Pickles by Brian Crane for September 16, 2012

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    Llewellenbruce  about 12 years ago

    Can’t believe Nelson doesn’t know what a cricketsounds like.

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    thirdguy  about 12 years ago

    If you ever have one get into the house, you won’t like them nearly so much.

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    Linda1259  about 12 years ago

    I know I shall regret this but . . . What are cricket bats???

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    kathleenashbaugh  about 12 years ago

    I want to frame today’s strip! What a philosophy!

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    GROG Premium Member about 12 years ago

    As long as the mosquitos aren’t biting.

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    I'll fly away  about 12 years ago

    Perfect weather here to sleep with the windows open and listen to the “stars twinkle”. Althoufh Thirdguy is right- when you get one in the house, the noise bounces off the walls.

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    bkflorida1  about 12 years ago

    I agree with kashbaugh, this one is priceless! I shall listen to the stars twinkle for the rest of my life.

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    scottie4851 Premium Member about 12 years ago

    A rare moment of sentimentality from Earl. Sweet!

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    Ray-Bear  about 12 years ago

    Gotta go with Earl on this one.

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    jtviper7  about 12 years ago

    ♫♪ Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. ♫♪.

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    Number Three  about 12 years ago

    Beautiful strip today…

    Hearing the crickets chirping just relaxes me.

    xxx

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    graycie5198  about 12 years ago

    “I shall listen to the stars twinkle for the rest of my life.”

    Me, too.

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    riverhawk  about 12 years ago

    Does Nelson ever go home to his mother?

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    mimmiesan  about 12 years ago

    i wonder what he would call those very loud locustchirps.

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    Foghorn Leghorn  about 12 years ago

    It’s great to see Earl and Nelson just relaxing together listing to the crickets, Oops, the stars twinkle. I like the coloring in today’s comic.

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    Linguist  about 12 years ago

    Crickets and frogs and toads at night are the soothing symphony of southern summers. Combine those with the occasional song of a whippoorwill or mockingbird and you open a delightful trip down an auditory lane.The overpowering din of cicadas – not so much !

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    ncalifgirl58  about 12 years ago

    Aw Earl, so cute. Personally, cricket chirps drive me crazy!

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    Peanut jelly  about 12 years ago

    Maybe I can use this analogy on the coqui frogs!

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    temmons_1  about 12 years ago

    Linda1259, cricket bats are bats who like to play cricket…

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    celeconecca  about 12 years ago

    I like Earl’s way of thinking. Very sweet.

    Don’t get me started on cyclical cicadas, though.

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    Beebleeahnee  about 12 years ago

    This is one of the best strips I’ve ever read. From now on in this family it will be stars twinkling.

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    route66paul  about 12 years ago

    Since I have 2 grandsons who are 3 and one more that isn’t yet 1, I am saving Earl’s words for them(for just the right time) I am going to have sooo much fun.

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    Two Cats  about 12 years ago

    Listening to the stars twinkle right now, and it’s broad daylight.

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    lcdrlar  about 12 years ago

    Romantic and idealic explaination, don’t let truth destroy the imagination.

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    Rickapolis  about 12 years ago

    I like this idea very much. If I had young children I’d tell it to them.

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    jnik23260  about 12 years ago

    I wish I still had kids young enough to tell that to!

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    Gokie5  about 12 years ago

    When I went to Santa Fe one fall, I noticed that the crickets there chirped more slowly than the ones in Florida, using a lower tone. Apparently, this happened because of the lower temperatures in Santa Fe. This phenomenon is discussed athttp://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/do-crickets-chirp-more-slowly-as-the-temperature-drops-in-the-fall

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    gregory.ripps  about 12 years ago

    This strip really hit home. I thought I was hearing the stars twinkle until I was nine years old. I heard the sound only on clear nights when we had our windows open. In fourth grade I read outline my composition that included, “I like to listen to the stars twinkle at night.” My teacher stopped me to ask if I had read the sentence correctly. I repeated it. A bunch of kids laughed and the teacher told me it was impossible to hear stars twinkle. I didn’t believe it until my parents confirmed that night that I must be crickets I heard. I’m 62 now, but this strip is the only indication to me that anyone else even might have had the same misperception.

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    Jeff0811  about 12 years ago

    I’ve heard that some oriental countries keep a cage full of crickets in the house at night as a form of burgular alarm. The crickets hear a disturbance, stop chirping, and the lack of noise wakes up the residents. Not sure if true or not.

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    sbriggs919  about 12 years ago

    I absolutely love this. Back to a simpler time, if only we could all live this way.

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    lin4869  about 12 years ago

    A cricket in the house is supposed to bring good luck. Love listening to them, plus one can tell the temperature by how many times they chirp in a certain time frame.

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