Pickles by Brian Crane for May 24, 2020

Depends…

Nelson better not ask Opal if grandmothers are dried-up women.

If they’re lucky. ;~)

If Earl was drinking something he could have done a spit take which would have answered that question.

The Pickles family has a huge wardrobe. Almost every day they wear something new.

Nah, just dry-ing up old men.

A course of ethymology in a cartoon .

Yes Nelson, sad but true!

And dried-up steak is called “jerky”.

Ouch!

Raisin is grape in french.

That’s why I keep drinking so I don’t dry up.

That kid couldn’t run fast enough, after a comment like that.

They’re called Grandpas Nelson.

Score one for Nelson !

Earl doesn’t look very dry.

Score one for the grandkid ! (Dry wit too !)

Ha! Ha!

Some grandpa’s seem dried up because they can get mighty salty.

Aw, poor Earl.

I remember when that started- to improve prune sales, they decided to start calling them dried plums to change their image.

Whoa…that hurts! ;o(

BURN! I can just hear the innocence in that question, too!

The word shriveled comes to mind, Nelson.

Oh oh! Ouch…

Well, Nelson, you wouldn’t be here if I had pulled out on time.

Say what? Now why did you have to ask me that….? Hummmmpf!

I assume he’s asking based on grampa’s skin.

Yes. Yes we are.

OUCH..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The kid nailed it.

well Nelson, we may look dried up but we are still plenty juicy! right, Earl??

Actually, I learned in working at a supermarket that prunes are a specific type of plum. People actually brought them from produce and they were not dried but still called prunes. Besides, what about canned prunes? They’re not dry, are they? And of course you have prune juice (ick). You don’t get juice out of dried fruit.

Not to be pedantic — but to be pedantic about it, a prune is a freestone plum whether it’s dried or not.

I resemble that remark.

Unfortunately!

Great punchline! Earl didn’t see it coming either.

Yes.

Cartoon strips are just dried up life?

He might HAVE to wear Depends if he keeps eating all those prunes…..