Pickles by Brian Crane for April 01, 2021

A lotta help you are Earl.

why would Opal need to do a manicure while on the phone, Earl?

Isn’t there a place in the house with a pen? I don’t walk around the house with a pen but I know where to find them.

When someone hands me a pen to sign the credit slip and it doesn’t work, I simply drop it into the trash can (or soup bowl if that’s what there is) and ask for another. It’s a tough job, but SOMEBODY has to do it.

You probably shouldn’t be standing that close.

She has a cell phone, just go into the Notes app and type what you want!Jeebus!!

The Russians, of course, used a pencil.

There is never a pen (that works) close by when you really need one!

Strange how some folks ask me why I always carry a pen. Then 5 minutes later they ask to borrow it ;-)

April Fool to the old aged Pickles couple!

Next time, bring your own pen, Opal!

I feel like I’m in this comic strip sometimes?

“Be Unprepared”, that’s Earl’s motto.

I remember when ballpoint pens were first invented. They leaked ink all over your fingers and clothes.

I always carry two pens since I learned about redundancy working on mainframe computers. Also, I’ve not forgotten the Boy Scout motto “Be Prepared”.

That guy has MORE TROUBLE with pens..!!!!

The ones with ink will ruin your pocket.. wise move to keep empties only

Poor Earl, always just a tad out of it!

With land lines going the way of the Dodo, the days of keeping a pad and pen by the phone is a thing of the past.

lol

Of course… :D

I would like to see them go on vacation, I don’t they have have been anywhere other than that house.

My dearest was a-cookin on the phone, and I hea’lped.

ER Tech: “He’s got a pen where?” ☺

He’s no-pen minded.

I always carry a small pad of paper with me everywhere I go – to jot down ideas. Anybody got a pen?

Oh shucks, they hung up.

What an April fools joke

My role model!

Write… I mean, Right on Earl. You are always one step ahead. We also need a Pepsi machine in the basement to compliment the pool table if you know of any Jesuits. Those were the ghetto days we may have to put in history books for our grandchildren.

Thereby raising the question of whether or not it really IS a pen.