Pickles by Brian Crane for October 24, 2016

And Pearl still loathes Earl as her brother-in-law.

Earl may be sleeping on the couch for a while!

And then the fight started…

That was cruel. These two people are getting to be almost as bad as Andy Capp and his wife.

Well, at least no rolling pin has appeared yet. . .anybody remember Maggie and Jiggs. . .

I like how we’re left to imagine what would happen to Earl in Panel 5. BTW, Maggie and Jiggs are still going strong in reruns of vintage strips at Comics Kingdom.

He sounds like Leroy Lockhorn. Well, Earl if you’ve been so unhappy why have you stayed with her for 50 years?

Score one for Earl for a change.

Earl’s like Frank on Everybody Loves Raymond.

earl, earl, earl…..WRONG response………have you learned nothing all these years.

Spoken like Fred Mertz.

Not funny! My husband and I usually think Brian is tapping into our lives as we stumble into old age. But, neither of us would have ever said something so hurtful.

Diplomacy is certainly not your forté, Earl.

Nah, it’s just their shict. Anybody remember, “To the moon, Alice! To the moon!”

Most couples, over a long period of matrimony, develop a thick hide and a wicked sense of humor. Sarcasm and irony can be used as weapons in the domestic wars or they can be used as mutually deprecating humor.

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I don’t see this as a dark or disrespectful remark. Rather, it’s a flippant slip-of-the-tongue meant to to be funny, but bound to get Earl into trouble, for letting his mouth outrun his brain.

No dinner for Earl tonight.

Actually try about 2 weeks!

xxx

oh for gods sake, drop the whole stupid thing Opal

The point is you’re in the doghouse, Earl.

‘Do not meddle in the affairs of siblings, for they are subtle and quick to anger.’

Earl is just joking like the way Archie Bunker joked around with Edith.

Radical-Knight

Please, if you use words not quite Anglicized, be careful. Forte (no accent) is from the French, but pronounced and defined like fort, a strong point.

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The word that would be pronounced as you spelled it (for-tay) comes from the Italian, does not have an accent, and exists in English mainly in music, where it means loud.