Pickles by Brian Crane for August 09, 2022

Priorities

Still the same cookies, still the same great taste.

Well, home-made cookies given to you with love taste the best.

Maybe she should raid his toolbox.

I know where Spouse hides her stash of the really good Sunnyland Farms chocolate candies. But if I take more than one or two over the course of about 12 weeks (how long the stash lasts before the re-order) I’ll be busted for it. So I go with the puppy eyes… which works better than nothing. Maybe? Because she shares anyway, just not often enough.

‘Pilfered’… is that like chocolate chips?

Feel absolutely the same way, Earl. Asking carries with it indebtedness, giri, obligation. Taking as long as no one is seriously materially inconvenienced is fun .

Just realize that there may be a cost to pay if you are caught.

Words of wisdom, as always.

Not a good example Nelson, but Earl has a point.

I was told the opposite: Anything stolen will gnaw at your insides until you confess and make restitution. Of course in believing that I never became a politician. That “fire in your belly” is necessary to run for office.

No one has wondered why she guards them so that they have to be pilfered. Cookies are to be eaten, not just saved and looked at!

Nelson have gramma teach you how to bake the cookies . This way you now have a say on the eating of said cookies ;-)

Opal, they have to be eaten before they go bad!

Earl is right! lmao

In other words “Keep stealing, just do a better job of not being caught!”

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Earl! Even though you do that, doesn’t mean you tell Nelson that!

Nelson walks into a bar, and the bartender says……

What a pair of rascals!

BAD Grampa…!!!

Grampas have a way of making you feel better

As I said, Nelson won’t tattle. The loot is only a small part of the adventure.

Remember Nelson: “What good is having all of the cookies when you can’t eat anymore?” – Anthony T. Hincks

Speaking of little known out of context Bible passages, Proverbs 9:17 “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

It was actually put best by Reverend Lovejoy on The Simpsons: “Marge, everything is a sin. Have you ever sat down and read this thing? (holds up the bible) -Technically we’re not allowed to go to the bathroom.”

Great advice for creating a criminal. Grandpa being an idiot

That was probably my mother’s philosophy, because she hid her sweets all over the place.

not helping Earl and also not the point. It is your house too. Opal can’t give you orders unless you let her. Grandchildren, on the other hand, should listen. “because I’m big and you’re little” or "because I said so " are legit reasons.

And the broken ones contain no calories. :)

Man goes home from hospital to die at home. Smells cookies baking. Manages to get to kitchen and reach for a warm cookie. Wife smacks his hand with spoon. “Those are for after the funeral.”

Heed not his advice, Nelson……..

True fact that..

Got that right big guy

Yes, except for the one that smells like arsenic and old lace.

When a teenage Nelson calls, begging for bail money, don’t ask how he came to be like this, Earl.

Ah yes, the “forbidden fruit” factor…

Does any grandma in the world really have as many rules as Opal?especially in regards to cookies? They are made for grandson an grandpa to eat.

Uh-oh!! Roscoe might have company in his doghouse!!!

The scriptures have never been more accurate. “Stolen waters are sweet,” Proverbs 9:13-18.

I’m impressed that at his young age, Nelson understands the meaning of “pilfered”.

Earl and Nelson remind of Ditto Flagston when it comes to snatching cookies.

And how!

Grandma got revenge!

Way to go, Earl, teaching the kid how to be a sneak thief.