Pickles by Brian Crane for December 10, 2024

Somehow, she’ll try to make this out to be his fault

This is why people buy BIC pens…

This would be a good time for Earl to leave!

In today’s episode, Earl gets even.

Opal, here’s a little trick I created when I was in high school: put the cap back on the pen, then shake it.

As Durante said “Ink, adink a do”!

Just blot this incident out of your mind, Opal!

I knew this would happen!!

That’s karma from yesterday, Opal. Think again next time you judge someone by their occupation.

It’s probably out of ink now!

Merry Christmas!

Maybe just one more little shake.

Hate fountain pens.

In the 1970’s, they made a resurgance and everyone got one that Christmas.

Yup, hate fountain pens.

see? It’s not out of ink…

Went to a Catholic school many years ago and used a fountain pen. Then ballpoints started being cheap, but the nuns said God didn’t like ballpoints or something to that effect. The thing was the fountain pens leaked and we had to get new shirts often. The moms staged a revolt and sided with the devil and ballpoints became the preferred writing instruments. At least we didn’t have to use quills and do illuminated letters.

oh man, good times/memories

YES!

Roscoe, please be forewarned, no Muttley wheezing laughs! No matter how tempting!

Very bad advice, Earl!

3……2……1……. RUN NOW..!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought this only happened on the Three Stooges?

That proves mine and a few other comments from yesterday.

Saw that coming from panel 1, but I still LOLed.

:}

Since when does Opal do what Earl suggests? LMAO

It always works that way……

Fountain Pen. It’s right there in the name.

I knew that would happen when he first offered it!

I knew that was coming but I still spit out my coffee!

Aah, shake shake, shake shake, shake your booty!Aah, don’t fight the feelingShake shake, shake shake, shake your booty!Aah, give yourself a chance

Oooohhhh earl…..grab yer coat & head for the hills‼️

The next frame is CENSORED or worse!

And that’s why I don’t use fountain pens.

Yep. Now I remember why I quit using fountain pens 50+ years ago.

There’s a reason (a real reason) they’re called fountain pens

when I was a very little kid, my grandmother was staying with us. She used a fountain pen when she wrote letters, and one time she had left the room in the middle of a letter. I walked over and saw the pen had a little lever on it, which I proceeded to pull open, and ink spilled out all over her letter. She was kinda hard-core, and had she found out I did that, my rump would still be sore all these decades later! Fortunately I didn’t get any ink on myself, so she was none the wiser, and I heard her mumble something about the pen leaking all over her letter. (there… I confessed! now I can finally get a good night’s sleep!)

Where did Earl get the carbonated ink to put in the fountain pen?

Leave her alone before you get squirted, Earl.

“…The very reason I bought it in the first place.”

Ah, those were the days. We didn’t get Jackson Pollack artwork out of it either, just permanently soiled clothing.

Ha, ha, ha, good one!

Earl …… Doesn’t Roscoe need a walk about now …… :)

Sooner or later, Pigbon needs to be dropped as nothing new has been printed since Aug. Are we to wait 9 months?

I got a new pen on my last birthday and will be using it addressing and making notes in our cards this year. Pelikan M805 Stresemann. OB nib. Private Reserve Ebony Green ink.

Rubbed it, I mean shook it too hard