Pickles by Brian Crane for May 01, 2020

Opal fastest swatter in the west. To the dismay of the flies.

I’ve never been able to swat a fly by flipping the swatter in the air like that, I usually have to sneak up on them , and it helps if I spray them first to distract them.

Her arms used to be flabby, but they are well toned now.

watch yourself, Earl, or you might get the flyswatter to your noggin

She’s gonna leave fly guts on Earl’s food, waving that swatter around like that.

Flies are annoying, but if you want really annoying, the midnight mosquito wins, imo. That high pitched hum dopplering closer and closer… in the dark.

Ack? Opal is channeling Bill the Cat in panel 2. Or maybe Cathy.

When I was a kid, I used to run around the cottage with a fly swatter, swatting all the flies I could. Outside. In the infinite fly world where all the flies lived.

I wasn’t very smart when I was a kid, but I had determination.

we had those sticky things hanging from the ceiling that they would land on and stick to. Disgusting looking at a bunch of dead flies!

Opal is making an Olympic sport out of it!

I’m surprised that Earl wasn’t on the receiving end of one of those swats!

Our cats and dogs love chasing and catching sky raisins. Yuck, but better than being buzzed!

Bug – A – Salt and it works :-)

With a life span of about two week they don’t hold a grudge long.

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Maybe she was just trying to scare them to death with the near misses of the swatter. Actually hitting them makes a nasty mess.

Had a friend who used to shout “Go to Jesus!” as she’d swing her mighty swatter.

Some people are terrific athletes or talented actors or musicians. Some people spend their lives doing good for others. Some have great imaginations and can write great stories or invent remarkable things. Some are geniuses and can unlock some of the mysteries of the universe. I have been known to catch flies consistently with my bare hands… hence the name… Of all the talents possible I had to have that one!

Don’t leave the door open then!

Opal is likely to start breaking stuff if she keeps swinging the fly swatter that way.

Is there a camera in my house?

But, why is she swatting flies over his dinner plate?

Important safety tip.

Never swat a fly while it is on the cake.

I have one of those electric zappers shaped like a tennis racket. Fun stuff. Just don’t zap a big old bumblebee with one. It just makes him really mad, and those suckers can sting multiple times. DAMHIKT.

And she hits a fly out of the stadium, something The Babe could never do.

Vacuum cleaners are fun to use to suck them up.

Occasionally, a poor unsuspecting fly will enter our house, only to be pursued by a madwoman wielding a flyswatter in one hand and a can of bug spray in the other, while swearing at it in Spanish.

My wife hates las moscas!

Give the flies a chance, use chopsticks. Catch and release.

has anyone noticed the solid right cross in frame 3 ? ?

This exact gag was used in episode 5, season 1 of Night Court. Just sayin’

If you need to kill a multiple fly invasion, get out the vacuum cleaner. Slowly sneak up from behind (yes, indeed, flies take off backward) with the wand and zap! It’s also a great way to zap flies on the ceiling.