Spiders. Meh. In my family, it’s mainly the men who are afraid of them! The women just scoop the critters up in a jar & carry them outside where they belong.
I played for an outdoor wedding a few years ago. After the wedding, as the guests were eating, the woman behind me let out a huge SCREAM and tossed her plate of food up in the air. She’d seen a daddy-long-legs . . . .
Something similar happened to me. About 6AM, I heard this blood curdling scream from the bathroom “There’s a HUGE spider in here”. Got up 1/2 asleep and killed it with a toilet brush. It wasn’t a spider, but a big cricket. Turns out, it was Jiminy Cricket. Now I can’t do anything Disney anymore.
That shrieking trait of SOME women is a learned one from their shrieking mothers. My wife is not afraid of spiders or other insects or snakes. She respects them and takes them outside. With the snakes she has me identify them first, as in Florida we do have some poisonous ones. We allow all the Wolf spiders to remain in the houses, as they do a great job of taking care of other insects.
that’s why I always close the bathroom door when shaving. years ago while shaving a cat was in the bathroom and jumped up on the sink, bleeding followed (mine) and everyone and everything is now locked out when shaving
I bobbled my trimmer and cut a nice parallel across mustache and figured I’d shave it off and start again. Freaked my wife out and she wouldn’t kiss me until it grew back in.
I absolutely do not understand the concept of finding a little spider, screeching for attention, and expecting someone to respond to the hysterics and come to save you. My state really doesn’t have many venomous spiders. I know them if I see them. If one did show up, I would deal with it. Generally, I just ignore spiders. They eat other insects.
My son came home from school one day and said, “Dad, I learned in school today that a person is never more that 8 foot from a spider.” That’s one bit of info I wished he’d kept to himself.
C 5 months ago
Close shave
sirbadger 5 months ago
If you are lucky, it is a spider that can’t crawl out of the bathtub, because those are easy to kill or capture.
Ivy Valory Premium Member 5 months ago
Oh, Earl!
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 5 months ago
Earl’s expression in panel four is hilarious! I can’t stop laughing!
oldthang 5 months ago
Sorta looks like Burt Reynolds, only different.
Justanolddude Premium Member 5 months ago
I bet the spider screamed too if he saw her naked.
ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ 5 months ago
now there’s a caterpillar in the sink
jessebob42 5 months ago
40ish years ago I shaved off 1/2 my mustache. I had to tell the wife before she noticed. Still married after 42 years.
Doug K 5 months ago
Earl might just as well get rid of the other spider or rest of that spider under his nose.
PraiseofFolly 5 months ago
How rude. Opal, wait until the spider finishes ITS shower. It was there first!
iggyman 5 months ago
OOPS!
tremaine53 5 months ago
Who thinks Opal would look good with a ‘mohawk’? Seems like fair recompense.
phritzg Premium Member 5 months ago
Scream like that when Earl is dragging a razor across his face, and you might also see blood in the sink.
phritzg Premium Member 5 months ago
If what she saw was gray, it was probably some of Earl’s hair. And if it was some other color, it was probably just one of Muffin’s hairballs.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member 5 months ago
I saw a wolf spider in the bathtub the other day. Those things are huge!
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 5 months ago
Did that once many years ago with an electric shaver. Shaved it all off and it grew back.
sandpiper 5 months ago
Now he has a choice, Either shave the rest or go ‘half-stashed’ until it evens out again.
Geophyzz 5 months ago
Can’t wait to see tomorrow’s episode.
monya_43 5 months ago
Well, Earl, now you’ve done it. YIKES! Now Opal is going to put up a fuss. Bet she won’t make him go to the fabric store for a while. Hahaha!
ANIMAL 5 months ago
And, I bet tomorrow it’ll be back to normal…… Ahhhhhhh the magic of cartoons.
ladykat 5 months ago
Will Earl’s moustache grow back by tomorrow?
anomalous4 5 months ago
Spiders. Meh. In my family, it’s mainly the men who are afraid of them! The women just scoop the critters up in a jar & carry them outside where they belong.
w16521 5 months ago
He might as well just shave off the rest of it.
MIHorn Premium Member 5 months ago
I played for an outdoor wedding a few years ago. After the wedding, as the guests were eating, the woman behind me let out a huge SCREAM and tossed her plate of food up in the air. She’d seen a daddy-long-legs . . . .
Strawberry King 5 months ago
Opal: Hey! What happened to your mustache?
KEA 5 months ago
at least he’s not bleeding
PoodleGroomer 5 months ago
I opened the shower curtain and found a giant spider in the tub. She pulled the curtain back shut.
jlundy 5 months ago
It took me a second to see that Earl had shaved off the left side of his moustache.
sdjamieson Premium Member 5 months ago
Looks like someone’s going to need a little moustache toupée for a couple of weeks.
win.45mag 5 months ago
Well, at least he doesn’t have a cheek flap hanging
zarilla 5 months ago
If she’d taken the bathrobe off, we would have heard the spider scream. Can they?
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 5 months ago
Half mustaches, a new trend begins!!
Mike Baldwin creator 5 months ago
Ha! It suits you, Earl!
Steverino Premium Member 5 months ago
Something similar happened to me. About 6AM, I heard this blood curdling scream from the bathroom “There’s a HUGE spider in here”. Got up 1/2 asleep and killed it with a toilet brush. It wasn’t a spider, but a big cricket. Turns out, it was Jiminy Cricket. Now I can’t do anything Disney anymore.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member 5 months ago
That shrieking trait of SOME women is a learned one from their shrieking mothers. My wife is not afraid of spiders or other insects or snakes. She respects them and takes them outside. With the snakes she has me identify them first, as in Florida we do have some poisonous ones. We allow all the Wolf spiders to remain in the houses, as they do a great job of taking care of other insects.
jaypem 5 months ago
Glad that only Earl was shown.
zeexenon 5 months ago
Well, will it grow back tomorrow? News at 10.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 5 months ago
Oh no! LOL, His face! LOL!!
FrostbiteFalls 5 months ago
One the size of a Buick? (like in “Annie Hall”)
markkahler52 5 months ago
HA! Earl SHOULD go without his mustache for awhile to see everyone’s reaction! Cool arc!
dbrucepm 5 months ago
that’s why I always close the bathroom door when shaving. years ago while shaving a cat was in the bathroom and jumped up on the sink, bleeding followed (mine) and everyone and everything is now locked out when shaving
Bill The Nuke 5 months ago
I bobbled my trimmer and cut a nice parallel across mustache and figured I’d shave it off and start again. Freaked my wife out and she wouldn’t kiss me until it grew back in.
Moonkey Premium Member 5 months ago
I absolutely do not understand the concept of finding a little spider, screeching for attention, and expecting someone to respond to the hysterics and come to save you. My state really doesn’t have many venomous spiders. I know them if I see them. If one did show up, I would deal with it. Generally, I just ignore spiders. They eat other insects.
Printer 5 months ago
My son came home from school one day and said, “Dad, I learned in school today that a person is never more that 8 foot from a spider.” That’s one bit of info I wished he’d kept to himself.
Ukko wilko 5 months ago
What’s more useless than half a mustache?
comicalUser 5 months ago
That is some razor!
Jack Bell Premium Member 5 months ago
I appreciate having separate bathrooms.