Pickles by Brian Crane for October 20, 2022

Opal liked her wisdom better, Earl. Why make two trips when you can do it in one.

No good deed goes unp..

is Opal also expecting Earl to help fold the laundry and put it into the dresser?

Men underestimate the difficulty many women have carrying things. Men are usually much stronger and just don’t realize how hard it is for their wives. I was once at a friend’s house and his wife came home from grocery shopping. When he stayed put talking to me while his wife carried it all in, she reamed him out for making her do it all. They got divorced not long after. I took that lesson to heart. My wife does the shopping, but I always run out to help carry. I am still surprised at some things she can’t get in/out of the car. She always has a checker or bag boy help her put those in the car.

Too true to be good.

Why would you have even said anything?…Duh!

As Bully Maguire would say, “You should have thought of that earlier.”

Earl you should have offered to carry that before you were asked to, “Brownie Points” pay off you know!

That “take two trips with the heavy laundry” gag goes back to at least March 3, 1956, used in an episode of “The Honeymooners” called “Mama Loves Mambo”. But … who the heck can be expected to remember that kind of trivia … :-)

And Nelson might grow up to write the revision to the book, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” It would be re-titled, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Grandpa Earl.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_I_Really_Need_to_Know_I_Learned_in_Kindergarten

Having wisdom and knowing when to use it are two different things, Earl!

So that’s what a husband is for!

Not so wisdomy Earl…does it again!

You’d think he’d be wise enough already to have known that

Yeeeeahhhhh………. who coulda’ seen THAT coming.!???

One thing I learned in business is not to make a suggestion unless you are prepared to be the one chosen to carry out the suggestion.

Keep talking stupid

Did Opal take half?

The wise man makes a meal by eating his own words.

A wise man once said……nothing!

Nelson, were you ever in a gym shower with a dozen grown men?

Show by example.

WHATAMAN!!

As a man, I disregard that advice all too often! (I do all the laundry.) I have gotten far better at knowing my limit though, as our basement stairs are well, basement stairs.

If he wants his supper, he better

‘It is better to thought a fool and remain silent than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.’ Mark Twain