You can avoid a lot of this aggravation by only having a few of everything ….. a couple to use, a couple in the hamper, and a couple in the linen closet.
Actually, Opal discourages Earl from helping out. He came up with a different way of accomplishing the same goal. and she complains that it’s not “traditional” way. Her methods are arbitrary, not necessarily essential. The fact of the matter is that traditions change over time and so do people, so grow with it. She might find that Earl CAN be helpful, especially if you acknowledge that he’s trying.
Other than perhaps the storing and stacking of items, what does it matter how a towel or sheets look. Wrinkled or not, they are going to get wrinkled right away and you are the only one who sees them. The wife disagrees though, so fold and iron away honey.
He was obviously never in the Armed Forces. Your drill sergeant in boot camp tells you how to fold your towels, socks and everything else you have, and by golly, that’s how it’s done.
That’s what I do with fitted sheets, They Will Not Fold. I keep those rotten fitteds on the bottom then put the nice evenly folded top sheet / cases on top.
The dude from FL Premium Member 6 months ago
Guess who never helps with laundry again?
oldthang 6 months ago
Atta boy, Earl!
MeanBob Premium Member 6 months ago
I’d say it’s kind of like cooking. You complain about the food, you get to be the cook.
Argythree 6 months ago
I’m afraid that I do to sheets what Earl does to towels. And they look awful…
cracker65 6 months ago
Opal needs to shut her mouth
Mikey Jay 6 months ago
My wife has two ways of doing things—her way and her way. lol :-)
Cpeckbourlioux 6 months ago
Like my sock drawer.
_lounger_ 6 months ago
Earl, keep this up and she’ll forbid you to even get close to the laundry! Oh, wait…
PraiseofFolly 6 months ago
In a purposely surreal cartoon, that exclamation point above Opal’s head would turn into a club for her to hit Earl with.
iggyman 6 months ago
I do exactly that with the fitted sheets, every time I get a new pack of sheets, I wonder how they packed them into that little package!
kaycstamper 6 months ago
They need to get rid of some.
sandpiper 6 months ago
best intentions defeated by practicality.
Snolep 6 months ago
Weaponized incompetence at its finest.
chris_o42 6 months ago
Whatever works!
jconnors3954 6 months ago
I (almost) never complain if someone else does the work.
goboboyd 6 months ago
Go nuts. Hang them flat in the closet.
rgulyash 6 months ago
He’s like the Great Wise A$$ in Pearls… He’s working his way out of chores
ANIMAL 6 months ago
Let’s go back to ROLLING….. That’s how they are at gyms & pools.
pattiwinborne Premium Member 6 months ago
I like Earl’s approach. I know it’s a comic. She’s treating him like an unpaid employee.
cfkelley 6 months ago
Wadding an cramming … that’s how Earl puts away his boxer shorts.
JeremyHillaryBoob 6 months ago
You can avoid a lot of this aggravation by only having a few of everything ….. a couple to use, a couple in the hamper, and a couple in the linen closet.
ragsarooni Premium Member 6 months ago
That’s whatcha get,opal,for mouthin’off in the 1st place‼️
Angry Indeed Premium Member 6 months ago
Actually, Opal discourages Earl from helping out. He came up with a different way of accomplishing the same goal. and she complains that it’s not “traditional” way. Her methods are arbitrary, not necessarily essential. The fact of the matter is that traditions change over time and so do people, so grow with it. She might find that Earl CAN be helpful, especially if you acknowledge that he’s trying.
zeexenon 6 months ago
No, no, no … put them in the underwear drawer.
elgrecousa Premium Member 6 months ago
It doesn’t matter what Earl does, it won’t be good enough.
IndyW 6 months ago
Other than perhaps the storing and stacking of items, what does it matter how a towel or sheets look. Wrinkled or not, they are going to get wrinkled right away and you are the only one who sees them. The wife disagrees though, so fold and iron away honey.
KEA 6 months ago
I fold bath towels and hand towels, but I do roll bath sheets – otherwise they take up too much room and are difficult to extract.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatEvenWithFlaws 6 months ago
I believe that should be even more compact.
I swear Earl is a GENIUS!!!
kathleenhicks62 6 months ago
Good idea!
oakie817 6 months ago
fold? towels? (yes, ladies, i’m single)
Charlie Fogwhistle 6 months ago
He was obviously never in the Armed Forces. Your drill sergeant in boot camp tells you how to fold your towels, socks and everything else you have, and by golly, that’s how it’s done.
daleandkristen 6 months ago
Loading Dock!!!!! (or Wall)
TEN CATS fans will understand. Hee hee
cafed00d Premium Member 6 months ago
I just pile the laundry on the bed in the spare room. When the pile gets low, that means it time to wash again.
jefffsr Premium Member 6 months ago
Tell her to take Roscoe for a walk!
pamela welch Premium Member 6 months ago
That’s what I do with fitted sheets, They Will Not Fold. I keep those rotten fitteds on the bottom then put the nice evenly folded top sheet / cases on top.
mistercatworks 6 months ago
Um … it makes it look like you have more towels?
eced52 6 months ago
Earl is just cruising for a bruising isn’t he?
Moonkey Premium Member 6 months ago
Just walk away Opal. Let him do whatever he wants with them.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 6 months ago
How my nephews used to fold towels until their mother (my sister) and grandmother (mine and my as sister’s mother) got on them about it.
Moonkey Premium Member 6 months ago
That is probably the tiniest laundry basket I have ever seen.
Jack Bell Premium Member 6 months ago
Folding towels is easy. It’s those T-shirts I can’t seem to master.
Sandra Gouvaia Premium Member 3 months ago
I just wash them and put them back on the bed after they are dry.