Pickles by Brian Crane for January 19, 2024

Opal’s answer shocked, Roscoe.

Ahh, sweet!

A new definition of love!

Sounds like the plot of almost every rom-com.

Seams he picked a WINNER

Hmm….Sometimes I wonder if my wife feels like she could have done better but then whenever I walk by her and I hear her mutter just under her breath, “What an a$$,” I feel so much better that she’s still attracted to me! Life is good!

She loves it when Earl is a bad boy.

I usually answer, “Why warm up the car for such a short trip? I’ll walk you there.”

Lucky for you, Earl.

That’s the kindest thing I’ve ever heard her say!

But it’s MY bonkers and I can live with it.

Roscoe is priceless!

Bonkers is now normal. (It has become normalness.)

My Lady Wife and I were sometimes compared to “The Bickersons.” You could look it up.

In the old days, before the internet, there would have been a run on tape at the local office supply store as people cut this out of the newspaper and taped it on refrigerators.

They could vacation in NYC, they could be “Bonkers in Yonkers”,Sorry folks!

That’s quite the back-handed compliment, Opal!

My wife told me once that “you drive me crazy”, my response was “must be a sort dive”, that didn’t go over too well, it was over 50 years ago, I have never repeated that statement to her since.

Aren’t you ever sorry that you’re bonkers already?!

I may be crazyHey, but It just may be a lunatic you’re looking for

Acceptance. The big step. : )

aawww…such “love” hehe

Now THAT, Opal, is some crazy… excrement!

Love … is a much uncomprehended thing …

Opal is such a romantic!

Sometimes the drive is a short commute.

“Sometimes”?

“I really liked that act. But then again, I like root canal surgery.”

Chuck Barris, describing an act on “The Gong Show”.

Roscoe agrees with Opal in last panel?

Getting married allows you to annoy the same person for the rest of your lives!

I’m getting kinda tired of it. . .

Roscoe rules again : )

Is that the same thing as Yonkers?

After a small disagreement Mrs asked me if I still loved her. I told her of course! Sometimes I may get irritated with you, but I always love you! I know she feels the same about me…

I knew someone named Howard Bonker.

I found out that you should NEVER, NEVER ask her if she is sorry she married you! (The loneliness is not to bad, but the alimony is killer)

Yes, Roscoe, we’re just as confused, too!

My late husband used to drive me crazy sometimes. I loved it and I miss him so much.

Been married 39 years and yes we drive each other nuts but we are also the best of friends. We joke a lot, hold hands a lot, kiss a lot, and on occasion get mad at each other. We learned to us the sofa method for settling arguments. 1 – walk away from each other till you have cooled down, 2 – each person sit at opposite ends of the sofa and just start talking, don’t mention the argument, 3 – discuss the argument, 4 – make out.

It sure beats walking there!

Roscoe: I have weird owners.

Ditto for Earl I guess.

That isn’t to say that in the afterlife, both Earl and Opal may want to meet some new folks…

That isn’t to say that in the afterlife, both Earl and Opal may want to meet some new folks…

WHO KNEW..????

A perfect match!!

Earl’s a chauffeurforsure.

I wish, one day, the BUNNY SLIPPERS develop personalities, eyeballs, etc.

If this was my Mom and Dad, the answer actually would be YES!

Yes, to a New York City suburb. If she gets back home, her dementia is in control.

The truth (as we know it) behind a long term relationship. We will be 50yrs married this coming May.

we love it too

Well it’s about time!!!

A perfect description of a real marriage!

Does she really like being driven bonkers – or could it be that she likes being allowed to be bonkers?

We really drove each other crazy. So crazy we suddenly decided to get married. And we continued to drive each other crazy for 36 years.