Pickles by Brian Crane for April 16, 2023

Earl you have my vote on the last one. I liked it much better.

I think Opal isn’t even in the mood at all for rhyming vegetal catchphrases.

He’s right, I had to google it

Very well, Dairy Belle

“as you wish, you uptight b✽✽✽✽!”

㋛ I liked the punkin one

Good night Mrs Calabash, wherever you are.

See ya later, alligator.

Same to you, kangaroo!

I just remembered that I said “okey dokey” to someone yesterday and when I left, I gave myself a question as to why I said that? Cause I usually don’t talk like that…uhmm

Opal, are you ever in a good mood?!

My grandfather, foreign-born and not entirely comfortable with spoken English, took a liking to certain quirky phrases. “Okey-dokey” was one of them. I miss him.

What’s new Pussycat? That would throw her!

At the end of the day, a guy I worked with liked to say that it was time to make like a hockey player and get the puck out of here.

And of course there was the command for work to “Make like a bunny and hop to it!”

Who peed in Opal’s corn flakes? See seems to always be in a bad mood.

Nada, nada limonada!

Earl has a point. Sometimes we elders hear ourselves repeat phrases we have used so much that they have passed from cliché to stone boring or irritating. Then we try to find replacement with a different rhythm and ‘feel.’ Hard habit to break, but it can be done.

Yes, Ma’am. No, Ma’am. Ma’am, may I please ……

We used to say, “Okey-Dokey, Smoky”. (I guess referencing Smoky the Bear?)

Hey, Good Lookin’, watcha got cookin? How about cookin’ something up with me?

Earl just watched that “two-and-a-half-men” episode

¿Qué pasa con la calabaza?

Coincidentally, Opal uses her own catchphrase in the next to last panel

Why can’t Opal just go along with Earl and have some fun with him?

The longer I don’t see you, the better you look!

Earl looks like he’s speaking from a cloud.

Ha! I see Opal still uses Doilies…love it!

Hope Earl doesn’t influence Nelson with this nonsense….HA!

Gangster named Arthur bumped off 3 people. News headline "Artichokes 3 for $1.00

Thank you, Earl, for reminding us why sitcoms moved away from catchphrases.

I understand that this phrase “Okey dokey, artichokey!” was one of Hillary Clinton’s catch phrases when addressing her staff. Another reason to be thankful she was not elected president. IMHO

I thought he was a thought bubble at first because of the white doily.

Nada nada limonada!

And goodnight Mrs. Calabash wherever you are.

I asked someone whose native language is Spanish. She said “calabaza” means “squash”. If you wanted to be refer specifically to “pumpkin”, it would be “calabaza de pumpkin”.

He’s got a million of ‘em!

Ya SEE what you started.???

Funny.

Be careful what you ask for, calabaza.

he coulda called her caca cabeza

“Que lastima, lechugita.”

They might choke “Artie” but they won’t choke Stymie ( or Opal for that matter)

A note about the cartoon. Earl is resting his arms on an “antimacassar”, which was popular back in the days of men using hair oil on their hair – they protected couches and chair from being soiled. I doubt Earl uses any form of “brilliantine” on what’s left of his hair. So is it mainly an affectation of Opal or is Mr. Crane using it to connote “old age” just like he does when he shows Earl behind the wheel of his Studebaker.

There is an Aussie baker on YouTube who uses Okie – Dokie Artichokie. Great vids.

Earl gives up on his ‘catch phrases’ after waking up in the hospital and wondering how he got there.

I always say Okie Dokie, Pokie Okie. Coming from Oklahoma and all.

The phrase is actually “Qué te pasa, calabaza?”, and it isn’t used as a greeting but to ask if something’s wrong. Hadn’t heard it since I was in grammar school – over 50 years ago.

Nice one, Earl. She should be grateful he didn’t say some unpleasant phrases in German that would be banned on this site!

In Italian, some regions call a zuchinni a " Googootz"!

Better and better!!

WHATAGUY!!

Same here tired of the same old words.

Lookin’ fine, turpentine!

An excellent example of the difference between "bad and “worse”.