Pickles by Brian Crane for October 06, 2022

Yup. It is the polyester blouse that reeks of chemical dye. Once had a sheet set that had to be wash five times before I could tolerate it. Would up giving it to a charity.

say it, Pearl, don’t spray it

That polka dot blouse has been worn by her for Eons, must bet something else

Maybe raccoons broke into the clothing factory and took a nap on the clothes.

I think that the mystery has finally been solved.

Ruined agood Grandma Poof

Help is needed! Opal has become toxic, causing all that come near to sneeze. (on her)

The entire family lacks manners apparently! Sneeze on your food, right in your face,… sheesh

Is Opal’s ladyfriend “after” Earl? Busted!

Who’s Polly? And what does Esther have to do with this?

After Pearl “baptizes” Opal like this, Pearl should say “Bless you, Opal.”

Could be, Opal, Could be!

Polly and Esther, they strike again!

If you have time to go “ahhhhh” before the” chooo” you have time to COVER your sneeze. Don’t be rude.

Great, now Opal’s going to have to get washed up after getting sneezed on…and take some medication in case Pearl had something!

Opal should’ve seen this from the start and changed the blouse just to compare.

Well THAT was unpleasant (panel 3).

Two senior citizen based cartoons, Pickles and Ben. Both had sneezing jokes today. Is it National Sneeze Day or something?

that would be my guess if I new that it was new…

Those poly esters will get you every time.

Maybe he’s allergic to PP (Polyester Polkadots)

The houses of old people are dusty and smelly. I know, cause my kids tell me, whenever they visit. The rugrats.

“How many poor little polyesters were inhumanely bred and killed so she could have that blouse?” #PETP

I was going to suggest it was knitted from cat fur

That is just SO gross!

mmmmm. Might be.

A sneeze has powerful force!

She’s had that blouse forever. If it was a birthday present it must have been when she was 30.

methinks I’m detecting a pattern here…

The one the cat sleeps on?

And she wears it every day.

I changed dryer sheets and they made us itch

Some synthetic materials used to manufacture clothes stink and most definitely itch. I wear a lot of cotton and natural fibers.

I have a son very allergic to polyester slacks. Not the sneezing kind of allergic.

Thank you no-mask necessary Texas sister.

Beginning to sound like a conspiracy. Possibly Earl has been talking to people, or people have been talking to Earl, or something about Opal’s breath. Tune in tomorrow.

Dang. Pearl sneezing is a lot nastier then Earl’s.

I think you may have something there.

All I did was open today’s strip but before I could read it, I reacted with a ginormous sneeze!