Pickles by Brian Crane for September 04, 2023

Opal is up on all the latest trends.

You’re a dead man Earl

I’m not surprised that “kids” in their 40’s and below have tattoos, although I don’t like them. But I’m surprised at how many people in their 50s and above have very extensive tattoos. I don’t understand the appeal of bodily mutilation. There are still plenty of jobs where they’re not acceptable, at least not if visible.

I can feel that swat from here

To be continued?

I heard someone say one time that people who get an extensive number of tattoos when they get old and wrinkled will look like a crumpled up road map! I still chuckle over that comment. I can just see it!

Said the man with varicose brains…..

Dead man sitting.

EEEAAAARRRRLLLL, you got some ‘splainin’ to do.

Big waste of money

Next panel: Opal swats Earl on the head!

I don’t mind seeing a small tattoo or so on a young woman. But yesterday, as an example, I saw a young woman (no more than 20), wearing short-shorts and sleeveless, and one leg and one arm completed covered with tattoos. The opposite arm and leg had some, but not completely covered. How much you wanna bet she’s not finished with this “project” ? Don’t these young people realize that they may HATE this look in 20 or 30 years?

The you-know-what is about to hit the fan!

“She’s right behind me, isn’t she?”

Every now and then, this cartoon earns an honest “LOL”—and today is one of those days!

I’ve been cut, burnt, stabbed and shot . The scar tissue is good enough for me ;-)

You need to brush up on your Opal senses, Earl!

I once “faked out” my jr high age sons by putting a temporary tattoo on my arm- a big rose on my upper arm. The looks on their faces were priceless!

Permanent evidence of temporary insanity.

People in their 50 and above are former hippies, beatniks, punkers, bikers etc.

too late Earl. :J

Opal’s tattoos are a map that shows the exact location of where she plans to bury Earl. Very soon.

Better get the couch ready, Earl!

Earl should be very careful. Opal might just decide to play a ‘tattoo’ on his pate.

my mom always told me it was from having kids. now that she’s past I know why she said it.

As a man with varicose veins, I find this particular cartoon offensive although I usually love this strip.

Military personnel from most couuntries had tattoos as a sign of solidarity with their comrades, a reminder of their loved ones and as signs of luck, and to warn off bad luck. This was normal starting around WW1 and continues to this day. Even back in pregistoric times warriors painted their body to look fierce.Therefore it is not just “kids in their 40s” who do it. Women having tattoos is a 20th century thing and continues today as a “fashion statement”. No, I do not have any.

UH OHHhhhhhhh…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here’s a handprint for you Earl

I somehow ended up with a map of the eastern corridor on my right leg.

She’s going to bop Earl on the head!

The nice little rose tattoo a young lady gets on her chest turns into a long stemmed rose over time. More than one flower can become a hanging garden. ;-D

I don’t see Earl showing off his perfect legs in a pair of shorts.

I’ve never had the life Venn intersection of drunk, too much money, and an open tattoo parlor.

A lot of money invested in tattoos. Save them for posterity! “Tan me hide when I’m dead, Fred. Tan me hide when I’m dead. So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, And that’s it hangin’ on the shed!!” from “Tie me kangaroo down, sport” lyrics

a little boy misunderstood and started calling them very gross veins

Father and navy buddies got drunk- he hated those tats, thus I have detested tattooing . Our bodies are supposed to be the temple of the Holy Ghost, (I Cor. 6:19).

and then it went dark for grandp

I could be wrong, but I’m guessin’ Earl ended up with a nice big “tat” on his hayd!

Ladies, you can have them “stripped.” Or wear no co-pay pants and take over the old-man’s easy chair.

my son has dragons…..in fact all of my sons have them some I like and some I don’t care for…

I’m waiting until they have animated tattoos!

If I ever got a tattoo it would be a ; in support of suicide prevention

Remember this guy in the service talking about his father’s tattoo. It was a rabbit being chased by a fox and jumping into his rabbit hole. The ‘rabbit hole’ was the man’s exit. No one asked if he had a picture of it.

Today we mourn the passing of Earl “Grampa” Pickles….

I’ve seen some amazing tattoos on people and while I would never get one myself, I can appreciate the artistry – and a lot of tattoos are very personal to the person who has them, so I say, to each his own. :)

Yesterday’s RBION has a blurb about the first known tattoo being discovered by UV on a 5000 year old mummy. Believe It Or Not.

It took me awhile, old boomer that I am, but I finally got used to seeing people covered in tattoos. Especially young ladies.