger on a knife while making breakfast, bled a bit, sore for a week, OK now!

Hello Kitty is about gone, only found in Bandaids.

Meanwhile, Roscoe is thinking “And these people are my owners?”

I was cutting a piece of foam core with an Xacto knife. The knife slipped and I cut my thumb from the first knuckle to my wrist, getting deeper as I went along. Just missed the palmer arch. This was around 2008 and I got over twenty stitches.

Your friend may have known how to use the knife better!

No 5/1/2022 Sunday Pickles strip on gocomics.com?

Oh for GOD sake..!!!!!!

I was always afraid to tell my folks when I was hurt because I would get a spanking.

One day, I decided to attack my thumb with a sawzall. Entering the kitchen with a hand-full of blood, I asked my Honey for some first aid. She screamed at me ’’You’re getting blood all over my clean floor’’. I apologized profusely for my assault on her floor. A dressing was applied. I was chastised again and was told ‘’you shouldn’t do that’’. That’s my life.

Tuna can lid for me. Took about 10 minutes to get it to stop bleeding, almost did go to the ER

Let’s do a little bit less of bashing any or all sexes, shall we? I’ve put enough of kids back together while parents of all types came apart at the seams while waiting for an ambulance or that mad dash to the ER. I’ve also been impressed by those who’ve held tight while others had complete meltdowns. Neither or any gender identity has a lock on being either brave or cowardly.

Now, can we knock off that bull hockey once and for all? Thank you for not making me come over there and spanking some childish fool or another. I’m getting awfully tired of doing that so often.

My folks taught me by example. Minor scratches get soap and water. Slightly heavier get antiseptic and bandaid. Larger spots get gauze wrap. Then a hug, a treat, a pat on the head, and go on about your business. Only emergency rooms were in hospitals. Doc visits cost money, which many didn’t have, so nature had to handle the rest. Still follow that regimen and taught our sons the same thing. Tends to reduce panic and over-reaction when calm is needed.

Hello Kitty bandages always make it better :)

I prefer the Minion bandages.

too bad Les Nessman didn’t have Hello Kitty bandaids

Again….Ladies and Gentlemen – - My Husband…….

Boo hoo Earl! Think you’ll live? LOL

Hold out for the coveted Snoopy Band-Aid Earl.

What? Not even a kiss for the boo-boo? :)

I just want to add…I love sardines!

What happened to the May 1st Strip? It jumped from April 39 to May 2.

I cut my left index and middle fingers off in a table saw (pushing too hard on the push stick over a semi dull blade). I put the stubs remaining in the dirtiest place in the world, my mouth, and swallowed more blood than I wanted. My FIL said he could stitch them back together, but I thought I needed a doctor, not a farmer. Both fingers work, although I can only count to 9.8.

She is beside herself with worry.

As The Duke once said, “The only blood I’m afraid to see is my own.”

Earl you big baby. Now my own hubby did cut his finger so bad our daughter, as I was working, drove her dad to minor ER and the Dr. had to cauterize that finger tip.

At age 12, I sliced a finger wide open with a hand saw when it bounced out of the kerf. Mom just pinched the skin together with a bandaid. I rested a while, then went back to sawing.

Duct tape. Seriously.

Poor Roscoe. He always looks utterly confused.

May also need Neosporin ointment to keep the wound from being infected.

I did the same thing opening a can of cat food. It is really quite amazing how much blood comes out of one finger!