Pickles by Brian Crane for August 07, 2020

They both make messes, so it is an understandable mistake.

Not really.

no recollections of when my father slipped his tongue of calling my mother the cats’ names

Even before my mom lost (most of) it, we sibs would arrange to visit at the same time, so as to see each other. If Molly got there first, we were all called “Molly”. If Jack, Ted or Henry got there first we were all called by “Jack”, “Ted” or “Henry”. There weren’t any pets to confuse the issue, but I’m sure that if she’d had a pet that name would have joined the lottery. She was always apologetic about the mistake, but kept making it anyway.

So far, I’ve avoided calling my spouse by the cat’s name or vice versa, but it’s bound to happen eventually.

PS: I call everybody “Kiddo” unless I’m feeling very certain…

My dad used to call my brothers by the wrong names. Sometimes, he’d get frustrated – like if he was talking to Daniel, he might have said, “John. Paul, Jim, SAM!” I have brothers named John, Paul and Jim, but there is no Sam in the family. He never called anyone by our cats’ names though.

Jim used to call me by his wife’s name or call me “Hon”. I don’t think I was referred to by one of my brothers names, though.

NOTE TO SELF, Learn when to shut up.

I mix up my son’s name and the dogs all the time, but neither one seems to care!

Just a simple Roll Call … done out loud ! Roscoe did get the popcorn ! Earl made popcorn that is hard to believe ;-)

Hey …it’s a win-win for Roscoe! :^))

You didn’t help your case, but you helped Roscoe to some free food!

Nonsense, Earl. What makes you say that?

Nice hat, btw…

I think all parents do this sort of thing. Middle Daughter used to become highly incensed if I called her by the wrong name. And I gave her the answer all parents give their kids. “Just wait until you have children of your own.”

We named our dog “Buddy” for just such an occasion. "More popcorn Buddy? I mean, Pal, Friend, um, babe?

Earl never says anything to help his case.

Thank you for having the puppy Roscoe on today . BUT ! Popcorn is dangerous for a puppy to eat . Some of the skin could get caught is his throat and he could choke . Maybe Roscoe and the kitty could be in tomorrows comics .

And the winnah is…..Roscoe! YAY! Earl Always puts his foot in his mouth…the more he talks, the deeper it goes…

Open mouth, insert foot!

Put the shovel down and step away from the hole, you’re only digging it deeper.

I had a brother, sister and a dog… one time my mom was so upset she called my by brother’s name, my sister’s name AND the dog’s name before she got to mine (complete with middle name)

No, but the new helmet looks good on you, and will be helpful the next time she gets upset. And Roscoe got all the popcorn he wants. Win-win!

Roscoe got his popcorn

Two mistakes don’t make it right, but Roscoe says, “Thanks senile old man. And take away his driver’s license. Remember the time he forgot he drove and walked all the way home?”

As it turned out – Roscoe did want popcorn and got it – so all is good! :-)

One way or the other Roscoe always comes out on top.

My grandmother once called me by her cat’s name. I took it as a compliment because I know how she felt about the cat.

My parents would occasionally go through our names and the dogs’ names to boot! For some reason, the cat’s names never got used. There were just 3 of us kids in the house, too! (My sister is 12 years older than me and was off at college when my youngest brother was born.) One time my dad was looking right at me and used both of my brother’s names, one dog’s name, and frustrated finally sputtered, “Oh whoever you are!” I started laughing and so did he. I teased him about that for years!

Roscoe wins AGAIN..!!

Oh Opal get over it. Roscoe loves popcorn like our doggies did. My hubby actually doesn’t like it at all.

Well a dog’s a dog.

Well, it looks like you got some popcorn, Roscoe.

He did end up giving Roscoe popcorn

Opal is over sensitive.

It might not have helped Carl’s case, but Roscoe sure looked happy.