Pickles by Brian Crane for August 14, 2023

Not helping Earl.

Duct tape would help

But wasn’t it in the old days that he couldn’t wait for her sweet singing voice…

You could have sung something, anything else but that and much softer. Now it is in my head and it is far past my bedime. So much for a good night’s sleep.

If those were people my age, almost 70, she’d be singing the Beatles or Beach Boys. Not Glenn Miller.

Yeah, she tried that but it gums up the knitting needles.

So it’s okay for Earl to wear clothes that fall off of him, but it’s not okay for Opal to sing?

The good thing about this being a comic strip is that we don’t have to hear her sing.

I know where she wants to put a whole roll!

Earl, have you tried duct tape?

Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that ate your new shoes.

At least Opal was happy, Earl. Or rather she was…

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1V9iQIQhxWk

Opal, sing it solo! (So low we can’t hear it)!

Duct tape fixes everything

I did that, too, as s kid. I finally got two degrees in music, a B.A. and an M.B.A. ;)

The actual lines are “Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga choo choo” “Track 29!” “Boy, you can give me a shine.” not boys

I think we all know where this is going.

that tape will help with her snarky remarks too.

Gorilla tape is stronger…

WHITE FREIGHT LINER WON’T YOU STEAL AWAY MY MIND?

Earl is in a heap of trouble!!!!

Earl, compared to some of the other things that she does to you, singing isn’t so bad!

I get entertained by Christmas songs year-round.

Reminds me of a joke I used to know but can only remember the gist and punch line. Something about Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans and he was out hunting. Caught some big mountain lion, ruined his boots. The punch line was Dale (in song) greeting him upon his return: “Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?”

Nothing wrong with randomly bursting into song. I’ve been doing it all my life.

I’ve got “Honey, Honey” stuck in my head. . .my sister pleads with me daily to get a different Abba song. . .so, I tried “Detour” (‘member Patti Page???) she didn’t like that one, either. . .sigh. . .tuff audience. . .

they have been married this long and he’s just now getting around to being annoyed about this? come on earl. Admit you’re just bored and quit blaming opal.

she would, but I don’t think you’d like what she used it on. ;)

Wait until she gets to the Ham and Eggs in Carolina and he’ll be interested.

It doesn’t hurt anyone by her singing! If she’s happy maybe it’ll be contagious?

Thing is – it’s a really good song!! Try it!

Oh NO..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – - – - – (to be continued)

I think the duct tape is going to end up on Earl’s mouth

Sorry, Earl, but the very act of singing is reason enough. I do it more days than not.

Chattanooga Choo Choo is a perfectly cromulent song – Lisa Simpson.

Likely when she was 14 she had Monkeys and Bobby Sherman posters in her room.

My mom used to burst out singing old songs. She had a song for about every occasion. My daughter is impressed that I know Grandma’s songs. They were hits when I was growing up.

Does she sing well? If so, just enjoy it.

I’ll duct tape you!

Just remember Earl, Duct Tape can’t fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.

Awww! Music is good!

Funny

Apparently she’s singing “boys” rather than “boy” to be PC? But changing the meaning from “shoe shine boy” (which is the TITLE of the song!) to guys in general doesn’t really work very well IMO. And what does she do with the line “boy, you can give me a shine.” ? Thoughts?

Have you tried love your neighbor as yourself?

The lyrics don’t go: “Pardon me boys”, they go: “Pardon me boy”.

Awwwww! I’m just like sweet Opal! . . . guess I’ll have to find a DIFFERENT granny for my “Granny Stew.”:(

Bonus points today if you’re a 90s kid and know the reference.

reminds me of the arrival of the train in Transylvania with dr. fronkensteen asking the kid “pardon me boy- is this the transylvania station?” "yah yah- trak twenty nine!

Tomorrow’s strip should be interesting. Good luck Earl!

another thing I like about living alone; I can burst into song (ill-sung) at any time, at any volume, and never get criticized.

Earl ………….. does Roscoe have a dog house and is there “ROOM” for you ….. :)

Good old duct tape……..

Earl may end up with the duct tape over his mouth. . . .

(to be continued- tomorrow’s strip): Earl’s funeral

He puts TO BE CONTINUED as if we wouldn’t come back if he didn’t.

For once, poor Earl is asserting himself—at his own peril I might add.

That song sold over 1 million copies and saved the publisher/record maker from bankruptcy. They were so thankful to Glenn Miller that they gave him a gold record. The recording industry’s first gold record was a corporate award. And well deserved.

Thanks for the ear-worm Brian!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-UCbbWpFs&ab_channel=lawrencethelizard

Believe duct tape can fix anything for some amount of time. Except for stupid ideas perhaps? Can muffle the sound though.

Duck tape works just as well and is a lot cheaper. Suggest she hum, It’s a small world after all, it’s a small-small world….

Be careful Earl or she just might try it….on you.

Don’t give her ideas

Earl use it on your mouth— you spend as much time on the porch.

I think Opal needs her daughter to help update her look. My mom had that hairdo way back 30 years ago. Opal is a with -it lady and needs to go to the beauty salon.

My hubby does this all the time. I call it making happy noises. I would miss those sounds if he stopped.

MAMAS, DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS!!!!

Hehehe, my Mom used to sing a little bit of a song for almost every conversation

Why does he hate her?

Crane is continuing it tomorrow in which Opal duct tapes Earl’s mouth!

Uh-oh! Earl, you’re going to pay for that remark …

Ah! An ear-worm. That reminds me of a song that has been playing in my head over and over again.

Pardon me boy, are you a California coo-coo?

“Continued…” Now, that was unusual. Comic strips just continue the stoyline without warning.