Pickles by Brian Crane for November 30, 2024

From what I remember of garbage disposals, the only fixes are take a allen wrench to free it or replace it. Unless the joints need tightening

But you wanted to be useless, Earl…

Tell him about it, Roscoe!

Earl is an image of me. I love him and the dog.I am from Sri Lanka, regardless, old people are same in the universe.

Garbage disposal? Here in the rural Midwest just throw it in the slop bucket and feed it to the hogs. Bacon anyone??

When a man says he’s going to do something, he’ll do it. You don’t need to remind him every six months!

I never had one, so I cannot comment!

Roscoe is very useful, he gives you love, companionship, someone to talk to when you’re on the outs with the Missus!

Earl you are useless because you are LAZY ;-)

Three things: 1. Run lots of water to wash out the stuff you just ground up. You don’t want it to settle and build up in your pipes. 2. It’s NOT a food processor! Scrape off the plate/pan into the garbage can, then rinse the small bits off into the garbage disposal. 3. Run lots of water after the grinding is done (my disposal has lasted 17 years so far).

Butt Earl has a cuter plumber’s crack! And it cracks up Roscoe!

You could put out peanuts for the squirrels, Earl.

I haven’t seen the latest strips for some time. The decline in line work and lettering give away Brian Crane’s increasing age. I hope he’s in good health and continues to work on the strip as long as he can.

Some one who can’t open a can of soup can fix a disposal?

Actually his master plan to not have to do it!

Roscoe , rules today : )

Gotta like how Earl dons a cap for a repair job. Part of his “uniform”!

There’s that goofy Roscoe smile!

See what I said in Mother Goose and Grimm about who should do some rasks.

“Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? You are. You’re a good boy.”

Roscoe is not, and never will be, useless. You on the other hand Earl, totally and completely useless.

Go get ‘em Roscoe…….arf….arf…..

Garbage disposals and trash compactors are useless consumer products, and eveyone would be better off without them. The smell and the noise, when I visit a friend or two, was enough for me not to waste my money on those pieces of “convenience”….

I’d rather keep that money in the bank.

The only fix I ever learned was to throw it away and buy a new one.

Better get GOING Earl…….. you got a lotta catching UP to do

What’s Sylvia’s phone number? This retired electrical engineer refuses to even change a light bulb.

Push the red button on the bottom of the disposal….or do one of those things foolishly listed above.

And he gets exercise, Earl.

A friend hadn’t used hers in a long time and it wasn’t accepting garbage. She had used it so little that the hammers were seized into place instead of free spinning. I got them loose and ran some ice cubes down to make sure that they were free.