Pickles by Brian Crane for August 16, 2020

Come on Opal. You love talking to Earl for his intelligent witty remarks.

Add Nelson, your daughter, and Roscoe, and you have a wet spot.

Remember dribble glasses?

why indeed, Opal

Some of us are more like drips than drops.

Because the cat won’t answer you back.

Because he’s there.

OK! Now I know what Earl did for a living. He’s was an engineer!

Wonder what Opal and Earl’s dates were like when they were young ?

“You are all wet”, Earl!

Opal talks to Earl because she secretly likes it.

Drop it Earl, trust me.

Earl is a drip, not a drop. . .

Don’t ask a question you can’t handle the answer to. Not everyone sees the world the same way as you.

So if Earl answered the way Opal wants then he lies to her, and she goes on believing in a lie. If Earl tells her the truth, then it causes a fight, but at least he was honest with himself and her.

What to do, what to do.

mansplainin

He must be reading the basketball scores!

How did these two even fall in love in the first place? And who ever said that “Two drops is an ocean” thing? Was it even supposed to be a romantic quip?

That’s pretty deep for Earl.

That explains the little cartoon rain cloud that later appeared above her head.

Omg! From a simple statement, Earl makes a mountain out of a mole hill…OY VEY!

Good question, Opal. Guess it is better than total silence – maybe.

to create a dribble.

I think the same thing trying to talk to my husband. 20 years and still learning……..

And a pretty small dribble to boot..

Old joke:

X = The unknown. SPURT = A drip under pressure,

Hence an expert is an unknown drip under pressure

He’s dribble-fixated. Probably from trying to pee.

More of a duodrop.

O.K. So there was a Romantic and a Realist that walked into a bar together…

Two Drops = One Drip. And they are one drip of a couple…

“Alright, a splotch, we’re a splotch!” ☺

Earl thinks he’s the household philosopher, so he didn’t appreciate Opal horning in on his turf.

This strip used to be fun…now it’s like watching a dysfunctional couple be, well dysfunctional. If they dropped Earl and just had Opal, cat, dog and grandson it would be ok. As it is, I’m done.

Because you are a good team. Just don’t double dribble on the basketball court.

Same ways what Earl speaks makes sense, as an ocean is a larger body of water that be a community, instead of couple.

I first saw this strip several years ago and it’s lived on the refrigerator ever since. “Why do I talk to you?” is my shorthand for “you can stop mansplaining now.”

Earl and Opal don’t really have a dialogue, it’s more like a monologue.

I’m with Earl on this. Opal should have stopped after saying “ we are a good team”. Her drip statement is just moronic, even though I see what she is trying to say.

Maybe, Opal, you talk to Earl so he can bring you back to Earth after you say crazy things.