Pickles by Brian Crane for June 24, 2024

Add 15 years to her number for better accuracy

HA!

she started before there were numbers

No, I started at I and II, because zero hadn’t been invented yet.

Actually she started at negative nine months.

Good way to introduce the abacus

Bet she counted by twos!

Hopefully, Opal started at zero, like the rest of us.

My grandmother always told me she was 29&1/2 on a good day and 29&3/4 on a bad day!

A mathematically insightful question. Good critical thinking on display!

“No, I waited a year to go to one year old.”

Before that even! Just like you did!

She’s been the same age for about 20 years now…..

Our youngest asked me how old I was – for the umpteenth time – so I told her I was born in 1942. “How old does that make me?”

“Nineteen forty TWO?”

Well, I’m old, but not as bad as all that.

And then she leaned over and whispered to her sister, “What year did Columbus discover America?”

Intro to complex numbers.

My grandma was asked this question by me and I got the answer that she was 101! Being only 10 at the time, I actually believed her!

When I was working, young kids would ask my age. After I told them they would say wow you’re old. My answer would be, if you’re lucky you might live this long.

I was born the year they invented rope.

“Old enough to know better and too young to care.”

It’s not nice to ask a lady her age,Nelson…..

I am still Ageless and Eternal at 52!!

Yep.

Nature’s laws dictate that anything that’s born will die. It would have been more useful if Opal had told Nelson that aging is a blessing and that her wish was that he would grow to be as old as she is.

My cousins never knew my aunt’s age. When my grandmother let it slip ,my aunt had a fit! (This was YEARS ago .)

No more cookies for you!

LXXXI just the same as my twin sister Zee.

She fed the animals on the ark

When I was a kid anyone in their 60s was Old and 70s were Ancient

Actually I started at zero.

Ha! At a certain age perhaps we should just count every decade. That would make Opal 7 and 1/2 ish.

Yep. In the year 1.

wow!… so she’s 2,024?!?

When God said “Let there be light”, Opal threw the switch.

⯭ cut her down and count the rings!

My mom would not ever tell me her age. I am the curious type. When was about 7, I asked her how long she had been married. I asked her how old she was when she got married. I added them and told her how old she was. She was furious – with herself, I guess. I did nothing wrong.

I will be 52 in 1 1/2 months, the same age my sister was when she passed away in November 2023, Mom will be 74 a week before me and Dad will be 73 in 2 weeks. We are all feeling our age, actually I feel their age more than my age.