I know my husband isn’t listening when I tell him stuff. But that gives me ammunition to throw at him if I buy something and he wonders why. I can say, “I TOLD you I was going to buy a new couch!” What can he say? HA!
I just turn my hearing aide off. (Also a useful tactic during campaign ad seasons.) I’ve often wondered if I was the original “drop out” (as in “Turn on. Tune in. Drop out” – Timothey Leary, 1966). Nah, I’m too old to be that relevant. (And I finished college and grad school.)
This reminds me of my parents. Mom always talked through every movie my father watched but he got around that by turning off his hearing aid and he watched some movies enough that he could recite the lines had he been asked. I doubt he ever missed a running of John Wayne’s Cavalry Trilogy.
Charliegirl Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Sooooooo true!
Templo S.U.D. almost 6 years ago
Earl (like Andy Capp with Flo) sure never has a serious conversation with Opal.
sirbadger almost 6 years ago
Beware the man who pretends to hear nothing.
Jaw Jacker almost 6 years ago
Can’t you see the man is trying to watch tv. Stop your babbling
GROG Premium Member almost 6 years ago
He might if you said anything he’d want to hear.
noktar Premium Member almost 6 years ago
The secret of long living marriages
dlkrueger33 almost 6 years ago
I know my husband isn’t listening when I tell him stuff. But that gives me ammunition to throw at him if I buy something and he wonders why. I can say, “I TOLD you I was going to buy a new couch!” What can he say? HA!
prrdh almost 6 years ago
Too bad King Midas’ barber didn’t have Earl as a confidant.
cubswin2016 almost 6 years ago
Maybe Opal should use a bullhorn to talk to Earl.
"It's the End of the World!!!" Premium Member almost 6 years ago
It’s not that we don’t hear it. It more that we just don’t care.
e.groves almost 6 years ago
The only thing we hear is, “Time to eat”.
jagedlo almost 6 years ago
weren’t listening and what he did hear he may not remember anyway…
Perkycat almost 6 years ago
Just keep talking to the dog, Opal. At least you will occasionally get a tail wag.
Neat '33 almost 6 years ago
Hafta agree with Lil’ ol’ me in that’s the case BOTH ways in our house !
Bookworm almost 6 years ago
I just turn my hearing aide off. (Also a useful tactic during campaign ad seasons.) I’ve often wondered if I was the original “drop out” (as in “Turn on. Tune in. Drop out” – Timothey Leary, 1966). Nah, I’m too old to be that relevant. (And I finished college and grad school.)
wiatr almost 6 years ago
This reminds me of my parents. Mom always talked through every movie my father watched but he got around that by turning off his hearing aid and he watched some movies enough that he could recite the lines had he been asked. I doubt he ever missed a running of John Wayne’s Cavalry Trilogy.