Pickles by Brian Crane for February 07, 2023

A bet there are other husbands a dreading the evening at the Yarn Barn with their wives.

I’ve figured it out. Double whammy solution:

Part one: I simply sit somewhere. On the floor if there’s no place else.

Part two: … and read

Part one makes me an embarrassment, at least a bit, which tends to get me gone a bit quicker as well as less likely to be brought again. Part two makes the time pass at a reasonable rate.

I don’t have a Yarn Barn suitable shirt

Sounds like tons of fun Earl Haha!

“Bring your husband night”? Are you sure it’s not “Drag your husband night?”

Do what I do Earl; bring a thermos of martinis. You’ll soon learn to love those trips to the Yarn Barn! (Hic!)

Does the Yarn Barn have a Group “W” Bench ? For all of the Earls ;-)

Wouldn’t the Yarn Barn be a place for really strange long-winded stories? Sounds like just the place for Earl.

“Most things I worry about never happen anyway.” – Tom Petty.

Thank you Brian , you made this a great cartoon by drawing in the Precious Roscoe in the last panel : )

Hey, forget that, Opal! How about you grab your frumpiest housecoat. It’s bring the ball and chain night at Elmer’s Beer Swamp! I want everyone to see why I drink.

So they live in Kansas City?

Too bad this comment section does not accept jpegs. Munch’s “The Scream” would be perfect just now

Ooooh, gives Earl a chance to check out the other Grannys.

That’s why they make nips……

Why would the Yarn Barn WANT a bring your husbands day?

Drop her off there then go to the bowling alley/pool hall/club

Too funny!

Yet I bet she’d pitch a fit if Earl made her go to the hardware store. I’m a woman and I don’t understand why some women can’t do anything by themselves. One Sunday a woman actually told me she didn’t come to church the previous week because her husband was out of town. I told her if I never did anything without my husband I’d never leave the house.

Maybe the husbands could begin a tradition of sitting around telling yarns…

I don’t think something like this inspired The Black Swan, but it could have.

Just freaking shoot me!

It doesn’t help to worry about some things.

It can help to find ways to cope with them, though.

when I was a kid, my mother took me with her to the fabric store. Something about that place always made my eyes burn.

Why the HELL would you bring a husband to a Yarn Barn? or any other needlework get together, ftm. . .that’s just sheer torture for both husbands and wives. . .

Yarn Barn??? Kill me now!

“Bring your husband night”

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   PECK-A-PALOOZA

I’ve never once been to a yarn barn or a fabric store. Darn, forgot to put it on my bucket list.

I wouldn’t have been able to drag Paul to that with a bulldozer!

Mind you……

Oy! Just what .Earl was yarning to do…

I’d have a lot more fun at the Yarn Barn without my husband.

Put a mask of your face on your grandson and let him have fun. With such a name, obviously the store is filled with toys. If he is disappointed, then take him to a place he would like. You can use the toys for many fun games at a park or at home.

The result of being distracted from proper worrying!!

The Yarn Barn … I wonder if it doubles as a “Tall Tales” show case.

I’d do a tux, just for some nasty fun. And, hopefully the final invitation. Maybe my 1950s gym shoes, to boot.

Now there’s a yarn for ye…

will there be Dom and caviar, or just wine and cheese?

Some men buy yarn. If they are married to a woman, who are they supposed to take?

My husband will be happy, I do not go to yarn barn. I might go to a department store yet will not have him come. He cannot stand much.

I have spent 100’s of hours waiting for my wife at the fabric store. It’s fair, she puts up with my nonsense.

Why would there be such a thing!?

I bet there ain’t no way I’m going to yarn barn….

If she doesn’t ASK him to go to the yarn barn he should offer to call Uber for her.