Pickles by Brian Crane for December 30, 2020

I’ll just go lie down on the couch Opal. Less pain in the butt.

Remember when we used to put plastic over a sofa to protect it? That was crazy!

Spouse decided that our bed had to have our regular pillows. And a pair of pillows in cases that matched the duvet. AND two pillows that matched the color of the drapes and had ruffles around the seams. And another one, contrasting, just because. I asked for no more than the ones we sleep on. Nope. I asked really nicely. Nope. Maybe just ONE extra pillow? Nope. Mind, by the time they’re all moved off the bed onto the floor, there’s no place to walk. I started putting them into the other room when I went to bed. Boy did THAT cause a ruckus. But in the end, she agreed that we could decorate the bed I don’t sleep in. Works for me. She’s still occasionally pissed about it though, years later. And so am I…

After all that he WOULD need a nap

Silk pajamas? Is Opal looking for a romantic evening?

So Opal are you the one in charge of this museum ?

When i was much younger, sleeping over a relatives whose bed was made to a level I felt I likely couldn’t recreate so I’d sleep on top of the sheets. It was cold and I wasn’t comfortable. But I’d feel guilty if i made work for others.

Wow! My first girlfriend was ocd just like Opal, so didn’t last long, several girlfriends later I finally found the girl I loved and married her.

She sort of has that house proud attitude and causes some friction but she is so beautiful and is the love of my life so I’m good!

How about Roscoe and Muffin?

“And possibly put on a little light jazz”.

Earl, that’s what you call a ‘Trophy Bed’.

I agree with Opal. I like my bed to look nice. You take all the pillows off at night and stack them up. Sleep on the regular plain pillows.

And when you take a shower, don’t use the good towels.

Now it’s gone from a discomforter into a pain in the backside!

Was in the home of a high-up military guy once; they actually had a velvet rope restricting access to the living room. Everything was white.

The last motel I stayed at (not a high end name either) the room was maybe 10’ X 12’ with a queen bed, and there were so many pillows on the bed I had to give up the only chair to pile them on!

Where’s the clear plastic slip-cover, Opal?

Long version of same thing.

Bed is for sleeping and the sofa is for napping in my house.

Pajamas??? I haven’t had on jammies since I was sick in a Naval hospital with pneumonia back in 1962.

Have two beds, one just for show, the other for naps.

The things love makes you put up with…

Motels often have lampshades with the plastic packaging still on. I take it off.

Can you say “high maintenance”? Hoo, boy.

She won’t be happy ‘til he’s taking a DIRT nap……

The real bed is the Murphy bed behind the door!

It is time to get a new bed.

I refuse to live in a museum, a house being kept solely for other people to enjoy.

Who wants to do all that work when they need a nap?

I find it hard to believe that Earl owns a pair of silk pajamas.

Opal is the pain in the butt.

Oy! Nevermind! I’ll just nap on the glider on the porch!

Earl, as soon as Opal leaves the room, throw the cat and the dog onto the bed. That’ll fix it.

One advantage of the virus is no one ever comes into the house so the only spot I need to keep relatively neat is the area that shows on zoom.

I’d laugh all the way to taking a nap on the bed having done none of those things – just me

they are empty nesters . I guarantee there is a spare bedroom he could claim for himself. that would spike Opal’s guns in this little war that she started. they may even decide that they like it that way.

We hung the comforter on the blanket rack and bought a bedspread at Walmart so the dog could lie on the bed too. Someday the bedroom will look formal, but for now it’s livable.

Who is going to see it?

Hey Opal, men do not want to wear silk PJ’s. You are asking too much.

I’m just happy to see that Earl and Opal know the difference between “lie” and “lay.”

Simple rules for a simple man! LOL!!!

Why are there 30 or 40 pillows that have to be removed first?

Do you hear that? I think I hear the 1940’s are calling, asking for their hideous comforter set back.

I’ll bet Roscoe is going to have a thing or two to say about that.

i would never buy anything that i couldn’t enjoy using if i would have to take a lot of precautions first. that’s just not practical. what about all the dust that blows are and falls on top of it from your furnace, or ceiling fan.

this reminds me of my wife….we have a corner of the living room where we keep blankets folded up nicely to use on cold winter nights…after I use one and head to bed, it must be folded up at the corners PERFECTLY…or else she will re-fold it after I go upstairs…I try to be helpful and fold it myself, but I never do it good enough…I need to just forget it and don’t even try to fold it

I’m sooooo glad that my wife is nothing like that!

I want to see Rosco and Muffin sleep all over itIt would serve Opal right for loving things more than Earl.