Behold the turtle, who maketh no progress until he sticketh out his neck. And as for those short blankets? I really have fastened two of them together (long side to long side). The result isn’t all that aesthetically pleasing, but it’s (barely) long enough and it’s warm too!
And back when we woke up to a too darn cool wood stove, I slept with my socks and (sometimes long) undies in the pillow case. No point being uncomfortable!
Wilde Bill over 2 years ago
In a few years, when you’re gone, Earl, that is what he will remember.
stairsteppublishing over 2 years ago
Oh, so true as far as dealing with a cover that is too short.
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
I’m not sure I can envision life like a blanket with that kind of description.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
Behold the turtle, who maketh no progress until he sticketh out his neck. And as for those short blankets? I really have fastened two of them together (long side to long side). The result isn’t all that aesthetically pleasing, but it’s (barely) long enough and it’s warm too!
And back when we woke up to a too darn cool wood stove, I slept with my socks and (sometimes long) undies in the pillow case. No point being uncomfortable!
LeftCoastKen Premium Member over 2 years ago
Right, Nelson, then one day you can put them all into a book and get it published – “Stupid Things My Grandpa Told Me.”
Cornelius Noodleman over 2 years ago
If have the same story 10 times or more.
iggyman over 2 years ago
I think Earl’s pearls of wisdom belong back into the oyster !
GovernorOfCalisota {LoveBozobyFoxo} Premium Member over 2 years ago
C’mon Earl, be a little more positive, especially with someone that has just started this voyage.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member over 2 years ago
I will not tiptoe through life so I can arrive safely at death.
sandpiper over 2 years ago
Living is a train ride with no conductor and no time table. Lots of shunting onto sidings and changes of views but with only the one destination.
Charliegirl Premium Member over 2 years ago
That’s a good description of how to deal with Covid.
Sanspareil over 2 years ago
To blazes with that, just go and live in the tropics, blankets are superfluous there!
cubswin2016 over 2 years ago
I make it a point never to write down anything Earl says.
The Reader Premium Member over 2 years ago
I can’t. You took all the blanket!
juicebruce over 2 years ago
Earl being that this was from 2009 the “Best By Date” is long gone ;-)
jagedlo over 2 years ago
“Things that I learned from my grandfather” by Nelson Pickles…
Kalkkuna over 2 years ago
Get up and get dressed.
sprink56 over 2 years ago
I’ve just gotten older and wider!
Michael Helwig over 2 years ago
Use it diagonally.
Snolep over 2 years ago
This exactly describes my weighted blanket, and I’m not all that tall. Why do they make them so short?
royq27 over 2 years ago
Grampa is sounding a bit like Foghorn Leghorn.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
The kid hasn’t heard a word.
EuroHomer over 2 years ago
If I ever become a grand father, I’ll be happy to have Earl as my role model..
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
Oy vey Earl!
kaycstamper over 2 years ago
He will, when it’s noteworthy.
purepaul Premium Member over 2 years ago
Why? He’s a one trick pony.
hsawlrae over 2 years ago
Cut 6 inches off one end of the blanket, then sew it onto the other end. Problem solved.
PoodleGroomer over 2 years ago
When Dad came up with a good important one he would tell me that I needed to get that tattooed on my butt so I’d remember it.
mmcalkins over 2 years ago
It’s nice to have a living grandfather to sit down and share ideas and stories. I never had that opportunity with my grandparents.
kab2rb over 2 years ago
Or buy a blanket bigger then the bed, hubby and I did that.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 2 years ago
I have often felt like a turtle. Pull inside my shell and wait for the bad to pass.
That way I don’t have to personally hurt anybody.
FassEddie over 2 years ago
You gotta “fly like an eagle, to the sea…”
zeexenon over 2 years ago
Grandfather, I have King sized electric blankets.
christelisbetty over 2 years ago
Nelson, " What is a fetal position, Grandpa ?"………I wanna hear Earl’s answer.
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
Time to find someone to share blankets with.
Ren Rodee over 2 years ago
Now this is good advise! We’re having a cold stretch up here and this approach would work.
ANIMAL over 2 years ago
Uhhhhmmmmmmmmm……… maybe not.
dlaemmerhirt999 over 2 years ago
Poor sweet Nelson!!! SHAME ON YOU, Earl!:(
StevePappas over 2 years ago
Last panel makes me think of Foghorn Leghorn.
Thehag over 2 years ago
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!
w16521 over 2 years ago
Nelson is going to turn out pretty badly if he keeps listening to his granddad.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 2 years ago
He should; he really should.