Pickles by Brian Crane for December 21, 2020

Are you trying to get slapped?

oh, now you’re just being ornery, Earl

It means she has ADHD.

Butt first obviously does not seem to be the solution.

I have met a few people and see a larger (mch) number of buttfirsters. They seem to be attractedt politics and ranting in The Readers Write sections of the paper.

Groan…

One has to set priorities and adhere to them.

I was in my dining room at a seniors’ long term care facility (I was a dietary aide there for 32 1/2 years) setting up the tables for breakfast when one of the residents came in and sat down at his table and I poured him an early coffee. This kind gentleman had Parkinson’s Disease. When I first saw him I nearly said something that is not in my vernacular. I will say hello, how are you, what’s up, how’s it going and so on when greeting someone. But this particular morning the express “what’s shaking” came to my mind immediately and I almost said it. I bit my tongue, so to speak, and said, “Hello Mr. Patterson. How are you this morning?” I am so thankful that I did not say what came to mind at first. Thinking about it later I marveled at how much of a computer our brains are. I just never use that expression. He or anyone overhearing me might have thought that I was trying to be funny. Was thinking about that moment and thought that I would share it.

Butt of course Earl.

Make a list, Opal and do one job, and go to the next one on the list, etc. That way all gets done without forgetting anything!

Earl has “I’m Lazy Syndrome” ;-)

Oh Earl…. hope you enjoy the sofa…

Opal is describing Attention Deficit Disorder.

Opal has “Shipwright’s disease.”

LOL!

I understand Pearl exactly, but do not do the floor before you wash the dishes. You’ll splash water on your clean floor, and have to wipe up the spots. Not to mention you can’t even do the dishes until the floor dries.

It’s all in the interpretation……LOL!

I don’t why she even BOTHERS talking to him……

Me too.

Same here, but my “but first” goes more in the direction of: “I will read the paper”, “I will watch a Friends re-run”, or some other procastination or goof-off tactic until my wife ends up doing the chore.

Sounds like a touch of Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. It troubles me too.

Never heard of it as ‘but first’, always heard it as ‘but then’….

Just forget it all and GO SAILING!

Wrong BUTT Earl! But watch yourself with talking about Her butt?

My wife and I joke about getting ‘distracted’ while trying to do chores. If you can’t laugh about it, you’re gonna wind up crazy.

I think he is corrrect.

Only Earl could think butt first!

I almost agree with Earl, only reverse.

With my luck, if I come into a room butt first, I’ll forget why I left the previous room… ☺

If he says anything about her face he’d better run, fast!

This is one of the reasons our population is approaching a “cabin fever” pandemic. I live alone; I can do whatever I want. But, if I stay home, everywhere I look there is something that needs fixing, cleaning, cooking or relocating. Barring unnecessary travel, I take a LOT of walks up and down the cul-de-sac – walks “supervised” by my two cats, who also like to get out.

ROTFL – one of the funniest in a long time!

I thought Earl was going to say something that was really going to get him in trouble, as per usual.

I consider it getting to Chore Zero. That one needs to be first, and the rest will follow progressively. At least in theory. I would rather read a book.

But first, prioritize! If confused, consider the 80 – 20 rule.

I think I have what she has, except mine usually ends with ‘but first I’ll go to the bar’.

LOL! This is one of the best yet!

Earl is going to be suffering from “head first” syndrome…his head is going to be the first part of his body that Opal drives through a wall!

Aaaand this is when the fight starts…