Pickles by Brian Crane for March 15, 2012

Earl, you got her so mad, she’s about to bust her…er, never mind. Guess she already did.

No one was looking at your behind anyway Opal.

Earl’s punishment for not mentioning Opal’s ripped pants should be to mend them followed by kntting a sweater. (I, a male, did happen to ask for a sewing kit for Christmas a few years ago, by the way.)

I once showed a lady an old beat-up denim jacket I’d put a lot of patches on, and over fifty names of family and friends that were embroided on it. Told her I did all of it.Say she, ’I never thought a man coulf do something like that".Said I, “What kind of a chauvinist sexist statement is that?”

Never mind Opal, you were sitting down the whole time. And as Linus said once, what do you care what people think of you as you leave?

And what would people in the restaurant have seen if Opal had no underwear on??

Earl does not need defending, many of us would have done the same thing.

Earl is in trouble now LMAO

I would have done the same thing, Earl. Nobody will notice it when she’s sitting on it anyway.

Now that was funny right there. If he’s lucky she won’t speak to him for days.

Earl is still my hero :)

Careful Earl, Opal might rip off your mustache and have your fat lip showing.

Hopefully it was a sit down and not a buffet. Hooowee.

Okay. If Earl were as smart as he thinks he is, he wouldn’t have admitted that he had seen the rip at the restaurant. The cartoon could have shown them at the restaurant with a thought bubble over Earl’s head showing that he’d seen the rip. The next bubble would have said, “But if I tell her, she’ll want to leave right away, and I’m hungry.” Final panel would have shown them quietly eating. Maybe not as funny that way, but easier on Earl.

I was there, I wanted to take a picture but I didn’t have a wide angle lens on my camera.

It’s a good thing that Opal doesn’t go “Commando”.

That’s just one of the reasons I prefer to wear long shirts – long enough to cover my rear end. My husband would never notice, unless he got his hand caught in the rip.

Look at it this way Opal, at least you had on some underwear…

Nice knowing you, Earl.

LOL xxx

This is when you make a mental note then tell HER right about the time the check comes, plus side is if there was shopping planned afterwards it won’t happen.

I am married to this man,

Ah, next time she takes Earl to the ladies department he can tell her she has a rip in her pants. When they get home and she can’t find it he’s already reclined on the couch.

Which is why a sweater with sleeves is required as essential equipment in vehicles. Unless your fanny is too big you can wrap it around your hips as needed.

Now is not the time to tell her Earl. Never is it a good time to admit to that.