After being retired for just over 3yrs, I’ve lost all the callouses on my hands even though I do yardwork and keep the cars in working order. My wife teases me that now I have princess hands.
We operate on the “change it if you empty it” as well as the “put a new roll on the toilet tank if you get the current one to where it will need changing real soon” system. As a result, Spouse, who uses about 8 to 10 times as much TP as I do changes the rolls about 8 to 10 times as often as I do. And puts out new rolls about 5 times as often. And complains about it. Which is just silly: What, I’m supposed to actually CHANGE the roll before it runs out??
During my bootcamp in the uscg in ’64, if the tp was not placed with the paper in the front and the first tear off seam half way down the front of the roll, we were high porting our M1s around the grinder for an hour.
Funny, today’s strip appeared in yesterday’s LA Times and again today. I was going to comment about ‘deja vu’, but then I saw yesterday’s strip. Poor Roscoe.
One he remembered to do it and two he did it. What a guy! Two thumbs up for that Earl. Doesn’t matter if the directions not right, but I be it is. Front and going down.
Blu Bunny 6 months ago
50 years of hard labor.
Ratkin Premium Member 6 months ago
That’s hard when you have arthritis. Trust me.
sirbadger 6 months ago
How much TP stuck to his rough dry hands?
carlsonbob 6 months ago
In the next frame, Opal chews him a new one for not hanging the TP the right way.
suv2000 6 months ago
You tell her Earl set her straight
Blu Bunny 6 months ago
TP holders; They are real brain teasers to figure out, no screws or knobs.
eromlig 6 months ago
But she’s the one who had to turn it around so the paper came out over the top.
yoey1957 6 months ago
After being retired for just over 3yrs, I’ve lost all the callouses on my hands even though I do yardwork and keep the cars in working order. My wife teases me that now I have princess hands.
Concretionist 6 months ago
We operate on the “change it if you empty it” as well as the “put a new roll on the toilet tank if you get the current one to where it will need changing real soon” system. As a result, Spouse, who uses about 8 to 10 times as much TP as I do changes the rolls about 8 to 10 times as often as I do. And puts out new rolls about 5 times as often. And complains about it. Which is just silly: What, I’m supposed to actually CHANGE the roll before it runs out??
iggyman 6 months ago
Hope you didn’t hurt yourself doing that, Earl!
ʲᔆ 6 months ago
oooh! papercut!
Doug K 6 months ago
How are you doing? Working hard? Or hardly working?
tremaine53 6 months ago
Opal hay WAAAY more ‘zinnng!’ dances in the kitchen than Earl does.
gokarDun 6 months ago
You didn’t need to use the chainsaw, Earl.
PraiseofFolly 6 months ago
Roscoe thinks, “I have to unroll that thing AGAIN? What am I, some kind of canine Sisyphus?”
cmerb 6 months ago
Roscoe is just precious today : )
DawnQuinn1 6 months ago
Opal. Who worked for over 45 years to provide YOU with a pension after you retired?
flemmingo 6 months ago
Roscoe in the last frame looks like he crossed his eyes at Earl’s comment.
jango 6 months ago
But the big question is…end of roll over or under???
ANIMAL 6 months ago
Yeah……. but did he do it RIGHT..????
drbob456x 6 months ago
Gotta love Roscoe!
monya_43 6 months ago
Congratulations, Earl!
ladykat 6 months ago
But you hung it the wrong way.
prrdh 6 months ago
“And the kind of paper you get, how can I do that without my hands getting rough and dry?”
brick10 6 months ago
One of those under appreciated jobs that nobody notices, until it’s not done.
bloodykate 6 months ago
LOL
Daltongang Premium Member 6 months ago
That’s right Opal, other wise you could have been…………….
Stranded,
Stranded,
Stranded on the toilet bowl,
Stranded,
Stranded,
Stranded on the toilet bowl,
What do you do when you’re stranded,
And there ain’t nothing on the roll?
To prove you’re a man,
You must wipe it with you’re hand,
Stranded,
Stranded on the toilet bowl.
What do you do when you’re stranded,
And there ain’t nothing on the roll?
Alberta Oil Premium Member 6 months ago
Sometimes, necessity trumps procrastination.
DatsunMan 6 months ago
During my bootcamp in the uscg in ’64, if the tp was not placed with the paper in the front and the first tear off seam half way down the front of the roll, we were high porting our M1s around the grinder for an hour.
MissScarlet Premium Member 6 months ago
Funny, today’s strip appeared in yesterday’s LA Times and again today. I was going to comment about ‘deja vu’, but then I saw yesterday’s strip. Poor Roscoe.
Mike Baldwin creator 6 months ago
So you can wipe that smirk off your face.
kathleenhicks62 6 months ago
Just shut up and switch it.
zeexenon 6 months ago
My educated guess would be Muffin.
cafed00d Premium Member 6 months ago
Hardly working man, that’s me!
BuckeyeFanForever Premium Member 6 months ago
btw, I think you could use a new wig.
Strawberry King 6 months ago
Very important job. Can’t be ignored. Well done, Earl!
garibaldi.hank 6 months ago
I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!
eced52 6 months ago
Wow, must have used a ton of working hands after that hard labor.
DawnQuinn1 6 months ago
I(s there REALLY a right or wrong way to hang TP? It is all personal preference.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 6 months ago
Fully worthy of a standing ovation.
comicalUser 6 months ago
I’ve known people who worked hard at maintaining their calluses and were quite proud of them.
BuckeyeFanForever Premium Member 6 months ago
One he remembered to do it and two he did it. What a guy! Two thumbs up for that Earl. Doesn’t matter if the directions not right, but I be it is. Front and going down.