Pickles by Brian Crane for December 04, 2014

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    RowdyRainous  almost 10 years ago

    Gosh dangit, Earl! You’re much too old to be building silly forts with that fart of a “grandson”, Nelson. We know he’s adopted. How about you explain to him what fortnight means! This is the only way he won’t end up poor like you.

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    captainkoala1963  almost 10 years ago

    Earl you rascal. If you don’t change the furnace filter, Opal will have to do it. She doesn’t know how to do it. What if she puts roscoe in the furnace instead? quit making forts and fix silly!

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 10 years ago

    No, really, Earl. What’s a fortnight?

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    Llewellenbruce  almost 10 years ago

    “Quite stalling around Earl and replace the filter”.

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    LeoAutodidact  almost 10 years ago

    And THAT’s why He’s the Cool Grandpa!

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    Superfrog  almost 10 years ago

    That excuse is too weak.

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    electricshadow Premium Member almost 10 years ago

    What MayKitten said, fortnight = fourteen nights, i.e. two weeks.

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    puddymom  almost 10 years ago

    Earl is starting to remind me of my husband; the procrastination part.

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    woodworker318  almost 10 years ago

    Every one seems to be echoing the same answer. What difference does it make if it is 14 days, 14 nights or two weeks? It’s all the same.

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    willkepley  almost 10 years ago

    What a good Grandpa. A fortnight is 14 days.

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    pcolli  almost 10 years ago

    A fortnight is two sennights.

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    dutchs  almost 10 years ago

    Our first homework exercise in Chemistry in college was unit conversion: calculate the speed of light in Furlongs per fortnight. (1.8 trillion)

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    jtviper7  almost 10 years ago

    My filter’s on the top on my vaulted ceiling.

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    patsy62  almost 10 years ago

    YAY Grandpa !!

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    Perkycat  almost 10 years ago

    Gotta love Earl. Who cares how long it is. You won’t always have the chance to make a fort – you can change the filter any time.

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    Ginny Premium Member almost 10 years ago

    Not the most helpful husband, but a super grandfather!

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    gordol  almost 10 years ago

    One of my favorite measurements: Furlongs per Fortnight.

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    2252895  almost 10 years ago

    I like grandpa’s fortnight the best. Build away you two.

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    1MadHat Premium Member almost 10 years ago

    14 consecutive days and/or nights.

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    erin.adamic Premium Member almost 10 years ago

    Awww! What’s more important: a boring household chore or spending time with your grandson? For the record, though, I find it odd that Earl would use the term ‘fortnight.’ It’s primarily in use in Britain.

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    Number Three  almost 10 years ago

    If Earl was a specific kind of guy he would have said “I’ll do it in 14 days”

    xxx

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  almost 10 years ago

    An electrical engineering professor complained we mechanical engineering types figured speed of light in furlongs per fortnight..I responded,“186,281.7 miles per second times eight furlongs per mile times 3600 seconds per hour times 24 hours per day times14 days per fortnight. What’s the problem??”

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    JP Steve Premium Member almost 10 years ago

    When I was dumb enough to work we had the option of working a “nine-day-fortnight” — five day workweek, two-day weekend, four day workweek, three-day weekend, repeat.

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    Hunter7  almost 10 years ago

    to add to the growing list – 14 nights.

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    wonkmaster  over 6 years ago

    Fortnite, you mean. :D

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