Pickles by Brian Crane for January 10, 2020

Tell me what science book you got that out of Earl. I could use some of it.

Old age is one’s reward for having frustrated the world’s attempts to wipe you out. Enjoy it while you have it because the game is rigged.

A scientific definition of time is surprisingly difficult. Scientists know what time is in the same sense that an athlete knows what time is. Beyond that, it’s hard to say.

Earl is not old, he’s just chronologically challenged.

Make it a sport and maybe earn medals. I’d be satisfied with bronze.

Earl, What’s the alternative? Go with the flow!

Well Nelson you are part of a comic strip. Age has no limits lad ;-)

Old enough to know better, still too young to resist.

At least you’re asking Earl about his age, it would be a whole different matter if you asked Opal!

“Maybe I should just go play a video game, Grampa. Or shoot heroin.”

Exactly! ZZZZZZZZZZZ

I thought it would take longer to get this old.

old Enough to know never answer that question to a youngster.

It’s not how of the answer is. it’s how odd the answerer is.

No worries all is good.

According to this, we Seniors aren’t keeping our part of the bargain: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

I haven’t figured it out yet, maybe by the time I’m 90…what am I saying, I’ll be dead before I figure it out, way past 90.

It’s not a science, Earl. Old age is an art that must be practiced daily to achieve lasting results, – but once mastered, it has its own rewards.

He’s asking the question because he can’t believe people could actually get that old.

You’ re only as old as the woman you feel.-Groucho Marx

My mother always told her age this way if asked. “I’m as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.”

Well, I’ve heard that when you’ve done something for 10,000 hours, you’re considered to be an expert, so . . .