Pickles by Brian Crane for July 28, 2014

Earl’s excuse: HIS arthritis (which he doesn’t have) is also acting up. Also, seems like Opal’s hearing is going off. Earl asked what width, not with what.

Arthritis of the earsnormally impossible because ears aren’t jointsbut Opal’s special.

Opal must ride that little short bus when she goes shopping….

Actually, my wife does the same thing to me – hard to tell if she’s BS’ing me or on the level sometimes. Ahhh, married life!

If Opal’s cutting the fabric into strips, she should be using a rotary cutter instead of scissors. For once Earl’s question is perfectly logical.

I would have thought it far more probably for Earl to hear “width” and think “with” – actually I am surprised Earl thought of width of strips at all (and that Opal didn’t). Weird.

If Opal reads a tape measure like my wife, the answer would be something like, “Three inches and five little lines.”

Sounds like l some of the miscommunication I have with my wife from time to time.

It’s a bad joke based on a bad pun. Don’t over think it.

Whatever she does wrong, it’s Earl’s fault.

Good thing Opal told him to use scissors. Otherwise Earl might use punning shears.

GRRRRROOOOOAAAANNNN!

Variation of the old joke:

Him: I just got this great new hearing aid.Her: What kind is it?Him: About eleven thirty.

I LOVE Earl and Opal – and Brian Crane!!!!

Just another case of Trying to control Earl.

If this were an old song the next line would be….(Earl) If the scissors are too dull then….

After 4 weeks of daily reruns, we are back to first run daily strips.

Much easier to tear it into strips..

And she thinks Earl’s got mental problems.

hillsmom: Lena Horne, and the definitive version. You can hear Horne’s blood pressure rise throughout, while Belafonte stays as cool as can be. I think he may have recorded it with Odetta, but the Horne version is best.

The JMr and I converse pretty much like that., except he would cut it into squares and then swear I told him to do it that way.

DavidHuieGreen: It is one of many antiphonal folk songs with the female singing Liza and the male Georgie. I dig the “late youth”. I got into folk music in the dying days of ballad chasing. You found a new one and learned it on the spot and wrote it down later, unless you had a Library of Congress grant like John and Alan Lomax. After that, radio with the Weavers and Peter, Paul, and Mary tainted the waters too much to get a provenance – but saved a bunch that would have otherwise been lost.