Pickles by Brian Crane for August 17, 2019

The only thing that would make the firemen happier would be if it was Ed Crankshaft.

Crane has carefully avoided showing us what he looks like to the firefighters. Thank you, Brian.

“You don’t mind if we take pictures to document, do you?”

Earl just hope they don’t put the picture on Facebook ;-)

Oh bother!

The firemen are more than happy to “end” this debacle….chuckle chuckle

In the final panel, Is Earl trying for a new facepalm meme?

Awaiting Miranda Veracruz de la Hoya Cardinal

Can it be any more humiliating? Perhaps the local newspaper?

I honestly believe Ed Crankshaft was inspired by my Dad.

Earl, I totally empathize, buddy. I spent most of yesterday in a clinic for a leg injury. It’s never a good sign when the aides, nurses, and physician look at your injury with open-mouthed astonishment, followed by an awe-struck “Oh my god!” and start laughing. Luckily, they won’t have to amputate. Hang in there, Earl, this (and you) too shall pass.

Don’t forget to alert the local media Opal !!!!! lol

When I was a kid the neighbor boy got his big toe stuck in the spokes of his tricycle. He screamed and wailed and cried and no one could do anything to extricate the stubborn digit.

Finally his desperate mother called the fire department. They rolled up in their truck, lights and sirens blazing (this was the 60’s after all), and the driver jumped out in his helmet, boots and coat and grabbed his axe off of the truck. He turned and walked towards that kid like Paul Bunyan.

“POP” that kid yanked his toe out from spokes and ran in the house before that fireman got halfway there.

And all they’ll do is grab his feet and pull! Hah!

I know firefighters with my sense of humor to pull down his pants and write ‘M’ on each cheek.

OK, I’m an engineer, but it’s simple. Go inside and remove the hinge pins. The door pops right out and gets lifted off Earl.

Sorry about that…..

Now maybe this story line will finally end. Oh, I guess we’ll have to see the firemen getting him unstuck.

How do we know that it’s the firefighters laughing outside Earl’s door? It might very well be The Shadow!

Enjoying your work is key to a happy life.

Heck all Opal has to do is butter up Earl and he will slip right out.

And then Channel 2 ‘On Your Side’ will be there for the ‘human interest’ story, then the rescue will be all over the Internet, then…