Pickles by Brian Crane for December 31, 2013

Don’t give up yet, Earl. What else are “we” out of?

Some days Opal is meaner than others..“If I had some ham, I could make a ham sandwich, if I had some bread.”

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU GOCOMICS READERS!!!

Will 2014 be any better for the Pickles?

Earl feels like a snack… does he feel more like being a popcorn or a cheese puff?

“A sandwich and a sweet roll.”“WE ARE OUT OF SWEET ROLLS!!!”

Brian must be getting his ideas by peeking through my window.

That was not nice , Opal. “HAPPY NEW YEAR,” ANYWAY!

Opal’s old enough to know how to make “kettlecorn.” I had no idea what that was until I asked a young friend.: You put a big pot on the stove, add some oil and popcorn, put a lid on the pan and shake it till the popping stops. In my day we just called it popcorn—and that was the only way to make it! I can remember when JiffyPop was new and my mom refused to spend money on a pieplate and some foil, just so we could watch it puff up. She was about as much fun as Opal.

[Earl goes in bathroom and hangs himself]

Any excuse not to get up and go to the kitchen.

HNY !

How about an apple or orange?

…and then the jury found him ‘not guilty’ !

Strange. You don’t look like a snack.

“No mo Cheezy Poofs?!”Cartman despondent

wonder Why His ‘Stash Isn’t Lopsided?

“Yes, we have no bananas.”

I pop with a little square screen basket with a long handle – the original air-popped. Add melted butter and salt after it is unloaded into a bowl.

Are they out of pickles too?

You feel like a snack?

You look human to me, Earl.

xxx

Earl says…“Well I have some gum”…Opal unwraps a piece and says..“Ummmm..Juicyfruit”(One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest reference)

That was cruel, Opal! Don’t joke about cheese puffs!!

If we had some eggs, we could have bacon and eggs, if we had some bacon….