Pickles by Brian Crane for May 23, 2023

I’m sorry Nelson were you saying something ?

Next, Nelson will want to know why they aren’t dog naps.

Earl, that’s not very kind…

Care for a chuckle? What’s the difference between a cat and a frog? A cat has nine lives but a frog croaks every night! :-)

Well aren’t you asleep during your little catnaps Earl (even if they are short)?

It’s easily explained:

Earl has the human version of the Stop-Start system heretofore installed on motor vehicles. It automatically shuts off his consciousness when he is at rest to cut fuel use and eliminate idle emissions.

Only resting his eyes like my Father used to say!

Naps are wasted on the young.

Earl isn’t one to be caught napping.

Good morning.

“When you’ve lived as long as I have, burning energy to dispense all this wisdom, you have to conserve energy when you can.”

When you are young you miss out on sleep . When you get older you make up for what was lost ;-)

I only take naps on days that end in a “y”.

Just checking my eyelids for light leaks.

Push-ups for the eyelids

He’s teaching the kid the skill of gentle comedy.

Sounds familiar

I’ve been retired now for two years and I’m still paying off my sleep deficit.

Good thing I never had any student loans.

Sight is the most used of the senses. no noise, no sound. not feeling anything, no touch. if you are thin and not eating constantly no taste. no odors no smell, however the eyes always have something to see. They never stop working and even blind people blink so the movement every 4-5 seconds is always working (unless you are Wednesday Addams!)…

Inspecting the inside of his eyelids.

A wonderful trickI learned from my grandfather. He was a submariner, chief of the boat, in WW I. Submariners learned to grab sleep when ever they could, for they never knew when general quarters would be sounded. To this day I can fall asleep almost any where, at any time and grab a quick nap as needed.

20 minutes in the middle of the afternoon does wonders!

I never nap….I’ll be up all night!

I slept through my last MRI, so does that count?

Nelson is one confused kid now!

I sleep about 4-6 hours a night but need more. I end up napping some times to catch up, but would prefer to get more sleep at night. According to my adult child, “All old people nap.” She would too, if she had time.

Hard to tell with some of us older people with droopy eyelids.

Grandma keeps me awake all night, er guarding the castle.

checking for holes my hubby’s favorite

For me I hate those, as I want to sleep at night.

Taking several catnaps a day is helping me deal with Long Covid fatigue, even better than Melatonin.

But are catnaps actually restful, recuperative? I am curious, but haven’t been able to figure out how to study them while asleep.

C’mon Earl, you should be spoiling your grandchild, not teaching him the adult world…

Funny.

Well, no wonder, Nelson, why your grandfather is such a grump; you interrupt his catnaps.