Pickles by Brian Crane for April 16, 2023

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    allen@home  over 1 year ago

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

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 1 year ago

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

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member over 1 year ago

    He’s right, I had to google it

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    Ratkin Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Very well, Dairy Belle

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    ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ  over 1 year ago

    “as you wish, you uptight b✽✽✽✽!”

    ㋛ I liked the punkin one

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    hariseldon59  over 1 year ago

    Good night Mrs Calabash, wherever you are.

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    Fritzsch  over 1 year ago

    See ya later, alligator.

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    Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Same to you, kangaroo!

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    kaylin  over 1 year ago

    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

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    Frankie5466  over 1 year ago

    Opal, are you ever in a good mood?!

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    PraiseofFolly  over 1 year ago

    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.

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    iggyman  over 1 year ago

    What’s new Pussycat? That would throw her!

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    Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 1 year ago

    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!”

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    DawnQuinn1  over 1 year ago

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

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    leeneuman1  over 1 year ago

    Nada, nada limonada!

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    sandpiper  over 1 year ago

    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.

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    brick10  over 1 year ago

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

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    dlkrueger33  over 1 year ago

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

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    Snolep  over 1 year ago

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

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    phredturner  over 1 year ago

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

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    Unlicensed Bozo  over 1 year ago

    ¿Qué pasa con la calabaza?

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    jslabotnik  over 1 year ago

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

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    JudithStocker Premium Member over 1 year ago

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

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    flemmingo  over 1 year ago

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

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    Ichabod Ferguson  over 1 year ago

    Earl looks like he’s speaking from a cloud.

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    Zebrastripes  over 1 year ago

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

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

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  over 1 year ago

    Retired people have too much time on their hands.

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    Norris66  over 1 year ago

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

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 1 year ago

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

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    NoNameOntheBullet Premium Member over 1 year ago

    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

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    mrsdonaldson  over 1 year ago

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

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    crabbymisty  over 1 year ago

    Nada nada limonada!

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    ksu71  over 1 year ago

    And goodnight Mrs. Calabash wherever you are.

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    Jogger2  over 1 year ago

    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”.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 1 year ago

    He’s got a million of ‘em!

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    ANIMAL  over 1 year ago

    Ya SEE what you started.???

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    StevePappas  over 1 year ago

    Funny.

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    thevideostoreguy  over 1 year ago

    Be careful what you ask for, calabaza.

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    ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ  over 1 year ago

    he coulda called her caca cabeza

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    mistercatworks  over 1 year ago

    “Que lastima, lechugita.”

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    The-Great-Gildersleeve  over 1 year ago

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

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    wellis1947 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    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.

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 1 year ago

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

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    ArcticFox Premium Member over 1 year ago

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

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    eced52  over 1 year ago

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

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    Jaime Jean M  over 1 year ago

    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.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member over 1 year ago

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

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    Zebrastripes  over 1 year ago

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

    My cats name is Tigger but I call him Gootza ..
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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 1 year ago

    Better and better!!

    WHATAGUY!!

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    kab2rb  over 1 year ago

    Same here tired of the same old words.

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    harf59  over 1 year ago

    Lookin’ fine, turpentine!

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    Ray Helvy Premium Member over 1 year ago

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

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