Pickles by Brian Crane for September 16, 2012

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

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

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

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

As long as the mosquitos aren’t biting.

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.

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

A rare moment of sentimentality from Earl. Sweet!

Gotta go with Earl on this one.

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

Beautiful strip today…

Hearing the crickets chirping just relaxes me.

xxx

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

Me, too.

Does Nelson ever go home to his mother?

i wonder what he would call those very loud locustchirps.

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.

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 !

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

Maybe I can use this analogy on the coqui frogs!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.