When I was a kidlet we always used knives to sharpen pencils…can remember half the class of ten year olds all squashed together busily sharpening our pencils into the one bin. Looking back, I am surprised no-one got cut by accident, but I suppose if you are taught how to use a knife correctly from an early age you tend to be safe with them. My papa taught me how to handle a knife when I was five.
You’d be surprised what you can buy branded “Hello Kitty”. They sell a Hello Kitty AK-47, and also a… a… uh… “electric massager” your wife might enjoy…. nuff said.
I had to have a huge hematoma drained after a horse accident. They gave me an antibiotic shot to prevent infection and when I got home I discovered it was covered by a “Wonder Woman” band aid!
It does not matter which doctor’s office I’ve been to, all they have are kid’s band-aids. The medical people must believe what tremaine53 said, They magically make any owie hurt less!
I remember my dad teaching me to sharpen pencil with a knife, fortunate I did not cut myself and very cautious, was really lousy did not help with the pencil, my dad tried not to bother with pencil sharpener. He like old fashion ways.
But it is a MACHO kitty! See King Kitten batting down biplanes from atop the Empire State Building: https://clothingmonster.com/en/animal-t-shirts-clothing-the-mountain/126-king-kitten-t-shirt-0885361241626.html?gmc_currency=2&msclkid=5cd1a626ebe21468dc33c65b0101f759&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BSC_USA_New&utm_term=4582214719466620&utm_content=All_products
Way easier to just get up, go to the bathroom, get a big bowl of ice-cream with chocolate syrup, and use the pencil sharpener, compared to wherever your pants and knife happen to be nowadays.
allen@home about 3 years ago
Nothing says how macho you are like a Hello Kitty band-aid. Right Earl.
amethyst52 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Hello Kitty band-aids! Yes! :D
Leojim about 3 years ago
Ouch, that comment hurt worse than the knife cut I’m sure.
catchup about 3 years ago
When I was a kidlet we always used knives to sharpen pencils…can remember half the class of ten year olds all squashed together busily sharpening our pencils into the one bin. Looking back, I am surprised no-one got cut by accident, but I suppose if you are taught how to use a knife correctly from an early age you tend to be safe with them. My papa taught me how to handle a knife when I was five.
Doug K about 3 years ago
Earl was too lazy to get up to go to the pencil sharpener.
monkeysky about 3 years ago
I’ve always found that I could get a better point on a wooden pencil sharpening it by hand, but I also tended to wear down the pencil faster that way.
Templo S.U.D. about 3 years ago
Methinks Opal likes Hello Kitty because she’s a cat person; Earl would be prefer a Snoopy bandage because he’s a dog person.
hariseldon59 about 3 years ago
Roscoe rolling his eyes in the last panel.
Sanspareil about 3 years ago
Roscoe knows that Earl should have used “Hello Cthuthlu” band-aids!
scote1379 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Opal must have been out of Princess bandaids
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault about 3 years ago
“…that too.”
(I favored mechanical pencils when first I saw them. Always sharp and can be used as a weapon if absolutely necessary — I ever did, but I could’ve.)
Daniel Verburg about 3 years ago
Some frivolity in life must be accepted
Breadboard about 3 years ago
Well if it works use it ! Who cares about how it looks .
jbordzol about 3 years ago
And this is one reason why women generally live longer! I love this cartoon!
tremaine53 about 3 years ago
Those bandaids ROCK! They magically make any owie hurt less!
jagedlo about 3 years ago
At your age, Earl, does it really pay to try to be “macho”?
Zebrastripes about 3 years ago
Macho? Opal must have bought the Hello Kitty bandaids for Nelson.
trainnut1956 about 3 years ago
You’d be surprised what you can buy branded “Hello Kitty”. They sell a Hello Kitty AK-47, and also a… a… uh… “electric massager” your wife might enjoy…. nuff said.
assrdood about 3 years ago
We used to have actual “Home economics” and “Shop” classes. Now there is a shortage of skilled trades. Wonder how that happened?
sbwertz about 3 years ago
I had to have a huge hematoma drained after a horse accident. They gave me an antibiotic shot to prevent infection and when I got home I discovered it was covered by a “Wonder Woman” band aid!
33Angel about 3 years ago
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Papakillamon about 3 years ago
Earl, a man secure with his masculinity.
Cozmik Cowboy about 3 years ago
My grandpa, a farmer & carpenter, always sharpened his pencils with his pocket knife.
He also trimmed his grandkids’ fingernails with it; scared the crap out of my mom.
l3i7l about 3 years ago
It does not matter which doctor’s office I’ve been to, all they have are kid’s band-aids. The medical people must believe what tremaine53 said, They magically make any owie hurt less!
I'll fly away about 3 years ago
That’s my dad, w/o the Hello Kitty band-aid.
Mayor Snorkum about 3 years ago
Good one, Nelson.
iggyman about 3 years ago
He should have got a Batman or Superman one!
WilliamMedlock about 3 years ago
You never really own a knife until you’ve cut yourself with it.
kab2rb about 3 years ago
I remember my dad teaching me to sharpen pencil with a knife, fortunate I did not cut myself and very cautious, was really lousy did not help with the pencil, my dad tried not to bother with pencil sharpener. He like old fashion ways.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 3 years ago
But it is a MACHO kitty! See King Kitten batting down biplanes from atop the Empire State Building: https://clothingmonster.com/en/animal-t-shirts-clothing-the-mountain/126-king-kitten-t-shirt-0885361241626.html?gmc_currency=2&msclkid=5cd1a626ebe21468dc33c65b0101f759&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BSC_USA_New&utm_term=4582214719466620&utm_content=All_products
ex window inspector about 3 years ago
I got my covid vaccine shot and didn’t get my Snoopy band aid. It made me sad.
zeexenon about 3 years ago
Way easier to just get up, go to the bathroom, get a big bowl of ice-cream with chocolate syrup, and use the pencil sharpener, compared to wherever your pants and knife happen to be nowadays.
Lightpainter Premium Member about 3 years ago
Hey Earl, real men shave with a knife. ( get your cameras ready, people. This could be youtube worthy).
JP Steve Premium Member about 3 years ago
When I got my (first) Covid shot they put a Garfield band-aid on my owie…!
pbr50138 almost 3 years ago
Earl should have used Scotch tape and been even more macho.