Pickles by Brian Crane for September 22, 2022

You walked into that one, Earl. And gave, Roscoe a good laugh.

just saying, but nothing like spraying some Febreeze on Roscoe and the job is done

That’s why it’s important to know the difference between adjectives and adverbs.

Roscoe thought that was pretty funny.

That’s that “old person” smell, I remember people saying that??? Glad I’m not old! I think old starts at 87

I have anosmia. I tell people that I don’t smell so good.

No comment is a pretty good comment in this case.

Very funny today.

How do you keep a fish from smelling? You cut off its nose!

Opal, you know you can always give him a bath!

You don’t smell so well, either.

Hoobastank

When you have poor grammar, you open yourself up to misinterpretation. Or maybe Earl really DOES stink. LOL

Doesn’t work in England. We’d say “You know I don’t smell very well”, making Pearl’s comment pointless.

P.U. -that’s a comment!

Or well…and I don’t mean the author!

You just walked right into that Earl.

Give him a brushing every day. If he has an oily coat, a rub down with a clean dry towel.

And don’t be shy, about a quick cleanse around the tail section.

Roscoe is just precious today , all panels are great but the second and the last one are just super : )

ba dum tss

Wow…….. BURN

Oy!

Earl is the Abbot to Opal’s Costello. Such a straight man.

Roscoe REWLS. Last panel is his best expression ever!!!

Laughing do face is good

well… he meant well

Roscoe gets the last laugh!

Annnnnnnnnnnd the contempt just keeps on a-comin’…

That isn’t nice Roscoe

I’m 66 and that joke is older than me.

Shampoo costs money. Real poo is free.

Opal might as well talk to the dog. Earl is too tight or lazy to care for HIS dog.

Should have said can’t smell very good, although she might have said the same thing

The lethal joke from Monty Python: “My dog has no nose.” – “How does he smell?” – “Awful!”

His running through the sprinkler won’t do the job, for Roscoe that is. I don’t know about Earl.

This comic strip points out that the verb “smell” can mean “emit an odor” or “perceive an odor.” Samuel Johnson wanted to change that. On a hot day, he was sweating. A woman sitting near him said “Sir, you smell.” He replied “Miss, that’s not correct. You smell, I stink.”

Even Roscoe thought that was funny!

“Come to think about it and upon further investigation, it isn’t Roscoe.”

Maybe it’s not Roscoe that she’s smelling.

An English (language) professor pointed these two sentences are each grammatically correct, but have different meanings:

“My husband likes football better than me.”

“My husband likes football better than I.”

Each leaves some words implicit:

“My husband likes football better than [he likes] me.”

“My husband likes football better than I [like football].”

Dogs Laugh!!! :-)

Well

There are no bad smells to a dog. Only different. If Roscoe thinks Earl doesn’t smell very interesting, I can’t imagine that!

Ha! Look at Roscoe!! Priceless!!

Neither do I Earl. But wearing adult diapers helps

Bwaa ha ha ha! That’s funny!

Roscoe’s expression in the last panel may be the best yet.

If you can smell yourself a little bit, chances are others can smell you a lot.

Stop feeding Opal straight lines Earl.