Pickles by Brian Crane for December 20, 2024

Sounds good

Let’s hope someone will think of getting him a barbecue this year, or Opal won’t be too happy with the outcome.

Could not be a more perfect gift. Lets get to grillin.

she managed 3 out of 4

unless he pulls a Lady GaGa

Earl sounds surprisingly sensible today.

Can’t beat that gift

What can Sylvia get for the man who has everything? Obviously, nothing.

He actually wants coal in his stocking?

30 VHS copies of “Jurassic Park”:

-You can watch them-You can burn them-Rip the tape out, now you can wear them-You can eat them if you really put your mind to it

Grilling in the winter is pretty good sometimes!

Give North Platte Steaks a call, try the combo pack!

Till that last block, I thought he was hinting for something to put in his pipe.

Or a dvd to watch. And pie.

My car needs new brakes. You could get me some new underwear for when I get into an accident and have to go to the hospital.

Or as my mother-in-law used to say, “I don’t want anything that has to be fed, watered, or dusted!”

Get him underpants, Sylvia! He can wear them, and then BURN them! That checks two boxes right there, and THREE if Earl WATCHES them burn!

GRILLING TIME!!!

Something consumable for me; its your mother who has the house filled with knick knacks.

I’m getting a new digital camera for Christmas and had to help my wife order it because she doesn’t do Amazon. I even downloaded a copy of the user manual so I’ll be ready….I can hardly wait.

She figured that out pretty quickly.

As my neighbor once said, “If it’s got be fed, watered, dusted, or ironed, I DON’T WANT IT!”

NOW you’re gettin’ it.!!

I told my daughter that she could get me a $5 Looney Tunes T-shirt at Dollar Tree.

Better than the usual tie, undies and socks!

For me, another guitar is always a good choice. But we have a deal in our house: If I get another guitar, my girls get another kitten.

Told the Mrs I have everything I want or need. Use the $$$ you would spend on me to add to what we get to our 10 YO son.

What’s he going to burn? ;)

As good as anything else since yer only getting him something because you have to…….

Got Omaha Steaks one year for Christmas from my brother – I told him how awesome it was.

Then he got me the same gift for my birthday, in August, during a triple digit record breaking heat wave.

I got a box of thawed rotten meat and told him how horrible it was.

standing order to my daughter re. gifts: Edible or expendable.

Sounds like Earl will need to talk to Dusty over at “Elderberries”. He’ll have some suggestions for what to do with charcoal and raw meat.

Steak dinner, dear. At one of the chains. A filet and a baked potato, hold the sour cream.

Well, soon the Bill of Rights will be burned, then soon after, the U.S. constitution. Likely caused by the spontaneous combustion of our Economy. An the chorus sings: "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: “When you’re chewing on life’s gristle, don’t grumble, give a whistle” “If life seems jolly rotten, there’s something you’ve forgotten, and that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing” “When you’re feeling in the dumps, don’t be silly, chumps, just purse your lips and whistle” “For life is quite absurd, and death’s the final word” “You must always face the curtain with a bow, forget about your sin, give the audience a grin, enjoy it – it’s your last chance anyhow” “So always look on the bright side of death”

Funny…..

Woo! Cookout time!

Works for me.

Opal is truly her mom.

Ribeyes on the raw meat please.

I HATED when my dad said the same thing every year for any special day . (He’d want either socks or undershirts )

Whenever my dad was asked that question, his response was very specific: He would hand me a Sears weekly ad flyer in which he had already circled the cheapest dress shirt in the ad. He would tell me that if I bought anything else that cost more, he would return it, exchange it, and give me the change. He was very generous with everyone else, but not with himself, and really didn’t like us spending money on him.

Is he gonna wear the raw meat, or???

My nephew always gets me a cooler filled with various venison steaks and sausages from the deer he bagged that hunting season. It never goes to waste.

Sounds perfect to me!