What he should be doing is showing Nelson how to pick the best rock for skipping. A smooth, flat, round one. And how to hold it, with your fore finger wrapped around the circumference. And how to throw it sidearmed, releasing the stone as low and as parallel to the water as possible.Nelson would never forget it, and always atribute his skill to his Grandfather.
@Thirdguy Hey! I learn something new everyday just by reading the comics. Never did skip a rock – I will have to try it now. Thanks for the instructions.
I was on earlier this morning and I am so happy to see that comments that are rude and suggest nasty behavior towards the comic characters are now being deleted. I’ve always liked this comic from the first day that I’ve read it. Opal and Earl depict married life as most of us are actually living it (according to some comments posted here).
The hard part of that trick is throwing all the rocks in a straight line so they LOOK like just one rock skipped 15 times. My kids each fell for it once…
havin a bad day calimesajim? I’m glad to see someone is reviewing these comments and deleting derogative comments. There is no need to be rude on this comment section. The other site that had Pickles actually shut the comment section down completely when readers did this.
Linguist almost 12 years ago
The old shotgun approach to problem solving !
J Short almost 12 years ago
I saw 4 of them skip twice; same thing.
gjsjr41 almost 12 years ago
Earl cheats.
thirdguy almost 12 years ago
What he should be doing is showing Nelson how to pick the best rock for skipping. A smooth, flat, round one. And how to hold it, with your fore finger wrapped around the circumference. And how to throw it sidearmed, releasing the stone as low and as parallel to the water as possible.Nelson would never forget it, and always atribute his skill to his Grandfather.
thirdguy almost 12 years ago
I meant attribute, sorry.
GROG Premium Member almost 12 years ago
No, I didn’t. Do it again with one.
Perkycat almost 12 years ago
@Thirdguy Hey! I learn something new everyday just by reading the comics. Never did skip a rock – I will have to try it now. Thanks for the instructions.
jtviper7 almost 12 years ago
Rock Hudson use to skip to the lou too…
alittlebirdie almost 12 years ago
I was on earlier this morning and I am so happy to see that comments that are rude and suggest nasty behavior towards the comic characters are now being deleted. I’ve always liked this comic from the first day that I’ve read it. Opal and Earl depict married life as most of us are actually living it (according to some comments posted here).
Linguist almost 12 years ago
The older I get, the truer that is. But I’ve been a fan of this strip long before ( o.k. it wasn’t that long ) I hit curmudgerdom.
poper08 almost 12 years ago
The hard part of that trick is throwing all the rocks in a straight line so they LOOK like just one rock skipped 15 times. My kids each fell for it once…
Number Three almost 12 years ago
Earl is so sneaky…..
And very Cool.
LOL xxx
rugratz2222 almost 12 years ago
Does one “ker-plunk” count as a skip?
alittlebirdie almost 12 years ago
havin a bad day calimesajim? I’m glad to see someone is reviewing these comments and deleting derogative comments. There is no need to be rude on this comment section. The other site that had Pickles actually shut the comment section down completely when readers did this.