Pickles by Brian Crane for November 01, 2024

You got off lightly, if they didn’t egg your house Opal

Maybe Earl remembered to buy candy, but he ate it.

I’m surprised they didn’t smash them all over the sidewalk.

Our neighbor throws the imperfects over the garden fence into the “deer accessible” part of his yard. The deer take several bites from each, leaving the rest to rot and maybe create volunteer plants.

Don’t stand too close to the window, they might throw one at you and one of those big suckers would break it.

What’s wrong with zucchinis?

It’s a start

Why is it that, for 364 days a year, parents tell their children “Never accept candy from strangers”, but then one day a year, they tell them “Go and demand candy from strangers”?

People who grow zucchini deserver to have this problem.

Not surprising, Earl!

We always handed out full size chocolate bars and there was one large group of teens, that we had watched grow up over about 10 or 11 years.

I always told them to come back at the end of the night, then we gave them all of our leftover chocolate.

Unlike some of our neighbors, we were never been egged or teepeed once :-))

Fertilizer!

here’s a thought, cut your garden in half

We forgot until the last minute, so I had to make a run to Walmart. The place was a madhouse. Apparently a lot of other people put it off until too late too.

Opal’s knees are evidently so gross that they got blacked out in Panel #1.

I told my dog this morning, “We survived Halloween!” But actually, we haven’t had any trick or treators here for decades!

Reminds me of one house that was giving out ‘hard candies’ wrapped in gold foil. This was obviously too tantalizing. Popped one in my mouth and immediately spit it out in yard still walking away from house. It was coffee flavored. Next day went by house and noticed several other kids had same reaction.

Whenever I go past this house, I have flashback to that evening 55 years ago.

Lucky for you they didn’t smash them all over your house!

Well at least they didn’t egg or TP the house.

You reap what you sew. Are they sprouting?

What did she think was going to happen? How would she feel if Nelson got home with a bag of vegetables?

The gift that KEEPS ON GIVING

So are zucchinis a trick or a treat?

My wife didn’t like zucchini or broccoli I used in cooking but she’s coming around after 46 years. Who says people can’t change? You just have to be patient!

Either that, or it’s a late crop.

….or TP hanging from the tree…..

Well until next year’s zucchini bummer crop

Leave ‘em there and you’ll have EVEN more! Can just tell the kids “Pick your own treat!”

Nobody wanted zucchini.

QUICK! Get them off the ground before they become more zucchinis!

That happened to me the year I gave out pencils.

Opal preserved them in the freezer. Let’s hope Earl has a mulcher on his tractor.

Almost time to make her famous SPAM-Yogurt-Zucchini Thanksgiving dinner.

FUNNY!

Shoulda KNOWN that was comin’ Earl….

Definitely a trick!

Surprised did not soap your windows. I remember my mom handed out pop corn, trying to be cheap, kids not happy, soaped window.

The raccoons and opossums will clean those up in a matter of days.

Strewn there along with Martin Wright’s “Halloween Treats!”

be happy they didn’t toss ’em through your windows!

Or throw them through the glass windows.

Better than eggs on the house or toilet paper in the trees.

They didn’t egg the house, they squashed it!

Get out the lawnmower, and see how they mulch.

Better your lawn than the front of your house.

Just how much zucchini did Opal plant? One plant per person in the household should supply plenty. (I admit I have a two-person household but plant six zucchini a year. I have two sisters and a niece that take whatever I offer to make all kinds of freezer-friendly goodies. If I still have any it either goes to a local food pantry or into the compost bin depending on amount.)