Pickles by Brian Crane for October 17, 2023

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    Ratkin Premium Member about 1 year ago

    My wife’s volunteer group at the hospital is called Hooks and Needles.

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    Little Caesar  about 1 year ago

    Hmmm… Opal’s a hooker.

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    suv2000  about 1 year ago

    I know the difference but I would still ask What are you knitting

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member about 1 year ago

    But a million times you keep doing it

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    Sanspareil  about 1 year ago

    It’s best to avoid her at ALL times!!

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    Dirty Dragon  about 1 year ago

    Opal’s crochety all right.

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    crochetkid24 Premium Member about 1 year ago

    The only thing that makes a crocheter crazy is asking what they are knitting.

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    hariseldon59  about 1 year ago

    Good advice, Earl.

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    Ubintold  about 1 year ago

    Knit(picker) 1, purl 2.

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    carlsonbob  about 1 year ago

    Hell, I didn’t know the difference.

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    oldthang  about 1 year ago

    Just avoid her all together.

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    laughingkitty  about 1 year ago

    So, Opal, you didn’t answer his question. What are you crocheting?

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    MeanBob Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Just hope she doesn’t start ‘Tatting’. You’ll get doily poisoning Earl.

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    PraiseofFolly  about 1 year ago

    It’s just nitpicking to me.

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    win.45mag  about 1 year ago

    Apparently Roscoe feels the same

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    SNVBD  about 1 year ago

    She got you hooked there…

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    Macushlalondra  about 1 year ago

    I don’t knit, I crochet, so there is no reason why my husband should make this mistake but he does. He also calls my skirt a dress. I never wear dresses since there is no versatility with them like there is with skirts but he still gets it wrong! Sometimes I wonder if this stuff is just another incidence of passive aggression.

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    Troglodyte  about 1 year ago

    Does that make Earl a knit-wit? I hope knot, er not!

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    ilikai  about 1 year ago

    someone jumped on their menstrual cycle first thing in the morning

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    stairsteppublishing  about 1 year ago

    She started a new project now that she has finished his leash. Same color, wonder what is is going to be this time.

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    SamT53  about 1 year ago

    Or just avoid her altogether.

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    jagedlo  about 1 year ago

    You asked Earl yesterday what annoys him…maybe it’s stuff like this when you jump his case over little things…

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    cmerb  about 1 year ago

    I just love the Roscoe : )

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    DiminishedFirst  about 1 year ago

    How about Opal lovingly answers the question that she knows is being asked, rather than just respond pedantically and most unhelpfully? Earl is showing interest, and Opal is teaching him to just stay away. OK, maybe I answered my own question there…

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    sandpiper  about 1 year ago

    t’is a mark of wisdom to know when to withdraw from the front.

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    ANIMAL  about 1 year ago

    Good – now you’re off the hook…..

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    wtepps  about 1 year ago

    I’ve never been a big fan of Opal. She seems naggy and shrewing more often than not. She doesn’t treat Earl particularly well and is condescending to him on numerous occasions.

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    bookworm0812  about 1 year ago

    Maybe he should just stick to neutral territory and ask “What are you making?”. But believe it or not, there are kits to incorporate both into one project.

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    Dkram  about 1 year ago

    Good idea Earl, keep a low profile.

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    Daltongang Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Opal, news flash, men really don’t care if it is knitting or crocheting, they are just trying to be polite, so you might try to do the same in return.

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    ragsarooni  about 1 year ago

    Opal: touchy,touchy…..

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    Queen of America  about 1 year ago

    This conversation is the one I have with my husband over and over. He’s a cowboy. To me, all events are rodeo. He gets annoyed when I refer to cutting, roping, penning, all individual shows and events, anything to do with horses, as just a rodeo. Me: do you have a rodeo this weekend? Him: No. I’ve told you a hundred times, I have team penning. Me: whatever.

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    ValancyCarmody Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Doesn’t she ever use four needles?

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    Mike Baldwin creator about 1 year ago

    When the brow is knitted, walk away.

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    eced52  about 1 year ago

    What ya making?

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    IndyW  about 1 year ago

    “Darn” you Earl for showing you care what Opal’s making.

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    Zebrastripes  about 1 year ago

    Snideness always at the tip of her tongue.

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member about 1 year ago

    My wife does both so I’m not asking which is which

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Roscoe probably agrees!

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    elgrecousa Premium Member about 1 year ago

    I think it’s best to just avoid her altogether.

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    bwswolf  about 1 year ago

    Well ….. Earl …… Your “FINALLY” learning …. after, How many “DECADES” …. :)

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    Rose Madder Premium Member about 1 year ago

    I answer that question all the time. I crochet. But most of the time I know they are just interested and really didn’t/don’t notice the difference in tools. Lately mine have been a compliment on the color of the item I am crocheting.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  about 1 year ago

    The secret to a long life….or at least one not truncated waaaaaaaay too early.

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    thejanith Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Before I did either one, I used to remember the difference this way: the one with two needles has two Ts in it — double needles for double letters. There are no double letters in crochet.

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    zeexenon  about 1 year ago

    Poor girl just having a poor decade … worried that her curse is late.

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    mmcalkins  about 1 year ago

    Make it simple. What are you making???

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    PaintTheDust  about 1 year ago

    She is knitting her brows.

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    BearsDown Premium Member about 1 year ago

    She’s got barbs alright.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  about 1 year ago

    Don’t know if my Dad ever figured out the difference before he died. My mother has done both.

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    scottsafriendofgod  about 1 year ago

    I’m surprised Earl talks to Opal at all… she’s mean.

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