Pickles by Brian Crane for October 08, 2022

You might wanna rethink that, Opal.

so Opal was a nurse (or nursing student)?

You want fries with that?

So Opal was a doctor or nurse. I’ve been reading this strip for years and never knew that. Come to think of it, what kind of work did Earl do?

McDoctor Nelson

Was Opal a nurse or doctor?

Did you use to “play doctor” much, Opal? Looks like Nelson is still happy to play by himself yet.

That is brilliant! <3

Maybe he will enroll in McDonalds Hamburg University!

Will he get the order right?

Was SHE a doctor?… or a nurse?

She (like many elders) keeps a stethoscope on hand for checking her blood pressure at home. It’s a plugger staple. Yes, I know this isn’t the Pluggers strip.

Opel was a doctor ?

Opel was a doctor ?

The problem is that by the time Nelson gets to be old enough to work at Mcdonald’s, the ordering process may be automated!

But in the mean time -——————

My youngest daughter is very creative, she can build a lot of things from scratch, which she does, she uses my tools whereas my other daughters do not. One day we were in her room and she had left a box open and it had index cards in it, it was files/cards on all her friends and families in the neighbourhood, she was 7 years old. We thought she was going to be KGB.

Was Opal a Nurse at one time?

A doctor — or a safecracker?

I didn’t know Opal had been a doctor! So what was Earl, does anybody know?

would you like fries with that? = reality check for Opal

I come from a family in aviation and medicine. Drs, Reg Nurses, Hosp Admin, paramedics and flight surgeons. It’s either planes or medicine. (some family members do both). MY 8 YO son says he will be a heart surgeon. Play with toy trucks, not a chance. Anatomy models and puzzles are his favorite. In kindergarten they were to draw a heart for Valentines day. He drew a picture of a human heart, complete with valves and veins.

MD, McD…so close, yet

Are we being told that Opal was in the medical profession? Nice to know.

Won’t be long before we start running out of doctors because nobody can afford college and medical school both. Actually, our “institutes of higher education” abandoned education for price gouging years ago.

Well, that WAS a letdown. However, McDonald’s managers and any other “fast food” managers make pretty good wages, if you can hang in there long enough.

And after ten years of hard work you might become an assistant manager!

As most businesses are desperately needing help, Nelson could get hired right now.

Do you want to super-size those fries?

How to get deflated!

And all of the children are above average. Lake Wobegon.

These days, working at McDonalds is more honorable

He will probably start playing doctor when he discovers the girl next door.

We got a coupon here! Get the cold fries from the chuck bin and the “special” burger with green “tomatoes”

Nothing wrong with McD’s as a job. Was my first one, taught me a lot. Now I’m a professional software tester for systems that go into space.

Well unlike our great hearing aids, the kid’s technology won’t whistle at him.

Hey……. just be glad he’s still a BOY..!!!!!!

One of the few jobs the rich won’t be able to offshore… until they learn how to do that, too..

Last month Opal declared him a gifted artist.

Nelson is keeping it real..in a cute way.

Smart.. own a nice stable of franchises.

Reminds me of my daughter going through college, getting her degree, then getting married ad having 8 kids. She never worked outside of home. ;-)

Nelson has noticed doctors aren’t as respected as they used to be.

“…or not."

Opal is a former RN?

The old stethoscope belongs to Opal? Was she in the medical profession in her past working life????

Too funny!