Pickles by Brian Crane for August 16, 2023

Earl you’ve had all the singing you can handle today.

Earl is stuck in the ninth circle of hell

If Opal would break out with ‘Little Deuce Coupe’, Earl would jump for joy.

♪ Old friends / Old friends / Sat on their park bench / Like Bookends ♪

“No – just wind.”

She gave him warning that time.

Rose is a hoot!

Earl the White would have said: ’You Shall Not Sing!"

This is my wife. She’s constantly breaking in to little ditty’s from way back.

Ooo… Oooo… Opal just could no longer resist her singing urge…

Earl should take up tap dancing.

If I was in that comic strip I’d be singing right along with her!

Clyde: I wasn’t planning to. But since you said something … "O-O-O- … – … klahoma … "

[or how about "Some – where over the rainbow … "

… or "Que Sera, Sera … " or "To dream the impossible dream … " ]

Could be early stage dementia kicking in……

Just for fun, Brian Crane SHOULD HAVE had Opal singing “Don’t Keep Me Wondering”, by the Allman Brothers Band.

You have to do that with a crowd.

Today’s strip was brought to you by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

What a great song that was!!!

Sometimes I do that, with that song.

“Why no, but I was planning on breaking wind !

How many of the neighborhood dogs started howling when she cut loose?

“And the waving wheat, would sure smell sweet when the wind comes sweeping down the plaaaaaiiin. Oooooooooooklahoma every night my honey lamb and I sit alone and talk and watch the hawk making lazy circles in the skyyyyyy!………….We know we belong to the land, And the land we belong to is grand! And when we sayYeeow! Ayipioaiyay! We’re only sayin’ you’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma O-K-L – A – H – O – M – A OKLAHOOOOOOOOMA!Yeeow!

Great song IF you are in the middle of a 100 acres of wheat

Tourette’s

Grounds for divorce

More likely, she’s just happy…and yanking on Earl, which also makes her happy.

Who knew Opal had the Broadway version of tourettes?

You know what would be cool here? A link! Yes, a link to the song from the Rogers and Hammerstein classic!

Maybe Opal needs to do her spontaneous singing in the shower….LOL

Go for it, Opal!

Micro-seizures?

only thing worse than “breaking” into song is tunelessly whistling a nonmelodic noise all day. trust me on that one.

No, he is about to nap and snore…….

♬ Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? ♬

Unfortunately, this series is headed all the way to Saturday.

♫ Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed ♫

Earl should join in except he would probably sing something different just to be annoying..

Opal’s bustin’ out all over……………..

Earl, make it a duet – join in the fun!

I’d like to see Opal breakout in some AC/DC.

OO? Like in “food”.

It can be hard to concentrate or read when some one else is either talking or singing within earshot so I can empathize with Earl.. Now, if she was alone and “busted out in song” that would be perfectly fine. I consider her action to be rude and a deliberate attempt to irritate Earl. Opal, you are no gem!

To the ones that are starting NEW earworms…..plugging my ears NOOOOOO!!!…..

Earl, maybe you could break Opal of her singing habit by joining her in song.

Sing a song of sixpenceA pocket full of ryeFour and twenty blackbirdsBaked in a pieWhen the pie was openedThe birds began to singWasn’t that a dainty dishTo set before a kingSing a song of sixpenceA pocket full of ryeFour and twenty blackbirdsBaked in a pieWhen the pie was openedThe birds began to singWasn’t that a dainty dishTo set before a kingSing a song of sixpenceA pocket full of ryeFour and twenty blackbirdsBaked in a pieWhen the pie was openedThe birds began to singWasn’t that a dainty dishTo set before a king

She sings to an audience of 20K and no amplifier.

See, she does what Earl asks, she gave sufficient warning…

LOLOL

Yes, for some reason I feel compelled to break out in singing “Oklahoma”.

yesterday I had an ‘ear worm” of Randy Rainbow singing “He is a very model of a modern stable genius"

Am I the only one who hears Opal’s singing in Edith Bunker’s voice (RIP, Jean Stapleton)?

When you know the other person(s) in the room don’t like it – it’s just a childish act of passive aggression.

Earl ought to be glad she’s singing….because when a woman is singing, she’s not ready to bite your head off.

Every day a laugh…my favorite