Pickles by Brian Crane for March 13, 2023

Missing out on a third helping of Prime Rib. Bummer Earl.

She isn’t a very good listener

How greedy of you, Earl, not letting the other restaurant patrons have prime rib.

Wow, that’s kinda life altering…

I regret making a mistake with peas at the salad bar and making a mess. It was like herding cats.

If that’s the WORST, then he’s a lucky booger!

I can understand Earl’s feeling of regret. Back in the late 1960s, during an annual vacation in Provincetown, there was a fringed poncho that I almost bought. But I was a teenager with very little money back then, and I had sold my guitar to get extra money for the trip, so I told myself I shouldn’t splurge. It’s been over half a century, and I still think of that poncho from time to time.

Leaving Early to be the first to originate the phrase which found its way into Arby’s advertising:

“Where’s the beef?!”

You do ask him these things, Opal, I guess hoping for a different response.

Yep, I also have a couple of such regrettable moments…

It’s silly and sad, but it’s almost sixty years ago and I still frequently wish I had spoken to that pretty girl who smiled at me.

Snooze you lose, Earl!

Opal regrets starting the conversation.

So the prime rib is his prime crib?

Regrets, I’ve had a few…but then…

I would regret that too. That’s why why there is meat involved, I ask for two portions.

at times like that, the only reasonable thing to do is take solice in an extra-thick wedge of chocolate cake

You snooze, you lose; Earl!

Mine was trying to balance four full plates of buffet food from the line to the table in Resorts Atlantic City.

Epic failure.

“You only remember the losses.” – John Madden. “You only remember the regrets.” – Breeze Labonte.

He probably has other regrets, but doesn’t want to talk about them. It’s all too depressing.

Mine was a deep-fried pork chop on a stick. I thought we’d be back that way but…sorry, it’s just too painful to go on.

If that’s Earl’s biggest regret he’s had a pretty good life!

Prime rib at an all-you-can-eat buffet????

WOW!

Earl really had to bite his tongue on this one!

I can listen and do other stuff at the same time.

Change to item and that could be my first girlfriend experience.

never was

A good definition of life well lived; Regretting the chances you took rather than the chances you didn’t take. 8>)

A man remembers important stuff like that, birthdays and anniversaries not so much

She has heard all that before……..

I never thought a comic strip could move me to tears… :’-(

Regrets? I’ve had a few. However, all of the good things in my life outweigh them.

Poor Earl. They brought out more. It was delicious.

It isn’t what Opal expected, but HEY! He’s communicating…..

I had my life threatened every time I went to one of those. Just ask all my doctors.

When stuff like that weighs on your mind it reminds you of what a blessed life you’ve lived. I’ve had some luscious desserts weighing on me.

That must be like someone I know.

It’s clear that Opal is thinking that maybe choosing Earl was her biggest regret.

He has all the depth of dew on a rose petal

It was a rib of fleeting existence.

NNNOOOOOOoooooo…..

What Earl really wanted to say was his biggest regret is marrying Opal.

If I remember correctly, when I worked at a Holiday Inn, that had a prime rib buffet, they could go back as many times as they wished, for salad sides, and dessert, but there was a 2 X limit on the prime rib.

Dagwood would never have made that mistake

Don’t worry Earl……. I FEEL YOUR PAIN

That’s the kind of mistake that leaves deep emotional scars!

“….other than that, I’m okay with my past.”

My great uncle was in the infantry during WWII. One of the things he learned on his walk through Europe was to never turn down a chance to eat, sleep, sh!t, shower or shave because you can never tell when you’ll get another chance. I would have doubled up on the prime rib and foregone the mashed potatoes.

It’s the little things that get to you.