Pickles by Brian Crane for May 03, 2015

Roscoe’s fleas are bothering him in the nextto last panel.

If this were animated with voice over, Opal would probably have selective hearing when it came to “sewer.”

Earl, go get some Advantage or Frontline for Roscoe. Leave Opal in peace.

Stitcher.

Brain drain.

Better hope she doesn’t find a lawyer, or you’ll learn just what a great suer she really is.

Within the sewing community on-line, they’re now referring to themselves as “sewists.”

Sewists? Is that what we used to call “Witch”?

“Or better still, just go away” It’s a good thing Opal’s not married to Floyd Mayweather…Pow ,Zoom , to the moon.

my grandfather used to call my grandmother’s sewing circle “stitch and b***h”"

As a kid, I never understood much of English pronunciation, at it is my native language:

Sew — ‘ew’ is pronounced ‘oh’ is one is dealing with needle and thread or with farming.Iron – is pronounced ‘ay-EARN’, not ‘i-RUN’.Pint – is pronounced with a long “i”, despite having two consonants after it [by rules in English, this should be a short sound], yet ‘hint’ (spelled similarly and having two consonants] is pronounced with a short ‘i’. sound.Rhythm – Rule I was taught early on: each syllable in a word has to have a vowel. Rhythm is pronounced with two syllables in speaking and most songs I’ve sung, yet would be spelled ‘rhy – thm’. is the ‘h’ moonlighting as a vowel?

Just thoughts I’ve had since I was a child and have never gotten an answer for. Any ideas?

Sewer? Hahahaha… Good one!xxx

If she was into cartooning, she would be a good drawer.

abbybookcase: There are three ways in which languages get new words: French, German, or English.French: Turn it over to Academie Francaise and in a decade or so, they will have decided if it is a word; until then, it cannot be used in a legal document.German: Describe it in as few words as possible, knock out the spaces and cram the whole thing together. You have a word, but it is absurdly long.English: Look around and see who has a word for that; steal it and claim it is English, but keep the original Latin alphabet spelling. As a result, it will be horribly mispronounced.

On resumes and job applications, I would describe one past job as “industrial sewing machine operator” or “industrial sew-er”.

When I was a kid, the barber I went to had somewhat of a sense of humor. When it was my turn he would say, you’re next mon – sewer. Being a kid, it cracked me up every time.