Pickles by Brian Crane for July 07, 2010

Either Nelson’s gone emo or he’s just plain smart!

Earl would probably wish it was the cat that died.

 Darn good question, Nelson!

Look at Opals expression lol

Stop it! You’re killing me Nelson!

The living room has always reflected the nesting instinct of the woman. Formal and frilly. This is why man came up with the den….for himself. Because the male made the den more comfortable and less formal, the kids went there too. Then came the woman to join them because she was alone in the “Living Room”. Today most homes are designed with just a den……(Opal’s couch wouldn’t be allowed in a real man’s den)…and don’t forget the moosehead over the fireplace…and the fish on the wall!

That’s why in my house we call the living room/den the family room.

After the woman joined the Living Room, it became the Family Room, and the den ceased to exist. Now we have the advent of the “Man Cave,” which is a good and righteous thing.

you can always call it the “sitting” room…and that is what they are doing…sitting…

The living room is where my mother passed. My father stilled called the living room

When I was a kid our living room was always the front room which made sense at it was in the front of the house, then came the dinning room in the center and then the kitchen, leading into the back hall with stairs going to the basement and the attic. My mother eventually passed in the dining room as we converted it to a sick room for her final days so she could remain the center of attention.

OMG, I’m so old I remember when it was called The Parlor! But that was mostly by elderly ladies a long, long time ago. There was a piano and Persian rug and frilly, handmade doilies on the backs of floral upholstered sofa and chairs. All wood was polished to a shine. Nothing looked like it had ever been sat on or used. Oh, how I wanted a room like that when our kids were young! I would’ve locked myself in there to get away from the madness.

Why do you drive on a ” parkway ” and park on a ” driveway…”

ImaPlugger2……do you remember when doilies were called antimacassars?

( I don’t remember that…I was just told.)

Both my dad and my maternal grandfather passed in the living room. We didn’t stop calling it that, in either case.

Then there was the TV room, small, poorly furnished but containing the wonder of a 19 inch B&W in a 48 inch console.

I’ve never had, but wanted a parlor. You know, a small room right by the front door that you could keep clean for when unexpected visitors showed up? Maybe someday… because as long as my husband’s alive, the living room won’t stay uncluttered.

Someone to die in the living room? That can be arranged!

We used to call our family room the rec room, which I guess meant the recreation room. Never meant any sense to me and confused all my friends when I said, “let’s go the the rec room”. They were probably thinking that I said “wreck room”… LOL

They used to “lay people out” in the parlor.

Where I grew up, if you had a “living room,” it just meant your trailer had a deck.

That kid doesn’t talk like a kid! Certainly not one as young as he’s supposed to be