Pickles by Brian Crane for January 05, 2023

Sometimes he needs to feel the breeze.

darn it, Clyde!

Three out of four ain’t bad.

“I like a nice healthy breeze ’round my privates.”

Didn’t see that one coming.

These days who would notice ?

ROTFL!

Pepperidge Farms remembers… and remembered to put on pants too….

㋡ Willie and the boys needed a little fresh air

“I can only handle SO much!!”

I thought I felt a chill!

He’s got his pants, what he needs is trousers.

Gotta be cool about it. If he jogged home, who would notice they’re not running shorts?

Usually it’s Earl that gets exposed.

I guess Clyde has ‘shorts’ time memory loss!

Took the long way around to tell him, Earl!

Those were the days.

My mom had dementia. I drove 60 miles to come get her and she was standing outside only wearing a shirt! I asked her what happened to her pants and she looked down and said, “I THINK I had them on when I went to the store!” (It took us a year to take her to court to get a court ordered evaluation, they ordered her in 24/7 lockdown, stage 3, soon to be 4.) She wouldn’t cooperate or go to the doctor! Bless her heart, finally got her in a dementia care center, she got good care there with our advocacy.

I remember all those things, but especially the last one.

Bermuda shorts are back in style…?!

thankfully, he didn’t go commando

Hey! I can only remember so much! Somethings gotta give!

Today, I can answer ‘Yes’ to all four. Tomorrow, who knows?

As a kid, it did seem to take forever for the radio to warm up before before you could listen to the day’s installment of The Lone Ranger. Along with the large backlit dial, the soft warm glow on the wall behind the radio made it more dramatic in dimly lit room. You even stopped reading the daily newspaper on the floor to free your imagination.

Earl could have just started with the important detail.

At least he is wearing long legged boxers, and not tighty whiteys.

Well, i’ve gotten to the stairs but never out the door…

Ageism. An insult to older people.

Thank GOD he’s wearing boxers

It was nice out…

So he thought he’d leave it out.

As in panel 3, the gas station attendant would do all those things and check the water level in the radiator, then add some, if needed.

my leg hairs needed to wave around a little Earl. Now I’ll just trot on home and pretend like this didn’t happen.

Gasp‼️

He’s just forgetful. If he were deeply into dementia, he would not understand the problem even when pointed out to him. Clyde is usually the sharper one, and Earl isn’t. We have role reversal this week.

I loved the good ol’ days. I can remember these as well. Thanks!!

It’s a storage issue. I’m sure that what I ate for breakfast two hours ago is stored somewhere in my brain, but it is probably in the folder stuffed behind the one that contains all of the words to “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”, so it isn’t worth the effort required to find that information.

Remember when, if you wanted to find out something, you had to get a book or even go to the library, instead of just doing a web search?

He’s just tanning his t.e.s.t.i.c.l.e.s. (Gocomics won’t let me say that word).

Aw. Aging memories are rough.

I would guess he took his dumb pills.

3/4 belly laugh…

Led me down the garden path…

remember when your groceries were delivered in cardboard boxes by a kid with a Model A pickup.

Don’t despair, Clyde. I’m sure there’s a role for you over at Ziggy!

Good old Clyde… just living the dream.

Yup…uh nope.

Trading stamps?

Dear people – We are NOT seeing his groin

And when a penny would actually buy something.