Pickles by Brian Crane for July 31, 2022

Don’t sweat the small stuff

Where the he|| did he get a Studebaker?

The fact that he wasn’t being interrupted should have tipped him off.

Earl, you nincompoop

We now know where you’re going (as soon as Opal gets you)

While looking ahead to see where you’re going,

and checking your rear view mirror to see what’s behind you,

… it’s also good to look to your left and to your right …

… to see what is (or isn’t) beside you.

It’ similar to an old Garrison Keillor story in his “Report From Lake Wobegone.”

Seems a lot of drivers think about where they are going and what they are going to do there, than where they are. Wonder there aren’t more accidents.

Take a left and you’ll be on route 66. Leave your troubles behind you

Earl got caught up in his philosophy and lost track of what he was doing! Opal will be less than happy!

Gonna have to tell her all over. On the good side, she’s probably not talking to him, so no shouting.

Enjoy the couch.

Earl if you get back in time she will never know ;-)

last sentence is not complete . should read "left her at the store AGAIN . "

My daughter and I did that once.

Left my wife at the store.

We didn’t realize it until we got home (@ 2 miles) and saw her car in the driveway.

She didn’t know we had left the store.

Now’s your chance Earl….don’t turn around!

https://www.motortrend.com/vehicle-genres/1950-1951-studebaker-bullet-nose-commander/

Looks like it’s back on the couch for you tonight!

My neighbor has a 1953 Nash Rambler (in mint condition) parked in his garage. Belonged to his dad.

Must have been drowsy from sleeping on the couch the night before!

Earl should have realized that he forgot Pearl, she wasn’t correcting his driving.

Don’t say anything; she probably didn’t even know you were gone.

You left Opal back at the store? Are you in trouble! Best to keep driving.

Hahaha! Earl is so wrapped up in his wisdomy thoughts, he forgot his other half…

Don’t think I ever saw a blue and white Studebaker.

My uncle had one. He called it a Steadybreaker.

Keep driving pal…….. you’ll thank me LATER ☺

If it were only that easy. But, she’ll probably find her way home.

Her word were…forget me not!

Ummm.. I hope you remember which store.

We had two Studebakers back in the day. My friends and I used it when it was parked inthe side drive as a space ship.

Just keep driving Earl…..just keep driving.

When I was a kid, my mom and dad were laughing at what had happened to one of their married friends adventure. This was back in the 1960’s. It was a RV they were driving or maybe a trailer they were pulling. I can’t remember. They stopped at a gas station in the middle of the desert ( I think it was the 15 in the Barstow California area). Wife was driving this time. Hubby had been sleeping in the back or in the trailer. Wife fills up gas tank and doesn’t notice hubby had gotten out of the RV to get something in the convenience store. Wife takes off without hubby. I can’t remember the exact details but I think it is miles later when she is pulled over by a Calif. Highway Patrol officer and he asks her if she knew where her hubby was. Answer. In the back sleeping. Of course she then realizes what happened with that question. Had to drive all the way back to the gas station to pick him up. He was smart enough to call the Highway Patrol and they were gracious enough to go and track the RV down. I think that is how it happened.

Brian wasted his time thinking up dialogue.

Garrison Keiller wrote a story about this happening. The wife assumed he had been mad at her and was contrite for days.

I haven’t decided yet whether I would rather be with Opal or Earl.

Wow, that Studie is in mint condition. You’d think one of them would have sideswiped it on a post by now.

No big loss…

Earl probably left her at the store deliberately. He wanted to go crusin alone in that fine Studebaker.

Oops.

I had a ride in one of those from NY to Florida back around 1963.

Don’t worry! You’re covered by the $9.95 Plan!!

I was wondering who he was talking to!

You are going to be so much in trouble!

And a double “like” for the Studebaker!

Importance just flipped 180 degrees.

Been nice knowing yah Earl.

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What’s done is done, Earl.

I hope I’m not repeating anyone else’s comment, but I’m not reading all 105 of them.

That’s probably the best conversation he’s had with Opal in a long time.

I’ve never left my wife at the store but I did, along with my friend and his son, leave his 80-year-old mother sitting at the St. Louis Airport. The plane was in the air before anyone realized that we’d forgotten Granny!

Eh…. leave her there….

Friends of my family were in that situation. They were on a long trip and stopped for gas. She went to the rest room while he ran in to pay. About 10 miles down the road he realized she was not there. Their marriage went downhill after that.

Maybe not today…

My dad did that to his second wife.