Pickles by Brian Crane for June 16, 2023

Earl you stuck your foot in the mouth again. Now Opal is mad at you twice.

Opal give a new twist to the old misogynistic saying: “Be mad with your husband each day. If you don’t know why, he does”.

So Opal doesn’t notice throw rugs being moved?

When you’re in a hole stop digging Ear.

My son-in-law has a little trick he uses on his kids and they haven’t caught on yet. He’ll be having a conversation with one of them then toward the end of the talk he’ll ask, “Is there anything else you need to tell me before I find out on my own? You’re sure? Nothing comes to mind?” They fess up with some of the darndest things just to cover their a$$! Tru story!

Oopsie…

He may not have known why before, but he knows why now.

Maybe she’s mad at you for being a dunce? Why did you have an open container of motor oil in the house?

Both Earl and Opal now will suffer a long sleepless night…

Hung by his own words.

I was renting and spilled something on the edge of the rug. I rotated the rug so a chair was covering the stain.

My father did that with a new rug he burned with a cigarette burn! My mother was less than happy.

You are in deep doo-doo now, Earl!

Have a little more rope, Earl.

Way too much information for sure ?

“Is it because I left your underwear drawer open when I needed a hankie, and Muffin got in, and pooped, and I just shut the drawer because I didn’t want to clean up the mess? No? That’s not it either?!?”

Roscoe…you’re going to have to make some room this evening…and maybe many more evenings!

Will he never learn?

Never, EVER try to guess lol!

Oooooooops……..

Earl! Never knows when to shut up! LOL

Nope, Earl, that wasn’t it originally, but now you know why she will be mad again.

that was a no.

Idky you’d have carpet in a dining room anyway, asking for trouble! I also don’t know why you’d ever have motor oil in a dining room lol

And, it was probably old, used motor oil.

Rookie mistake.

Who’s ever been in the living room with motor oil?

“Remain calm, say nothing.”

Earl, after all these years, you should know better.

Earl – never volunteer information (and never fall asleep first…..)

Why is Earl wearing his glasses to bed? To see his dreams better?

OOPS! Open mouth, insert shoe store!

Such a rookie mistake. Early really ought to know better by now.

You’re done for now,earl…..

Earl, you’re an idiot not to clean up your own mess. You deserve Opal’s rath.

O.M.G. !! LMAO! funniest cartoon of the week.

Guess that wasn’t it, Earl ……… but look at the bright side ……. “NOW” at least you know what she’s mad (or will be) at you for ……. :)

Next time, leave the car outside when you’re doing an oil change.

Oops. Should not have spoken.

I hope Earl is just pulling her leg.

Not even Arnold the Terminator during his best years with his Super Whisker Vacuumized Pre-Sweep could get that out.

OOPS

That woke her up from a sound sleep!

Well, maybe I didn’t do that – but if I had, what you’re mad at me about now would pale into insignificance – right?

Hilarious! But she couldn’t smell motor oil in the living room?!?!

Never confess to anything.

Keep guessing. You’ll get there eventually.

Perhaps, just perhaps, Earl is using this a a ruse to lure the truth out of Opal. I have told some whoppers (when much younger) so that the real truth didn’t look as bad by comparison. Worked like a charm until the folks caught on to me. : )

That may not have been the reason, but it is now.

I knew a kid who got out of trouble by saying “But what about the kitty?” He claims it worked every time.

ka-oops

Opal looks even uglier with her glasses off.

Opal seems a little behind on Earl’s mishaps.

have fun on the sofa tonight, Earl… unless you spilled motor oil thereon as well; then you’ll have to sleep in a hotel

Time running out for the baking soda/vinegar/rubbing alcohol treatment..

Confession is good for the soul! Now that his conscience is clear, he can have a good night’s sleep…On the the sofa!