Pickles by Brian Crane for November 30, 2022

Nice save Earl.

Don’t let me hear you spouting truth or facts

Phrase save, and a beaut!!!

He doesn’t want to gamble with his back.

There is just more of her to love, now.

Oh, hi, Opal, been standing there long?

Recent studies have shown that women who carry a little extra weight tend to live longer than the men who mention it.

and she’s more perceptive, more intuitive, and more sneaky.

Good catch !

It seems as if I don’t hear the word “hefty” anymore in diplomatic reference to a person’s weight and bulk. It has naturally fallen from such use ever since it came to be the brand name of plastic trash bags. Imagine the flak flying if Earl had used that word (as I did, to my instant regret, a few weeks ago …).

The weight of beauty.

Much more to love, Earl!

If Earl keeps walking a tightrope like that, he will eventually fall off.

I remember when the Sears catalogue had regular sizes for children along with what we now call “plus” sizes. What I hated was that they used the word “chubby” for girls but “husky” for boys. Husky sounds a lot more buff. Chubby sounds fat

Putting on the brakes before the crash, Earl?

nice save

WOW – NICE SAVE..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Grandma is more “fashionable”, her clothes are more “billowy”, and catch on the door frames! Ya, that’s it!"

Actually, gravity has increased for reasons I cannot understand.

Tact, thy name is desperation.

Under the “what I shoulda said” category.

Opal has increased her presence since then.

Which merely goes to show that the occasional selective deafness in a male is, in fact, a survival trait. No man should ever hear the question, “Does this dress make me look [insert as appropriate]?” While a failure to answer such a question is perilous, a candid reply is fatal.

“son”?

Rubenesque is the word you are looking for.

Hard to ‘walk softly’ at his age, but experience taught him how to do it.

Nice tap dance Earl!

Good move Earl

Opal is always there when you don’t want her to be. ☺️☺️☺️☺️

Rolling Pin in gramma’s stocking.

I’d need a forklift

Not sayin’ you’re fat or nothin’, but if your love handles was any bigger, you would trip on them.

Perfect timing earl

I’m corpulent and husky!

“There’s more to love than my arms can hold.”

good save

Next page.

Nice save Earl ♥

In MY case, it’s time for a new glasses prescription - they keep fogging over and blocking my vision.

In addition to all your reasons. If Opal believes she’s fat, she may go on a diet. If Opal is on a diet, Earl will be put on a diet and the cookie jar will stay empty.

He could have just said, “She’s more delicate now”. Which is true, old bones break much easier and the aches and pains from even a minor fall are much worse.

Earl should have stopped with not being so strong.

Earl has apparently not developed the level of wisdom one would traditionally expect of someone of his advanced age — not to mention his many years of marriage. It should have been instinctive for him to quit after the word “now.”