Pickles by Brian Crane for January 05, 2022

And the cat doesn’t bother to stifle its yawn in the final panel…

He should have stopped talking when she said “Don’t bother me.”

Ignored all the red flags up front huh?

We all need somewhere to keep our lopsided chickens.

How many doors did that Ikea project have? If it had four, wouldn’t it have ended up looking like a chicken sedan?

I didn’t know lopsided chickens had coops.

My brothers had a rule – build it first, then read the instructions to see if you did it right.

IKEA’s got the most confusing business model there is. Who starts a company thinking “what the world needs is a one-stop source for build-it-yourself bookcases and meatballs”?

Earl built it that way, so the eggs can all roll into a central collection point.

I bet there were parts left over as well, eh Earl?

And where is Roscoe from a disgusting look.

“If all else fails, read the instructions.”

I have to admit that I’m not much of a man. I read instructions.

Brad reads them, too. As a quilter, reading the pattern instructions is a must. For me, that means a LOT of reading because I find most patternsconfusing and / or difficult. I not only have to read them over and over, I have to draw them out, label them and continue to do it throughout the project.

What part of “adventure” did you not understand?

I love the way that Muffin is depicted in todays cartoon the right eye open in the first and third panels to say nothing about the yawn in the last . ? I wonder where the precious Roscoe is today . ?

When they say that Ikea furniture is unlikely to survive a move? They mean a move from the family room, to the den.

I thought all the tools were included, I used scissors and cut out the hammer and screw drivers included in the instructions, they never worked.

Opal be glad it did not look like an Outhouse ….

I’ve built most of my furniture from scratch. Usually follow plans in woodworking magazines. So I built a dry sink cabinet following the plan and instructions. I get to the doors to find out the plans/instructions were wrong and the doors I made to plan couldn’t be flush. No big deal I made them overlay instead. Just had to buy different hinges.

I didn’t have to read my Ikea instructions. They were just a bunch of pictures…

You know what they say about men and directions…..

yep, ain’t it great.

If you buy a bed at IKEA, you really have to make the bed.

Oh boy……… here we go

Real men don’t use instructions.

My oldest grandson, when he was little, loved building things, solving puzzles, and playing with his Transformers. I asked him how he knew how to put something together. In all seriousness, he replied, " Well Gramps, first you have to read the constructions."

no way Earl could have made heads or tails out of IKEA instructions.

That’s our boy Earl!

I can make it lopsided WITH the directions.

Even tho I am an old man I have always asked an employee if I can not find what I am looking for in a store, read and follow assembly instructions(provided they are in English) and (horrors) ask people for directions if I don’t have an address-and if my phone GPS winds up sending me in the wrong direction

“Quite an adventure, wasn’t it?”

When all else fails, read the instructions. A Chinese translation will make you laugh all day.

About 2 hours ago Mudd said,

Where I worked we got TSB’s[technical service bulletins],the info was important to the way certain parts would work in a specific vehicle and how to diagnose,install replacements. Kinda like an up-date to software/ hardware and how it works with a vehicle.

“BADGES. We don’t need no stinking badges.” Substitute “Badges” with Maps, Manuals… More anyone?

A friend is a very well paid techie and editor for a major online company. Asked about special training she said that she got her start by reading the manuals.

What does Opal have against lopsided chicken coops?

I love the expressions on the pets faces!

Gotta love Muffin’s reaction in the last panel.