Pickles by Brian Crane for September 30, 2019

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 5 years ago

    how does one wash only one side of a sheet in the washing machine?

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    laughingkitty  about 5 years ago

    I like it best in the spring through early fall when I can hang my sheets on the clothesline. The fabric softener/dryer sheet is yet to be invented that comes even close to that fresh smell of sheets dried outdoors on the clothesline.

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    iggyman  about 5 years ago

    That would be a good trick, Opal!

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    Breadboard  about 5 years ago

    Wrong move Earl ;-(

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    jagedlo  about 5 years ago

    I think that all Earl cares about is that he has some sheets to slip into and fall asleep…

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    donwalter  about 5 years ago

    Every so often, I get the feeling that I have married Opal’s sister…

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    BearsDown Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Tie Wash?

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    cdward  about 5 years ago

    This is almost verbatim the conversation I had with my wife last week.

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    walstib Premium Member about 5 years ago

    In the male dorms at U of IL in the early 1970’s, a maid came once a week to wash the bottom sheet, move the top sheet to the bottom, and give us a fresh top sheet. The female dorms did not have this service. No one blinked at the obvious sexism at the time.

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    walstib Premium Member about 5 years ago

    First sign of autumn, yesterday I took off the linen sheets and put on flannel sheets. Second sign, my wife cranked the thermostat to 73, she is always freezing!

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    flemmingo  about 5 years ago

    We hang our sheets on a clothes line and they do feel great.

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    Zebrastripes  about 5 years ago

    Earl just loves to yank her chain…and she’s always ready to come back with a snarky remark….

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    Jeff0811  about 5 years ago

    Freshly laundered sheets don’t really feel any different to me. They do smell a lot better, and I comment on them every time. If earl has a weak sense of smell it might explain why he cannot tell the difference.

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    WCraft Premium Member about 5 years ago

    But surely they smell different?

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    Thechildinme  about 5 years ago

    If I shower before slipping between clean sheets, I detect a difference.

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    zeexenon  about 5 years ago

    One explanation: He’s in P.J.s and has old age permanent nasal congestion.

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    Linguist  about 5 years ago

    I have to laugh. I changed the sheets on the bed just before I started reading my GoComics, this morning.

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    Perkycat  about 5 years ago

    I like clean sheets, but it sure is getting harder and harder to put them on. Ahhhhh, the golden years!

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    1953Baby  about 5 years ago

    Let me know how that works, Opal. . .

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    mmmmary  about 5 years ago

    The day Earl was reading by the light of his phone, wasn’t he on the other side of the bed?

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    6foot6  about 5 years ago

    If it wasn’t so much work, I would have fresh sheets on my bed every single night. I love having freshly laundered sheets.

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    Concretionist  about 5 years ago

    Remember the Katzenjammer Kids? Will never forget the comic in which they complain about being required to wash their hands before dinner, so Mama says “OK, just wash one  hand!”

    And in the next frame, we see them standing at the sink, each washing one of the others’ hands

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    Jim Kerner  about 5 years ago

    Or by hand.

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    mainstreetseats  about 5 years ago

    It’s easy… You put half the sheet in the washing machine, and leave the other half hanging out!

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