Pickles by Brian Crane for January 08, 2016

At least Nelson wasn’t speaking Spanish. (¿Qué?)

G. That’s short for great answer Grandma.

’k.

Well at least she is trying to get a child to speak properly. I work with adults that I can’t understand because they refuse to open their mouths to talk. I don’t read lips or understand mumbelings either.

A little harsh there Opal.

Just text her from now on, Nelson.

Grandmas do not like being spoken to like we speak to our friends. Nelson got the point through chocolate chip cookies.

p for party pooper.

Grandmas have a special ability to get their points across and be obeyed.Mom can shout and cajole to no avail but a quiet directive by grandma is immediately obeyed.

Actually ‘S’ is short for “Saban”, the coach.

I’m a grandma and I know what hills to fight on, and mild slang, changing language, or my grandson forgetting I’m not his peer, aren’t any of them. Take a chill pill Opal, you just come across as a nag, and nobody’s ever changed for the better because of nagging.

Sheesh. I don’t wanna be THAT grandparent. And even if he said, “Okay,” that’s not a sentence, Opal… and in fact, we speak in fragments all the time. It’s how language works.

My four year old grand daughter responded to a request for her to do something for me with “Whatever”. FOUR years old. I called her back and told her her answer was unacceptable to me (I’ve heard her respond to her parents in that manner and they ignore it). I told her when answering to me to say “Yes Maam” or “okay” in a pleasant voice. She told me “yes maam”. I’m sure I’ll need to remind her from time to time but still…

Geeze, lighten up, Opal. You know what he meant.

Her house – Her ground rules – don’t like ‘em – don’t visit – over the last couple decades of this – i can do whatever and say whatever and everybody has to ‘put up with it’ – especially coming from a young child has obtained for us a much better relationship understanding among everybody – NOT -and as for comments see today’s Pearl’s Before Swine strip :)

Um; wait ’til Nelson starts using the cell or whatever, and will ignore her and Earl altogether !

“Okay” isn’t a sentence, let alone a complete one. In fact, in Panel 2, Nelson does speak a complete sentence. And while we’re on the subject, “K” is used instead of “roger” in some police radiospeak—which Nelson probably knows. But it’s an unwise cookieholic who defies Grandma.

O.K. is short for Oll Korrect so…

If only someone had use that set of punishments upon the groups of people who thought up Ebonics or Valleygurl or texting!

Well said, Opal! People are so lazy nowadays.What really annoyed me was the acronym “KK” Thankfully I never see it being used now.xxx

I’d tell her TS.

now she’s pulling out the big guns. no cookies?!??

What if Nelson had said, “Ah-ight.”?

Author “Colin Foster” has created an iToons based off of this strip: https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=79