Pickles by Brian Crane for August 31, 2022

The screen probably is filthy.

can’t be too careful I suppose

Game devices do tend to get covered with flop-sweat. Not to mention whatever else was sticking to his fingers.

… uh … Make that ‘real well’." … “And use some soap.” …

“… Oh … And do not bring your ‘zapper’ to the table.”

Luddite advice

According to what research told us is usually found on our phones or tablets screens, you’d REALLY better do…

Don’t bother. When she says, “Did you wash up?”, Just say “Yeah”.

You can’t be too careful with those computer viruses.

Albino alligators? Zombie Ed Nortons?

His device is probably covered with Cooties®

A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles online game?

I got an annoying call from a scam artist who told me my computer had a virus and asked me what I was going to do about it. I told him I would give it an antibiotic. Click.

Always wash……. no matter WHAT you were doing..!!!!

Certain activities need more active washing.

And don’t answer your grandmother with “yeah”!

The assumption seems to be that Opal (Grma) is the omniscient voice. I read it as Opal in the 1st two frames and Earl chiming in at the end.

Oy! Cells, iPads, are ruining todays youth further… parents started the whole mess…

Last panel….the Nelson look!

Nelson may be related to Calvin.

I’ve seen more than enough of Nelson lately. Is he living there now?

Blessed grandmothers, except for the days they spat on a handkerchief and wiped your face.

So glad I didn’t have a smart phone or tablet when I was a kid Nelson’s age in 1942, or my sons when they were kids in the early 60s.

When I leave the room to play, I just say I’m gonna go kill sh…tuff.

Sounds reasonable.

This seems akin to someone wearing a mask while on a Zoom call.

It’s a comic, not literature.

This could be between my wife and grandson.

Always wash your hands.

So he’s killing rats, and spiders? doesn’t seem too bad.