Pickles by Brian Crane for August 30, 2023

Earl look at it this way. If you do buy a replacement and the other turns up. Now you have a extra of whatever was lost.

Look in the microwave. That’s where I keep finding the milk.

You could buy 6 socks the same color, so you won’t notice if one is missing.

4 always works!

5…do without it.

1 usually is “Blame your spouse for misplacing it”

Can’t you just skip step 1, since that is what you did to realize it was lost.

Yes . . wise thinking Opal has been around the block a few times to gather all of that advice.

She’s absolutely correct.

My brother lost his personality, but I don’t think he can afford to buy another one.

Sounds like a plan.

Lost hearing aids should beep when misplaced……..no, wait….never mind.

I usually end up doing number four.

Five…Remember to stop looking when you find it.

Its always in the Last place you Look !

George Carlin, As my mom said, Well it didn’t grow legs and walk off on it’s own. Where did you last have it? If I knew that it wouldn’t be lost.

My ex-wife lost her sense of humor. Still haven’t found it.

That is exactly what happened with my wedding ring lol!

The husband surprised me by having an exact replica made. Two weeks later we found the original.

In the pocket of my jeans. I had taken it of to wash the dishes and forgot to put it away. It finally came out and was found in the dryer.

Oh, :-D !, see: Reality Check by Dave Whamond for August 30, 2023

Does that work with phones? I misplace mine 20 times a day!

What I always heard “There it is, if it had teeth it would bite you”!

Opal is so right!

Always check the black hole inside the dryer.

See today’s Reality Check: >

That’s how women get so many shoes.

And Step Five – When you lose the replacement item, repeat Step Four. Just like using shampoo: rinse and repeat.

And you think Earl will remember this, Opal?

I often just skip to the end. It’s faster and save more time.

I can’t say how many times I have bought a new tool to replace one that I lost, only to find it again almost immediately after I bought the new one. I have two of almost everything in my garage.

Yep, step four usually works for me

Bought a new one and still haven’t seen the lost one.

Unfortunately, none of those methods work when the item got lost during a home move.

Roscoe ate it.

I once looked all over for my glasses…then discovered I was wearing them!

The buy/new find/old thing never fails. But it can be both expensive and tiresome.

I have learned to just walk through our rooms and to look at every flat surface, as that’s where I put stuff ‘temporarily’ while doing something else. That doesn’t work, I begin to look under stuff or in dressers and cabinets. Next I try to just forget about it for a day or two, and, occasionally memory provides a clue.

I have multiple sets of readers scattered round the house……

SO true..!!!!

So what did Earl lose? Opal’s TLC. Now where could he buy a new one of that????

So keep the sales receipt for easier returns.

Sounds about right.

Save time, go straight to option 4.

When I lose something, I usually find it in the last place I look.

Ain’t that the truth!

Yup, been there, done that. And now the two gets lost together.

When you buy the replacement and you go to put it away, you can’t because the missing item is already there.

Been there, done that.

We need a hearing aid locator app on our smartphones

The usual pattern is when I look for something today, I’ll find what I was looking for yesterday. Then tomorrow when I’m looking for something else, I’ll find what I was looking for today.

I always do a quick look using some of what Opal says. If not found, I pray to St. Anthony and within 5 minutes I find it. Every single time. I’m 72, still works.

More than once I have bought a tool to replace a missing tool. Then I decided to store it where I would remember to find it. And of course the original tool was in the way.

Back when I had a home office, I could never find my staple remover. In a snit, I ordered a dozen from the office supply house. Scattered them over the desk and in all the drawers. Problem solved……briefly. Those things are like socks – just disappear at random. I finally retired and still have two or three.

I usually do #1, then sometimes #3 if it’s recent enough that I can remember where I’ve used what I’m looking for …… but usually go right to #4 ….. saves a lot of time and aggravation …… ;)

so true lost a old cook book order another one 6 months later when we move a book stand and found it….

Having followed “Pickles” for years, I feel this LDS cartoonist has achieved a new level of plausibility to the point that I seriously suspect that he is using my wife and me as templates for Earl and Opal….especially relevant ref. lost articles.

Number 4 works best and saves the depleting energy of my precious bodily fluids.

Replace Taggart with Earl:

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Earl is “processing” her methods. In one ear and out the other.

“The battery went out in my hearing aid and I didn’t want you to get angry because I couldn’t hear you.”

Aha, There you have Earl….lessons to be learned!

It ALWAYS works that way for me. That’s why I don’t open the box and keep the receipt.

Boy is THAT true! I’ve gotten more cars that way!

After searching all over to find a tank top like the one I thought someone took from my washing machine at the local laundry mat, on the last day of the last week of the warm summer weather, I found it between 2 large pieces of fabric. sigh ◑﹏◐

I always jump to step 4. It works every time while the first 3 rarely ever do.

I always look in the last place I’d expect to find it, since I always find stuff the last place I look

So I’m not the only one.

Earl looks as clueless as can be.