Pickles by Brian Crane for April 17, 2021

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    allen@home  over 3 years ago

    What’re trying to do Earl. Scar Nelson emotional for life.

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    eromlig  over 3 years ago

    Hey, just the thought of drinking Golightly™ would keep me awake…

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    sirbadger  over 3 years ago

    Twas the night before the colonoscopy and Nelson was told to stay at his mother’s house that night. He wasn’t told why until he asked grampa to tell him a story.

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    Concretionist  over 3 years ago

    Yow. The colonoscopy itself was nothing. Literally: I was in a state of induced memory loss during the procedure. But in those days, the prep for it was beyond excruciating. The most recent one, though, was (by comparison) downright benign. Less than 24 hours, only two liters of awful stuff to drink and no agonizingly gut-wrenching suppository. I’m not looking forward to next year’s… but I’m not fearing it like I used to would.

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    Uncle Kenny  over 3 years ago

    Templo SUD, note the picture on the wall.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    No recollection of my grandfather me telling me bedtimes stories about his health issues.

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    Rodeo Boy  over 3 years ago

    I once began to wake up in the middle of the procedure. They had to increase the sedation. That was dreadful.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    2 minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r34MX4zuR28&ab_channel=JimmyKimmelLive

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    GROG Premium Member over 3 years ago

    You have evey reason to be scared. There’s a time when you think you’ll never get to leave the bathroom.

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    Breadboard  over 3 years ago

    Earl strikes again !

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    iggyman  over 3 years ago

    Wait until he tells you about his operation!

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    iggyman  over 3 years ago

    When I was young my grandparents friends would come over and talk about their and other’s ailments, gall bladders, tumors, etc. not pleasant !

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    unclebob53703 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I know that story, and it’s not that scary

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    Doug K  over 3 years ago

    I would imagine Earl’s “telling” to be more gross than scary.

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    MayCauseBurns  over 3 years ago

    Oh, for all the good colonoscopies do, you might as well…(you know the rest)

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    jagedlo  over 3 years ago

    And knowing Earl, he didn’t leave out a single detail!

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    Ned Snipes  over 3 years ago

    Nothing like a few shots of that ‘rocket fuel’ to get you going!

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    ERBEN2  over 3 years ago

    They are no picnic for sure . And I’m happy that the precious Roscoe is not in today’s cartoon . He should never be in something like todays comic. All though , if he was it would have made this something very special for some of us , me especially . : )

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    1953Baby  over 3 years ago

    WHY do people feel the necessity of sharing this . . . experience?

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    [Traveler] Premium Member over 3 years ago

    My scariest was my first prostate biopsy

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    Zebrastripes  over 3 years ago

    Yikes! Earl did that on purpose so he wouldn’t have to do the story telling anymore.

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    DawnQuinn1  over 3 years ago

    Has Opal lost weight? It sure looks like it. I could be wrong though.

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    sandpiper  over 3 years ago

    Well, I knew it didn’t take much to trigger the when I had my . . . whatever surgical procedure, but this was really fast and about as funny as cancer.

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    Watchdog  over 3 years ago

    And we thought political comments were bad

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    stairsteppublishing  over 3 years ago

    What is 24 hours of prep compared to the possibility of cancer. Runs in my family. Fortunately, caught early each time. Worth the taste.

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    ajakimber425  over 3 years ago

    After, seeing what my parents have to go through for one. Yes!! That is a scary story.

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    Had a colonoscopy in January. Unlike ten years previously, I didn’t have to drink two gallons of something that was mucus-textured on the day before the procedure. Now, it’s down to 24 oz. of a liquid laxative, followed by 8 – 10 glasses of water. Much more humane.

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    garcoa  over 3 years ago

    I wonder how many young children who just read this comic are now asking their parents what a colonoscopy is?

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    gingerspike88 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Lewis Black re colonoscopies for a funny 5 min break! https://youtu.be/q1Dc3t0YAw0

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    Alberta Oil Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The first one is always the most memorable.. I remember mine fondly.. not!

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    fuzzbucket Premium Member over 3 years ago

    My first was my last. It was about 20 years ago, and I had to be awake. I will never do it again.

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    Natarose  over 3 years ago

    Please, Grandma!

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    mistercatworks  over 3 years ago

    “You should hear the stories he tells me over breakfast.”

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    zeexenon  over 3 years ago

    Well, did he tell you about the day before? Let me tell you about girls at puberty.

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    wndflower1  over 3 years ago

    sure beats dying from colon cancer!

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    Holilubillkori Premium Member over 3 years ago

    TMI…Grandpa…

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    kab2rb  over 3 years ago

    I’ve had two and scary.

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    Buckeye67  over 3 years ago

    Once when I had a colonoscopy, the doctor came in and said, “you don’t look too happy but don’t worry you will be in a minute”. He was right because that propofol they pump into you is some really some good sh*t.

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    l3i7l  over 3 years ago

    What I do know about my colonoscopy is all second hand information. Once they knocked me out I only recall bits and pieces of afterwards. I had to call my brother, who had been my chaperone, to find out what happened between the procedure, and when finally I completely woke up at home that evening. A little while after that the nurse called to check on how I was doing. While I was under their after care, both brother and nurse said I had seemed alert and coherent. Don’t ask me, I don’t remember.

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