Pickles by Brian Crane for November 04, 2013

That’s even more disgusting.

Brian really knows us old folks.

Elderly men in my S. European city are not only averse to changing their clothes, but also to using deoderant—they think it harms the skin. At 8 AM on a hot summer morning, they tend to leave scent trails behind them as they walk past on the street…always make me think of Charlie Brown’s Pig Pen!

Just look at what Opal was wearing on Saturday……and many other days.

Earl should do what I do, buy at least a week’s worth of the same type of shirts and pants. Not only is it convenient, but it drives my wife crazy. .Her: “Don’t you want me to buy you something different?”Me: “Why? This way I don’t have to waste time deciding what to wear each day.”Her: “Don’t people think it’s strange?”Me: “Who cares what people think? They can buy clothes for me if it bothers them so much.”

If they don’t smell and they’re not dirty, they are still clean, especially for just wearing around the house. I hang up things that I wear out for only a couple of hours or so—like church clothes—and get many wearings out of them before they need to be laundered.

I used to hang up my church clothes after I got home and then wear them on Monday to work. My husband wears the same clothes for 2 days and it makes me nuts because he walks 6 miles a day and I know they are sweaty. I am always complaining about them, I mean they don’t smell like BO but they do smell sour…..yuk. Give it up Opal, it won’t do any good, I know.

As long as he changes his underwear every day, what’s the diff?

underwear?

lmao…..been there

When I worked part time DOC office Receptionist, I would make sure my clothes clean, after two years no job, I was let go after 9 years then position closed out due to budget cuts, I wear my clothes each day for a few days, except undies tmi,I feel what difference does it make. Church clothes still fresh I hang up.

Excuse me while I run upstairs and slip into yesterday’s jeans.

That’s funny because Opal wears that same poka-dot dress every day.

You pass an old couple at the grocery store and he has a fragrance reminiscent of the zoo, can’t help wondering if they’ve both lost their sense of smell.

Hey, it’s just that much less laundry to do, Opal.

My husband tries that. I keep telling him I’m not his mother, I shouldn’t have to tell him to change his clothes, it should just be something he does!

Jeans can be worn for a few days, but shirts get changed at least once a day, some days 3x

Our lips are sealed too, Earl.

LOL xxx

Just get a couple of matching uniforms, Earl.

Haven’t they both been wearing these clothes since the strip started?

Must have been the reason for that old people smell at the house I used to collect for the newspaper..I would ring the bell.they would open the door,and the funk would rush out of the house and just about knock you over..

earl u da man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!