Pickles by Brian Crane for June 05, 2022

Well that really takes the cake.

The gulf between what she says and does

Nelson’s cookie – OK — Opal’s cake – not OK.

Roscoe: “Nope.. that’s your version.”….Woof! ▼(´ᴥ`)▼

I find this cartoon to be morally ambiguous.

I wonder if Nelson actually saw Roscoe eat the cake. It could have been Muffin. Or Earl.

Dogs only live for the moment Opal, Roscoe has no idea why you are chastising him! The cookie is lost anyway!

Crime: It makes a difference when it happens to you.

It’s all a matter of perspective. What may start out as a ‘teaching’ lesson, can quickly turn into a ‘learning’ moment, when the shoe is on the other foot!

He’s going to GET the lady’s club!

A dog’s got to do what a dog’s got to do ! Nelson next time pay attention ;-)

Roscoe’s a good boy!

Dogs don’t recognize the concept of private property…?

Sheesh! Opal’s never tried to take a dog’s bone away!

Opal never remembers to put the baked goodies out of sight… there’s more than one thief around there…

Then why is it if I walk into the kitchen and my dog walks out head down slinking out, an obvious doggy body language he has been counter surfing.

Last panel, Roscoe is thinking “Whatever “.

If Muffin did that, she would say it was OK.

I maintain my position that Roscoe is far and away the most lovable and enjoyable character in this strip. His expressions are priceless!

It’s people getting what they deserve when it happens to them, but a crime when it happens to you.

Poor Roscoe oe in trouble again

Ah HA..!!!!! – It’s DIFFERENT now….. ISN’T it.?

goofy Roscoe smile in third panel. Love it!

This sounds like American politics!

Morality is subjective.

Nelson, good save, but why the frosting on your lips?

That’ll learn him, durn him!

For some people, it’s only a problem when it happens to them.

Dogs can learn right from wrong as defined by training, and they can feel guilt when their impulses violate the rules. See how they behave when they’re caught, avoiding eye contact, tucking tail, slack ears. I think it was Dick van Dyke who told the story of his Great Dane stealing the Thanksgiving turkey off the table and how the dog himself was mortified and it changed his whole demeanor after that (not for the good, sadly). Anyway, not a moral code but dogs know when they break training. Not like our cats, who scoff at the very idea of right and wrong. “It is to laugh!”

Like the deer are cute… until they wipe out your flowers!

situation ethics