Pickles by Brian Crane for June 06, 2020

One thing about reading Pickles is that it makes me grateful to have a husband who cooks, cleans, does his own laundry, mows the yard, and can repair most anything. I case you wonder I also cook, clean, do my own laundry, landscaping, animal care, and gardening.

Agreed.Earl is really pretty helpless, isn’t he? But then, Opal enables him.

Imagine being an animal that eats 17 year cicadas. That’s a lot of waiting.

pretty pathetic indeed

Roscoe and Earl have the same two hairs on their heads.

Free room and board, food every day, do not have to worry about bills, Roscoe does not have it too bad!

A Dog’s Life

Love Roscoe’s expression in the final panel!

Try living alone. If you just wait for it, you won’t get fed.

But sometimes, it’s worth the wait in gold.

I guess Earl does not realize that he has the same life.

It is amazing how everyone forgets that it was Earl who worked for a living so Opal could have everything she wanted.

Earl look in the mirror next time you say that to Roscoe ;-)

There’s aslo care takers who do all that plus !

Wait …broke the bridge…

I told my dad once that my husband has turned into him. He looked like a peacock, he was so proud. I said, Dad, it wasn’t a compliment. I’ve already told my future son-in-law, he is NOT to turn into my husband!

He reminds me of my eldest sister’s husband, who has never been on his own; went from home to a frathouse to being married. I don’t think he even grills.

I’m still waiting for Godot!

Waiting while you pick up my poop - ha, ha, haaaa!

And a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home….

You’d think that Earl would have learned to choose his words more carefully. Things my husband has learned in the last 2 months: Do not sit at the dinner table expectantly while I run around getting dinner. Do not ask if dinner’s almost ready. Do not agree to a Zoom meeting at 5:30. Actually there’s quite a list. All of this Earl should already know.

Talk about a hypocrite!

Since the death of my life partner earlier this year, I find this rather poignant. In spite of the last illness, and in spite of the infirmity that came before that which made me a caretaker for almost 3 years, I’d like to gently tell Earl about few things he may come to miss in times to come.

Kind of the way it is after you retire… till you die. Kinda sad!!

Love the way Roscoe pans to the audience!

What the heck does HE ever do…… besides making me laugh…???

The trick is to ask like this: “Anything I can do to help, dear?” … this, results in a response much like “Umm. Can you go pick some flowers? Oh, wait… No, I think it’s covered.” I do wash the dishes though. And when I’m the cook, she stays out of my way… and washes the dishes.