Pickles by Brian Crane for June 23, 2023

Opal i’d say you’re just being a little wishy washy.

She’s consistently inconsistent.

It’s a temporarily permanent habit.

constantly incontinent

Good on you, Nelson, you’re learning!!!

Even if she’s wrong, in her mind she’s always right

Sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you …

Even though you don’t feel like a nut, it doesn’t mean you aren’t a nut.

my memory is consistent, and sometimes it’s———hey look——- a squirrel

Roll eyes, shake head…

When my son was little, one time he did something a bit careless, and I said he should be more careful. He replied, “I was”! We still laugh at that one.

which sends the wrong message Opal…

“Well, okay, Nelson. As long as you punish me by acting MORE entitled and obnoxious.”

Everything in moderation (including moderation).

“Get me a red one, Nelson!”

Earl is probably recalling years with Opal feeling like the Dave Mason song:

♪ “Baby…please, please, please, don’t make me go back to the freeze” ♪

Should send this to Garland at DHS

Pretty much what parenting (and grandparenting) is like all the time.

I was expecting Earl to start begging for a popsicle.

Oy! Got that, Earl?

And there you have it!

Opal’s response makes absolute sense to me. That concerns me…

WTH does that even MEAN..??????

And, almost like giving sleeves in a vest, it’s only the other half.

Sometimes my dog will go off schedule and request an extra treat or larger dinner. I will think if she has been extra active, and almost always she has been. I am not always hungry for the exact same amount, and I can’t expect her to be. Maybe, just maybe, that is Opal’s logic. Nah.

My father used to tease my kids when he would ask : “Do you like ice cream?”. Of course, they would reply “Yes”. He’d come back with “So do I.”

uh… yup