Pickles by Brian Crane for April 25, 2023

Thanks goodness Earl. If you had to go you might need therapy later.

I have one friend who was TOTALLY STOKED to turn 50 so she could go to the crazy red hat lady meetings.

ooo… an international hen party

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Roscoe doesn’t seem too crazy about it either.

So will i…nope nope nope.

I’m surprised Earl didn’t do a happy dance!

Bah. When the poem was written it was about challenging convention and showing your individuality. Now these ‘societies’ are just another form of convention, as bereft of individuality as the social rules they claim to flout. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against anyone getting together and having fun with their friends, if this is what makes you happy, go for it. But everyone dressing the same, for whatever reason, is the exact opposite of the radical individuality the poem espoused.

And Earl’s purple dress doesn’t fit anymore.

When I’m an old man I shall wear black and sandles even when there is snow on the ground,I shall spend my money on books and snack cakes. I will eat at the same place 5 times a week and always oreder the same thing and the wait staff will know what I want without me telling them. I will spend most of my time in libraries because most of the bookstores are out of business.

Red Hat is a brand of Linux.

Is the Red Hat society sexist and ageist??

I’ve done events for the Red Hat Ladies. They really are a hoot!

Nice red hat.

When, my nephew was young, the family was eating out. The red hat ladies came in. Nephew asked who they were. Told him they were the crazy ladies. We made them wear the hats when they went out as a warning. Years later, his mom, my sister, joined the red hats. Nephew told me. “You were telling the truth,” :-)

is this the real mustache or a repeat or the glued on one.

I tried to join RHS. Biggest bunch of snobs I’ve ever seen.

Like Earl gives a darn.

Somehow…… I BELIEVE HIM.!!!!

She goes out with them every month and every month she reminds him that he is not invited.

Opal, I have only two words for you pronouncement…………Thank God!

As we all will, Earl.

A lot of us will get over it, Earl.

I had no idea the RHS was still around.

Earl would look outrageous in a purple dress and red hat. Although he would be illegal in at least 26 states for dressing in drag.

Earl grew his mustache overnight!

No one’s forcing anyone to “join” so don’t get your panties in a knot!

the country needs to eat in the WEST VILLAGE of NYC just once and the red hat club is nothing

Do red MAGA hats count?

Earl, that response is exactly why the women enjoy the mercy of a gathering without the presence of the male ego.

So will Roscoe!

Not exactly an “uplift society”.

Sexual discrimination!!

(Praise be.)

Too stupid- – I don’t join any thing except the human race.

“The Red Hat Society is a worldwide membership society that encourages women in their quest to get the most out of life. We support women in the pursuit of Fun, Friendship, Freedom, Fitness and the Fulfillment of lifelong dreams.” Does that mean they have wild parties with Chippendales and stuff? Tell us the truth!!!!

You’d think they’d enough of red….

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like a buncha guys are gonna want to dress up in silly red hats and sit around talking nonsense …

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This is the funniest Pickles in a long time.

When we moved up here, the Mrs joined the Red Hot Bloomers, the Nanaimo chapter of the Red Hat Society. She wears a red fedora like Agent Carter. She knows her value.

It gives him quiet time to read the comics. Or, to watch the old beach movies. Maybe both. Yeah. Both.

Would rather just party without the gender and other exclusions.

Now see what you’ve done?

Is she pretending she just turned 50? I really see in this today’s strip how much they look alike. At first glance, I wondered what awful red thing Earl had on his head. He’s the one who generally comes up with weird things to wear.

Earl is just as happy as a pig in $#!+. At least he doesn’t have to go to the Fabric store or whatever.

It’s also the 25th Anniversary of “Loose Parts”…

For this lady here, I wore no red hat or purple dress. What I did is celebrate anniversary of 42 years with my loving husband. We ate out and had cup cakes and ice cream. My ice cream vanilla low in sugar, husband had his chocolate he had to dish up I am allergic to. Plus he had to scoop up my ice cream as my left arm gets to tired. Results almost a year from hard fall I had last year in May my left side. I am getting there with lot of hard work on exercise, not as much as my left arm above the elbow to top of shoulder. In two weeks talking with Dr.

Who would have thought a bunch of old ladies would be so technological that they have club about the Linux operating system.

and the other thing they do at those red hat society’s? They talk negatively about their spouses.

Oh noooooo! I’ve got the hat but I don’t have a purple dress anymore! :-(