Pickles by Brian Crane for December 15, 2020

Is that so you can keep retelling the same fish story and the fish can grow each time you tell the story?

My father is turing 70 this year (two days after Christmas). I think he has a few friends under 50 years of age.

And I wish I had friends!!

/SNARK/

Old guys (like me) can remember things 40 years ago but forget where they put the cell phone!

What a dismal, moribund existence!

As the Kurgan said “It’s better to burn out than fade away”

How many people under 50 have (significantly) older friends?

Not many, is my guess.

I turned 90 in August and I got CRS very bad.

When you’re my age, you’re older than almost everybody else. You gotta have younger friends statistically.

What is UP ? No precious Roscoe again , SAD : (

My dad has a few friends under 30.

I have a lot of friends under 50. but then, I work in an industry where young is the new go to soo..

Na.. You’re getting it wrong. You want friends of ALL ages. Friends that are ancient, friends older than you, friends your own age, friends younger than you, friends just getting started in life, teeniebopper friends, friends that are children, friends that are little tykes!

Memory can be overrated.

I forgot what I was going to say.

The golden years?

“Yeah, that’s so annoying when friends remember things!”

My grandmother was 99 and counting when the good Lord took her home and she used to remember EVERYTHING for us. She had a memory better than an elephant. If Iye didn’t have her gene, I’d probably be Jack Nickelson staring at a ceiling! Thank God for good genes and super awesome grandma’’s.

Those youngsters have likely just caved to the steel trap of their wife’s memory.

I will be 70 the day before Christmas. My best friend and hunting partner is 51. We have been hunting and hanging together for 12 years. Other than him, well, I am a true introvert and thrive mostly when I am alone. My wife tells me that I am a hermit. I could live like that, I suppose…

Long memory is not bad, but does help to maintain some ancient memories occasionally leading to problems. Probably because some people want to maintain life support for some problems.

“Aren’t I mad at you for something?”

“I don’t remember. Don’t you owe me money?”

“I forget.”

“Pal!”

“Buddy!”

What?

When my wife and I were young; most of our friends were 10 to 20 years older than us. Now that we’re in our 60s; most of our friends are 20 to 30 years younger. I guess we’ve always related to the 30 to 40 year olds. That may be where our minds are, but our bodies are moving on in spite of us.

All my friends from HS are either already dead or MIA.

Hey, I will remember that crack, maybe…

I honestly don’t get the question being asked in the cartoon. Are they proud they can’t remember anything and don’t want anyone around who does? That seems silly. But the post office behind them, when they are usually in a park, well, that does say something to me.

A great cartoon and so true.

Honestly…my wife is my only real life friend. I know others but they’re only online friends. Sad but true.