Pickles by Brian Crane for November 18, 2021

No Earl i believe Opal understood the meaning completely.

Oh, Earl… Does that dress make her look fat?

What flavor was that pudding? Butterscotch that was a little overcooked?

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Maybe he meant he liked it but he worded it poorly.

She was a little pudding off by that remark.

He meant it wasn’t that bad.

Should have stuck with Jello pudding.

Opal doesn’t like honesty when it comes to her cooking

Actually Earl looks good with that bowl on his head, a new style maybe!

Always think before you speak.

It may be bad pudding, but it makes wonderful gravy!

Open the packet, just add water.

I’d like to hear how Earl would explain the right way to take what he said.

She can always blame it on the recipe, assuming it wasn’t her own invention.

My Mother in Law said she looked terrible in pictures, I told her she didn’t look too bad in them , got almost the same reaction!

Judging by their seating arrangement, it wasn’t THAT long of a shot.

Earl abuse ! 15 yard penalty !

Opal is so thinned skin you can almost see her circulatory system at work!

His timing is really bad. He should have waited until she was out of the kitchen.

Thanksgiving is on the horizon, which reminds me of the guy (a former chef, no less) who brought a cranberry sauce recipe to potluck that contained onions. That’s just wrong.

(I think it was the following year when I discovered that bees are just crazy about cranberries.)

“If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?”

Earl, this would have been a perfect opportunity to keep your mouth shut while chewing that pudding.

Sometimes honesty may not be the best policy…unless you like wearing pudding on your head!

Best of the worst.

Of course it turned out Opal. Everything turns out one way or another.

Good job…….. pudding your FOOT in your mouth.

Oy!

Hahahahahahaha!!!

The eating didn’t prove the pudding.

She really is an unpleasant old biddy…

At least his fluffy mustache is back to normal.

Could she have over reacted?

Somehow what you said got lost in the translation, Earl. I’ve had that happen many times, myself!

We know what concentrated conditioner did to Earl’s mustache and hair. Now maybe tomorrow we’ll see what effect pudding has on his hair.

Well, if she thought it was that awful, why didn’t she upend HER bowl over his head instead of HIS bowl?

Doesn’t Earl ever get tired of sticking his foot in his mouth.

not sure there was a good response to Opal on that one…

From the song THE GOOD STUFF written by Craig Wiseman and Jim Collins and recorded by Kenny Chesney:

Because it’s the first long kiss on a second date

Momma’s all worried when you get home late

And dropping the ring in the spaghetti plate

Because your hands are shaking so much

And it’s the way that she looks with the rice in her hair

Eating burnt suppers the whole first year

And asking for seconds to keep her from tearing up

Yeah, man, that’s the good stuff"

Just because she has done worse, does not mean Earl doesn’t love her — after all, he ate or wore whatever she cooked!!

There is no best response. Remember, “Silence is Golden.”

Pooor long-term husband is going senile.

One of those unanswerable comments. No matter what you say its WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Earl you misspoken

Open mouth, insert foot.

Yep. Whenever Earl insults Opal she replies with some kind of physical act. But when its the other way around, Earl just sits and takes it.

Better response: This tastes like $hit!………but good $hit.