Pickles by Brian Crane for October 22, 2023

What a nice way to spice up their marriage!

If he burns enough calories looking for them, he won’t gain weight.

Make sure Roscoe can’t get them.

I prefer chocolate covered cashews.

Roscoe looks so disappointed that he doesn’t get any. But chocolate can kill a dog. Oh, but he’s a comic strip dog, so I guess that’s different.

And… she went to the kitchen and ate them.

we have the same conversation when Oreos come into the house. I’ve no self-control with Oreos. So, she hides them and rations them out no more than 6 at a time.

And not all in the same place!!

Roscoe can’t have these but wishes he could by his looks?

I put them where they aren’t easy to see, then think about them until I break.

There’s no pleasing Earl….Opal thought she would surprise him.

Nuts + chocolate. What’s not to like?

Truth!

He likes gettin’ AWAY with stuff……….

He has a point.

Roscoe looks puzzled……

Extra panels BEFORE the strip: in the green PICKLES panel – Opal – “I’m Home!”, Earl “Where’ve you been?”, small panel before the full strip – Opal “Costco”. Now enjoy the rest…

It’s all about the adventure of the chase.

Earl still remembers the things that make childhood joyful.

Man’s got a point. Forbidden treats do taste better somehow.

HA! Earl’s a player!

It’ll be The 11th Commandment.

It’s longer-lasting fun if you just say you hid them. :)

And keep them away from the dog!

Roscoe looks totally confused.

Then you find them years later all rotten.

It’s like finding the pot at the end of the rainbow.

The more you tell me not to do something the more likely I am to do it.

Chocolate covered raisins for me

Hide them where he’ll never find them. He’d really get a kick out of that.

Today is National Make a Dog’s Day. Too bad that Roscoe isn’t supposed to have chocolate, so maybe they will give him a nice tummy rub and scratch his ears.

Rosco is like… I live with these crazies>??

There’s actually something to that logic!