Pickles by Brian Crane for January 21, 2022

Arty says, “Please don’t give him the wrong definition.”

In a local robbery, Arty chokes three for a dollar.

Ask your mother, Nelson, to take you to the grocery store in order to know what an artichoke is.

Speaking of artichokes, don’t bother doing this recipe from Food Wishes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKGDsOkmsDc

Kind of like eating crabs. Good eating, but too much work.

Poor Nelson. By his age, I’d already had (part of) an artichoke, and learned the joy of lemon-butter dripping off my elbows (hey, I was about 6 or 7, I think). I’ve loved them ever since, and that’s longer than I’ve loved most things. Though things did get a little rough when I was losing my baby incisors…

Since then, I have of course learned that there are other excellent vehicles for lemon-butter, garlic-butter and occasionally honey-butter. (swallows some saliva).

That’s the trouble with old sayings. One first has to educate the listener about the context.

No broken crayons?

I’ve never had an artichoke. And the online pictures don’t inspire me. But the saying would work well with “pomegranate”. Barely worth all the effort to get to the seeds.

Go for it Earl ! Tell Nelson what an Artichoke is ;-)

Makes you wonder, who was the first person to look at an artichoke and say:

I think I could eat that??

I do not think I ever had an artichoke except on a Subway hoagie!

Just an excuse to eat melted butter.

Nelson thought it was funny even though he didn’t completely get the choke.

Where’s Stymie when you need him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNSzZvEkoDE

Earl described a golf ball. It’s a lot of effort to peel off the outer shell, and then get through all of the wound-up material that surrounds the inner core. Once you get to that core? It’s pretty useless.

It’s when Artie fails to deliver in the clutch!

I’m just giving you the punchline … ‘’Artie chokes three for a buck.’’

Earl needs to have My Italian recipe for stuffed Artichokes!

I’ve often wondered about the person who first looked at an artichoke and thought, “I bet I could eat that.” Of course, I’ve wondered the same thing about Brussels sprouts.

I remember when a mafia guy went to jail. Artiechoked 3 for a Dollar.

Good question Nelson…

I still wonder why someone decided that kale is edible.

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it comes off the roll.

I didn’t get one until I was grown. I love them!

OK, but is it listed in the Ayurveda as Vajikaran Rasayan?

An artichoke is an edible version of a thistle, and if you wait too long to eat it, it will bloom into a beautiful flower in your garden. Thankfully not as pokey as a thistle.

Tune in tomorrow to watch Earl try to get up off the floor!

Awwwwwww……. he’s coloring with his Grandson (good luck getting UP though)

Mushy celery

When they were offered to The Little Rascals, Stymie said,“They might have choked Artie, but they won’t choke me !”.

I saw this in a Pickles strip, many years ago…young people talk about the future because they have no past. Old people talk about the past because they have no future.