Pickles by Brian Crane for July 05, 2024

50 years of hard labor.

That’s hard when you have arthritis. Trust me.

How much TP stuck to his rough dry hands?

In the next frame, Opal chews him a new one for not hanging the TP the right way.

You tell her Earl set her straight

TP holders; They are real brain teasers to figure out, no screws or knobs.

But she’s the one who had to turn it around so the paper came out over the top.

After being retired for just over 3yrs, I’ve lost all the callouses on my hands even though I do yardwork and keep the cars in working order. My wife teases me that now I have princess hands.

We operate on the “change it if you empty it” as well as the “put a new roll on the toilet tank if you get the current one to where it will need changing real soon” system. As a result, Spouse, who uses about 8 to 10 times as much TP as I do changes the rolls about 8 to 10 times as often as I do. And puts out new rolls about 5 times as often. And complains about it. Which is just silly: What, I’m supposed to actually CHANGE the roll before it runs out??

Hope you didn’t hurt yourself doing that, Earl!

oooh! papercut!

How are you doing? Working hard? Or hardly working?

Opal hay WAAAY more ‘zinnng!’ dances in the kitchen than Earl does.

You didn’t need to use the chainsaw, Earl.

Roscoe thinks, “I have to unroll that thing AGAIN? What am I, some kind of canine Sisyphus?”

Roscoe is just precious today : )

Opal. Who worked for over 45 years to provide YOU with a pension after you retired?

Roscoe in the last frame looks like he crossed his eyes at Earl’s comment.

But the big question is…end of roll over or under???

Yeah……. but did he do it RIGHT..????

Gotta love Roscoe!

Congratulations, Earl!

But you hung it the wrong way.

“And the kind of paper you get, how can I do that without my hands getting rough and dry?”

One of those under appreciated jobs that nobody notices, until it’s not done.

LOL

That’s right Opal, other wise you could have been…………….

Stranded,

Stranded,

Stranded on the toilet bowl,

Stranded,

Stranded,

Stranded on the toilet bowl,

What do you do when you’re stranded,

And there ain’t nothing on the roll?

To prove you’re a man,

You must wipe it with you’re hand,

Stranded,

Stranded on the toilet bowl.

What do you do when you’re stranded,

And there ain’t nothing on the roll?

Sometimes, necessity trumps procrastination.

During my bootcamp in the uscg in ’64, if the tp was not placed with the paper in the front and the first tear off seam half way down the front of the roll, we were high porting our M1s around the grinder for an hour.

Funny, today’s strip appeared in yesterday’s LA Times and again today. I was going to comment about ‘deja vu’, but then I saw yesterday’s strip. Poor Roscoe.

So you can wipe that smirk off your face.

Just shut up and switch it.

My educated guess would be Muffin.

Hardly working man, that’s me!

btw, I think you could use a new wig.

Very important job. Can’t be ignored. Well done, Earl!

I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!

Wow, must have used a ton of working hands after that hard labor.

I(s there REALLY a right or wrong way to hang TP? It is all personal preference.

Fully worthy of a standing ovation.

I’ve known people who worked hard at maintaining their calluses and were quite proud of them.

One he remembered to do it and two he did it. What a guy! Two thumbs up for that Earl. Doesn’t matter if the directions not right, but I be it is. Front and going down.