Pickles by Brian Crane for September 21, 2023

Tru, dat.

Being sneaky is part of the fun!

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Just forbid him to take any candy from the bowl without permission. Job done.

That’s unfortunately true.

What’s in your pocket Earl?

MmmmmCandy

Earl’s just a big kid.

So do stolen kisses, but leave that be.

You’d think he would have learned after sneaking that whole unlabeled Ex Lax bar …

So much for Earl’s “fun”…

A man after my own heart.

Depends of where stolen. Out of the kitchen candy jar or Opal’s purse, that’s fun.

True. But the bushel-sized candy dispenser kind of takes the charm out of it. (After the initial feeding frenzy and sugar crash nap.)

Mark Twain ripoff.

He’s going through her purse……. She’s sitting in his chair……. THIS IS CRAZY

Stay out of your wife’s purse. If I need something that is in my wife’s purse I bring it to her to take it out.

Lint. Earl has LINT in his pocket.

Would it help if she told you she didn’t put it there for you?

And doesn’t have any calories.

You bet, Earl.

You’re a grown man Earl in your own house. You should not have to get permission nor steal candy in your own home.

A FIRST! I’m actually on Earl’s side of this!

Like watermelons and sweet corn.

absolutely

Earl is clearly in close touch with his inner child.

I bet she washed and dried it before putting it in the bowl. It’s the right thing to do.

He’s got a point!

When I was in the Navy, my wife by necessity needed to manage our finance because I could be a way for a long, long time. When I was home, I would go into her wallet and take out some cash that I needed. She was my ATM at that time.

I knew two brothers that were farmers. Every year they would plant a hidden watermelon patch in one of their fields. They would always search for the other brother’s watermelon patch and steal some of his melons. They never ate their own because they said the stolen ones were sweeter. My dad knowing that they did this would always search and steal melons from both of their patches knowing they would blame each other.