Pickles by Brian Crane for June 23, 2024

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    ʲᔆ  6 months ago

    who didn’t see that coming?

    of course Earl doesn’t see anything at the moment

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    thevideostoreguy  6 months ago

    He’s not wrong, though. It IS a dangerous world. Between your own incompetence and other people, there’s no end to the things that could go wrong.

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    sirbadger  6 months ago

    If he had aimed it the opposite way, where would the pepper spray have gone? Would he have hit Opal or the cat. Indoors, they could probably smell it even if he didn’t hit them in the face.

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    Argythree  6 months ago

    He meant well…

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    carlsonbob  6 months ago

    I know Earl isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I did expect him to be smarter than that.

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    enigmamz  6 months ago

    Before anyone asks, I can personally tell you that wearing glasses does NOT help against pepper spray (thankfully, 2nd personally).

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    Yakety Sax  6 months ago

    If tasers don’t already have a label saying don’t try to use it on yourself, this real story might make manufacturers rethink that.

    Last weekend I saw something at Larry’s Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety. WAY TOO COOL! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home and loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button; Nothing. I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I’d get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs; AWESOME!!!(Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave…) Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn’t be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right?

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    Botulism Bob  6 months ago

    Thank heavens Roscoe was not present. I can’t imagine him laughing at Earl in pain.

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    iggyman  6 months ago

    Smooth move, Earl!

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    iggyman  6 months ago

    I worked with a woman who had a pen that if you tried to write with it it would give you a shock, Sandy you were too much!

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    akiprev04  6 months ago

    What does she mean by “get back to you”? I know that “get” has approx. 143 meanings in English, “get back” probably 127, while “get back to somebody” perhaps 64.

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    sarahbowl1 Premium Member 6 months ago

    Oh! Poor Ear! I feel for anyone doing a kindness and then something like that happens!

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    Ol' me  6 months ago

    True story: Many years ago at the company where I worked, we had a demonstration by a self-defense “expert” on how to use pepper spray. To show the potency of the spray, he squirted a little into a styrofoam cup, which then melted into a glob of steaming goop. I could see that my dipsh!t of a boss was totally fascinated by the demonstration.

    Everyone, including him, ordered their own pepper spray from the guy, which were delivered a few days later. On that day, I happened to walk by my boss’s office and I saw that he was coughing violently and his face was red. In one of his hands was the pepper spray, and in the other was a melting styrofoam cup.

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    kaycstamper  6 months ago

    Seriously? He can’t be that stupid!

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    ʲᔆ  6 months ago

    mmmm⠄⠄⠄ spicy!

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    Frankie5466  6 months ago

    Seems a foolish decision to spray pepper spray in your living room even if it’s not directly pointed at ones face

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    MontanaPhil50  6 months ago

    We carry pepper spray when hiking to fend off bears and you really hope that, if you see a bear, it is downwind of you.

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    ANIMAL  6 months ago

    He should RETURN it…… They put the hole on the wrong SIDE.!!!!

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    w16521  6 months ago

    Muffin is loving it.

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    elgrecousa Premium Member 6 months ago

    I don’t like this strip. The last thing we need is for cartoons to hype up the message that we live in a dangerous world.

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    gustoons Premium Member 6 months ago

    If he really released pepper spray inside the house, Opal would not be sitting there talking to him, she would be gasping for breath also, that stuff is incredibly harsh on your lungs.

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    JudithStocker Premium Member 6 months ago

    I just love Muffin’s expression on the last panel!

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    zeexenon  6 months ago

    He’d make a great wind up vacuum cleaner salesman.

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    BuckeyeFanForever Premium Member 6 months ago

    That’s probably something I’d do in the heat of the moment. I have a problem with spaying the pan with pam spray.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member 6 months ago

    Holy crap,Earl………

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    rick92040  6 months ago

    I bought my wife a walking stick with a built in taser. When a stray dog comes at her she just pushes the button so it makes noise and the dog runs. No need to zap it.

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    PaintTheDust  6 months ago

    Yeah, Earl, next time you meet a bad guy, do that… Recon he’ll think, if you’re willing to do that to you , what are you willing to do to him !

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    Strawberry King  6 months ago

    Kids, don’t try this at home.

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    wildlandwaters  6 months ago

    I live in bear country and have bear spray on hand…whenever I handle them, I do so veeerrryyy carefullyyyyy!!!

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  6 months ago

    Be glad it wasn’t a firearm

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    Ukko wilko  6 months ago

    The tallest trophies on my gun safe are my wife’s, from pistol matches. That said, pepper spray is a good thing to have, since not all threats justify deadly force.

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