Pickles by Brian Crane for August 12, 2020

Earl Pickles a man full of tact and grace. Yea right.

I have to agree with Earl on this one. I love my dog but I don’t want her on the table at dinner time or any other time for that matter.

Everybody plays the fool, there’s no exception to the rule (Aaron Neville)

I agree: Cats should beg from the floor. And strangely enough, our kitty princess has actually been trained to that. Partly because she really doesn’t want  human food except for whipped cream, a small bit of deli turkey or blue cheese.

“…and even there, I tried.”

Earl may have to sleep on the sofa tonight.

I also vote with Earl on this one .

So as far as the casserole goes, Earl’s a "poke"eman?

Tables are for glasses, not asses! My Grandma’s old friend always said that!

Earl won’t like how the cat tastes either.

It’s Roscoe I’d be motivated to keep off the dinner table, not the cat!

Earl always knows just the right thing to say to get him in trouble.

Casserole, n. – random assortment of whatever was at hand, dumped into a baking dish, heated and served….

I get enough cat hair on my clothes. I don’t want it on my food, but I still find some.

Fluffy looks SO scared.

My opinion of Opal just dropped a few notches.

Cats on anything other than the floor, lap or outside is nasty. Had a cousin whose house will have to be completely razed because of her cats. Was there only once and will never go back- the smell of “cat” eveywhere was sickening. Plus they were allowed on the dining table, fridge, etc. YUK!

Earl, is that tuna noodle casserole?

Readers did ask to see Muffin…Roscoe couldn’t jump that high…

Earl is right. Opal goes too far with the cat, yet she is always nagging Earl

“Sit at the table and take a good look. The first to complain is the next meal’s cook.”

at least if roscoe was there he would be at earl’s feet and maybe eat some of the tuna casserole

We trained our dog to stay off of furniture and the kitchen counters and he always obeyed as long as we were watching him.

so, the cat rummages through the kitty litter , covering up her droppings

and then jumps on the kitchen table WHILE they’re eating?

Opal crossed the line on that one.

It’s the casserole he’s annoyed with….And NO cats ON the table, especially when eating….OY! I’m surprised Opal allows this!

Easy solution, Earl, do your own cooking. And grocery shopping. And cleaning up.

Cats on the table? No problem – as long as it’s in the form of tacos gatos……….

I wouldn’t eat ANYTHING on that table.

My daughter was able to train her cat to stay off the kitchen counters, but not the table. We tried everything. We finally found something that work. We covered the table with so much junk that NO ONE could use the table. The cat stopped jumping up on the table. When we move to our new house, we are going to scour the internet for other suggestions because I would LIKE to eat at the table without the cat on it. I HATE the thought of a cat having been where food I eat has been prepared. I was a one house where cats were all over the kitchen counters and dining room tables. I never ate there again.

Reminds me of a convo reported by Georgia Dunn of Breaking Cat News. Their 4 real-life cats “aren’t allowed” on the kitchen table either, but they get up there anyway…

Man: “What are the cats doing on the kitchen table?”

Woman: “Paying half the mortgage.”

=^..^=

I’ve had cats for more than 50 years. Earl is right. They do NOT belong on the dinner table during meals.

That being said, I have never been able to figure out how to keep them off of it while I’m not home or in the other part of the house, but it wipes down easily before we sit down to eat. Same with the kitchen counters. As long as they stay off while I am preparing food (after I have wiped the counters) then I don’t worry about it.

20 years in with cats and they pretty much have the lay of the place. We are still alive!

Perhaps she is more tender than the hard baked casserole.

Gross Opal! HAIR! CATS HAVE HAIR THAT SHEADS LACED WITH THEIR SALIVA!

I had a cat who would sit in her own chair and wait for leftovers. She never got actually on the table. That said, is there anything Earl does as an adult homeowner on his own besides nap? Opal takes him sandwiches on request on a TV tray, cooks all the meals, does all the laundry, and he sleeps. But for once, Opal did go too far with the cat. Roscoe should learn to sit quietly in a chair and hope for leftovers. He always looks willing to eat anything. Beagle?

If a cat turns up on my dinner table, it will be baked, in a nice cream sauce.

I’ve never liked casseroles either so I have one Mexican casserole which we both love. It really takes me more time to make any dish with lots of ingredients mixed together than a stir fry or a baked anything. Our cats have never shared a dinner table with us. If they tried, they’d be knocked right off the table.

I really love my cats but they are NOT allowed on the table or the kitchen counters.

This time I agree with Earl with cats.

Yeah, I’m with Earl on this one. Animals do not belong on eating surfaces. Ew. Just Ew. I have a friend whose cats are allowed on the countertops, but they wipe them down with clorox before they prepare food. I still say NO.

Never ever!

i love animals but that would definitely be a no no!

If the cat is on the dinner table, then it is fair game to be eaten…. although I wouldn’t do it because I don’t like cats.

From now on, Earl, show up naked for dinner. Tell Opal “ you aren’t hurting anyone”.

That’s just gross. I’ve had a lot of cats but two places they were never allowed was on food preparation surfaces (kitchen counters) and the table. My mother was anti-cat-anywhere and I believed her until the day I walked into the kitchen and she was making a salad with one of the cats sitting next to the bowl, supervising. Now I never believe her, no matter how much she says she hates cats.

Earl is lazy except when Opal, who apparently can’t drive, makes him take her to the fabric store. I just realized I don’t like these stereotypical old people. They don’t seem to like each other much either.