Pickles by Brian Crane for October 29, 2021

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    Mikey Jay  about 3 years ago

    What drives me nuts is being on the phone and someone is talking your ear off but you have basically tuned them out. But then they catch onto that and say, “What have I been saying?” Busted!

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    Ratkin Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I think she’s catatonic. The cat is her tonic.

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    Concretionist  about 3 years ago

    I had a son who would tune me out 10 seconds after I started in on his responsibilities. Fortunately, my father taught me (by example, alas) how to cope with that: Finish a sentence. Ask the target audience to paraphrase it back to you. Do the next sentence, Ask for a paraphrase of the TWO sentences. Repeat. Break for lunch. Repeat. Break for dinner… Eventually, you DO get through, though it’s a lot like pulling teeth. Without pliers. (The moaning is similar, too).

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    Cornelius Noodleman  about 3 years ago

    And so then I said to her, it’s none of your business!

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    juicebruce  about 3 years ago

    Opal ask the cat the same question ;-)

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    iggyman  about 3 years ago

    Muffin makes an appearance !

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    iggyman  about 3 years ago

    Just lost your train of thought, Opal!

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    jmworacle  about 3 years ago

    Couch city here he comes.

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    Frankie5466  about 3 years ago

    sorry Opal, we weren’t listening either… zzzz. :-) Kinda reminds me of my mother in law, she can talk for hours while you just nod, say mmhmm, and do whatever you want! read a book, watch tv… lol she doesn’t care, just keeps on blabbing! You couldn’t get a word in edgewise anyway!

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    Doug K  about 3 years ago

    Did you ever “wake up” in the middle of someone else’s sentence, try to figure out what they were saying, and pretend that you “got it all”?

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    nosirrom  about 3 years ago

    I’ve never had that problem. I don’t know what I’m talking about when I’m wide awake.

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    The Reader Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I think he might get away with this one!

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    tremaine53  about 3 years ago

    There HAS to be a song in this…

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    jagedlo  about 3 years ago

    One of the few times that honesty may not be the best policy…

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    1953Baby  about 3 years ago

    Where’s Earl’s one-piecer????

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    monya_43  about 3 years ago

    The crash you heard was her train of thought derailing.

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    walstib Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Opal needs to get her bunny slippers on to get her brain in gear.

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    ANIMAL  about 3 years ago

    …..and THIS is what I have to look forward to..????

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    azhoosier41  about 3 years ago

    I was on my land line one time with a friend that just kept rattling on and on. I was in the middle of cooking supper at the time and needed to stir stuff on the stove. Cord wouldn’t reach that far so I gently laid the phone down, went over and stirred my stuff, came back, picked up the phone and he was still rattling away and never knew I was gone for a few minutes.

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    Zebrastripes  about 3 years ago

    That’s the very reason I don’t like the phone! Some go on and on but when you have something to say they seem bored and not interested….one friend seems to think everything is funny….and it’s all about her….BORING!

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    mistercatworks  about 3 years ago

    When I was child, my Mother would continually accuse me of not listening to what she was saying during one of her half-hour (literally) lectures. The only entertainment I got out of it was repeating verbatim the last five minutes of what she had been saying. It didn’t stop her from accusing me of the same thing next time. :)

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    ScratchyPDX  about 3 years ago

    Before my dad passed away, we’d be talking and he’d fall asleep in mid-sentence. A few minutes later he’d wake up talking right where he left off. “I did it again, didn’t I?” We’d all have a good laugh. I’m still listening.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member about 3 years ago

    And there you have it….ain’t it?

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    Bookworm  about 3 years ago

    I simply say, “Oh well. My train of thought has just derailed. There were no survivors.” I never ask anyone “What was I saying?” I’m afraid they might tell me.

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    zeexenon  about 3 years ago

    I often have to ask Alexa the same question.

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    Buckeye67  about 3 years ago

    Say good night Gracie, I mean Opal.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  about 3 years ago

    Whenever I forget what I was saying and nobody else knows what it was, I take the wild guess it was not important to them and drop the subject.

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    kab2rb  about 3 years ago

    Ya I get where I tune out. Except on my husband, I have to stop doing what I do when he talks.

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    donwestonmysteries  about 3 years ago

    Made for each other.

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    Phanakapan  about 3 years ago

    Are those Crocs on Opal’s feet? Would go well with the jumpsuit!

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    circleM  about 3 years ago

    I catch hell from people, my wife included, because I hear every word around me although it appears that I’m not paying attention. It’s a trick I learned when I was in outside sales and I was calling on customers, it’s amazing what people will say out loud when they don’t think you’re listening

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    wiatr  about 3 years ago

    My son was watching a piece on YouTube the other night and the speaker was describing the family trees of half of Europe’s royalty. I lost track somewhere and when it ended I switched to something more interesting since the guy who started that one was in the bathroom by then.

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    comicalUser  about 3 years ago

    So, which one forgot about the jumpsuit?!

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