Pickles by Brian Crane for September 18, 2022

Teamwork: A hallmark of all good marriages.

That was a short conversation!

I think they both are losing it!

Earl and Opal are busy people, Sylvia should have asked if they were busy and could talk at that time.

Not unlike my mother. She will call, assume you are listening, briefly say what she intends to say and follow with “…and bye.” CLICK.

Sylvia had her arm propped upon a pillow, apparently ready for a long conversation.

This is most conversations, although the roles are reversed lol

Perhaps they sensed she was going to ask to borrow money.

Short and sweet!

Ha ha! That’s how my dad always did. “Oh, hi, how’re you doing? Great! Here’s your mom.”

This is My father in-law. Even when his grandchildren call it is such a short conversation. Although he always ends it with “… well I better let you go now”.

It’s nice to hear from your kids and know that they’re okay.

I thought they live next door

Oy! Does she still live next door?

The two must be saving up their time for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

She probably wanted money….been my experience.

She probably wanted money…..been my experience

this strip makes me sad. I always make time to talk to my children…

Nobody wants to talk to her huh……… GOOD one..!!!!!

Oh what I would love to hear from my mom again.

I guess they are just waiting for the Viagra to kick in.

It also works on callers wanting to sell you an extended warranty for your car.

No time to be asked for money..

write when you get work

Elderly parents….communication at its shortest.

That would never happen to my wife and me. I mean her calling us! Text only from our millennial LOL!!!

My dad was like that until after my mom passed away. After she died, he would stay on the phone considerably longer. My mom was “a listener” who loved to ask you all kinds of questions about what was going on in your life. My adult kids used to say I didn’t like to stay on the phone, and I realized I had picked that up from my dad. I changed to be more like my mom.

I nearly died laughing … having experienced both sides. However, my wife (RIP) and her sister (living 90 miles away) commonly talked six hours. Thank goodness I was an AT&T manager.

Maybe they would rather text.

“Sylvia’s mother said, thank you for calling, and sir, won’t you call back again?”

Not a thing to talk about!

They;ve got more important things to do, like knitting or reading the comics.

That never happened to me when my mom was alive.Does Sylvia live next door to them?

You say goodbye, and I say hello?

They appear to be set on “automatic.” Sylvia can walk next door if she really wants to talk. My child will go a period of time pretty quietly and then suddenly want to chat for hours and hours. I make the time.

Yessir! Meeting our obligation for family connectedness!

Brevity is the soul of wit…

Sylvia probably wants something. The only time our kids call is when they want something. Maybe that’s normal, idk

That could happen. No one passed the phone to Muffin or Rosco, which was rude.

“Could you send my son home? – It’s supper time.” The child seems to live a Grandma’s.

I bought my parents a speakerphone so I could talk to them both at the same time and not have to repeat everything. They didn’t like it and made me take it back…

We haven’t reached that stage yet. We still have one birdy who has flown the nest yet.

Obviously Crane has older parents that he has called.