Pickles by Brian Crane for September 06, 2022

The nag found you

pay no attention to the man in the coat closet!

I am careful not to put mud/grease/etc on the “in the house” towels. Because then I’ll have to wash them… or replace them. That’s what shop rags are FOR after all!

OK, Earl, quit enabling her.

Someone has to use them.

Coward!

Shouldn’t be a problem If he washed his hands 1st

I can’t remember them having a guest, probably the same one I see when I’m high as a kite. I’m gonna check my guest towels!

Isn’t it strange how you run into the same problems in your old age as you did when you were very young?

This is just like a Where’s Waldo book. Okay, I have found Earl. Time to read the next comic.

Opal don’t put the guest towels out until you have guests ;-)

Does it gross out anyone else besides me that the towels have a BROWN stain? Ewwwww.

Usually, the guest towels are only put out when expecting guests, I thought!

Guest appearance by Roscoe!

not a good enough hiding spot there Earl.

LOL! If he washed his hands, why, then, is the towel dirty? Hmmmm

Come outta there Earl!

Where does Nelson wash his hands?

I think it’s stupid and useless having guest towels hanging in your bathroom when you have no guests in the house, but Earl, you need to wash your hands better.

She’s into form over function

If she knew better, she wouldn’t put them out and tempt fate.

Did you know, most guests won’t use the fancy towels for fear of soiling them.

Looks more like he polished his shoes with it. And then dried his hands.

solve that by never having guests – all they do is get the towels dirty

How about putting regular towels out and saving the guest towels for when guests come? Or buy a Portapotty and put it out back with a hose and a box of sand?

that is why I like dark brown towels

Hey….. HERE’S an idea – DON’T PUT ’EM OUT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE GUESTS..!!!!! (there, I fixed it)

Use her blouse.

Earl knows he’s in trouble. Standing in the closet and hiding is not going to stop her from nagging. He’s got to come out of there sometime. He would have done better to have taken Roscoe for a walk.

Why not just put them out when guests are due? There won’t be collected dust on them either that way.

ROSCOE REWLS.

Earl should try using some soap as well.

Poor Earl…in the closet again.

My brother’s ex testified at their divorce trial that his family was disrespectful to her because I used the guest towels when I visited.

Opal, you are assuming that it was his HANDS that Earl wiped with the guest towels. There are other things that a man might want to wipe dry in the bathroom you know.

Now try to sleep tonight Opal, now try to get some sleep.

So tomorrow, is Earl going to announce that he is coming out of the closet?

Earl is in the closet and the clothes coloring seem to imitate the Rainbow Flag. I’m just sayin’, that’s all. . . .

What is it with wives and freakin’ bathroom towels?!?

Unknown to me, my mother-in-law had some towels hanging on the rack in the bathroom that were just for show, you weren’t supposed to use them.The first time my future bride took me home to meet the parents, nobody told me that. So I used one of them.That was one of the reasons my MIL labeled me a “barbarian” for the rest of her life.

Normally, I see Opal as the logical and adult one and Earl as a bit silly and self centered and childish. However, today she is being very silly to be putting out clean guest towels when she obviously knows Earl will childishly make sure he gets them filthy. Both are being self-centered here, and only Roscoe is the adult today, minding his own business. Earl was set up and couldn’t control himself.

Exactly why this old geezer keeps Lava soap in the big bathroom.

“It was worth a shot.”

Best solution just get black towels.

Pearl – don’t hang them until you’re expecting the arrival of guests.

Earl! You did it again! was one of Britney Spears’ best songs

We have no guests towels, as we have no guests.

Anyone care to explain how it would be OK to leave “every day” towels a filthy mess ? Are they dirt proof ?

He’s keeping away guests

So, hang the old towels and only put out the good towels when company comes

hmmm. wonder if Earl is finally going to come out of the closet?

Shove it, Opal.