Pickles by Brian Crane for October 18, 2023

Thanks a lot, Roscoe!

Blame/credit the laundress.

Does Earl go shopping?

He used deodorant for the first time this month.

Opal likes something!

Some people wear dryer sheets in their shoes as an alternative to Odor Eaters.

It’s that, and dabs of vanilla extract behind the ears: The Poor Man’s cologne.

Poor Earl never figures it out.

Always find one in the sheets when we get home from the laundromat.

Earl will start using dryer sheets as pocket squares. But it won’t take very long for Opal to figure out what he’s doing.

I find them in my pockets!

She smells Earl’s new cannabis-saturated bow tie.

Helpful but hard to track. Show up days later.

Earl wonders how that got past Opals folding job.

….and why is he dressed UP – WHERE IS HE GOING..???? – - – OMG… THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME..!!!!!

Earl looks spiffy today with those clothes.

I absolutely hate the chemical stench they add to detergents & softeners – so of course She thinks they smell “clean”. I managed to eliminate the softener-stench problem by buying a knit (or maybe crocheted?) wool “dryer bunny” at a crap fair She dragged me to, but I can’t buy non-stinky detergent without paying for it dearly.

Dryer sheet? I guess it didn’t do it’s job if it’s still that strong while sitting in his pant leg.

I found a dryer sheet in my underwear once. Figured it was a message from the cosmos.

Perfume doesn’t smell “fresh,” it just smells smelly. Plus it gives me a headache, and makes me wonder what smells it might be covering up.

Looking sharp, Earl. I’m digging the bow tie!

That does happen, folks really!

Roscoe always knows whats going on in that household.

My dear wife insists that she doesn’t put dryer sheets up my pant legs, so somehow the dryer has found a way to do it.

Lavender or fresh summer breeze?

Sure beats old man smell.

ha! No more wrinkled Leg skin either. (keeping it clean).

I use odor free sheets. I want my clothers to smell like clean laundry. If they don’t, I WASH THEM AGAIN!

Earl, you still have it in you, get fresh with her.

Well, if he’s wearing nice clothes today, with a tie, I hope he smells nice.

Static cling isn’t all bad.

Busted by Roscoe!