Pickles by Brian Crane for February 21, 2024

Stupid promise. You can apologize without making stupid promises.

Not all cats are so paranoid or jealous.

A rare appearance by Dan.

Muffin is no different than any other freeloader. You can never do enough for them.

Most of my neighbor’s cats don’t care if I pet other kitties. Maybe it would be different if I actually had my own cat, though…

Muffin will change her mind when the electric can opener sound is heard!

I used to keep a couple of cats, but I got over it. Yeah, they were affectionate, and that’s nice… but they climbed on all my shelves, even the high ones, and knocked down too many fragile things. They clawed my furniture, and my couch and leather chairs will never recover. Cat hair gets everywhere, even inside the battery cover of the mouse I used before this rechargeable one. Five years later I’m still finding some. The final straw was when one crapped in my ‘in box’ on some important papers. Sometimes I miss ’em… but not that much.

Don’t make promises you can’t keep, Opal. I know I could never keep that promise. If I see a kitty I will pet it, if it lets me.

Dan is truly committed to Sylvia… :D

Dan the man.

Hard to see the time stamp but this looks like one from 1999 ;-)

Are you kidding me? Muffin is the most sane creature in the entire household!

Who’s this guy?

Having pets does kind of make one crazy, lol!

He agreed too quickly……. something fishy about that

Give me a dog any (every) day of the week!

An Earless strip?

Psht. If I try to beg forgiveness from a cat, have me committed. (or any animal)

Hence the benefit of dogs. If a dog finds out you have been with another dog, they will forget about it either as soon as you pet them, or give them a treat.

“She meant nothing to me.” Where have I heard that before?

Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

Just commit Opal, problem solved.

Muffin will get over it! Stop making such a big deal out of it! LOL

All dogs go to heaven; and some cats.

What does she mean by “have me committed?”

Nice to see Dan again, been too long.

If you have a cat you have been commited

Dogs are the same with sniffing out other dog scents. I hate ignorant cat hating.

Roscoe is loving this….

interesting – I clicked the like button and the count went from 167 to 212. 44 people liked it at the same time I did. Kist remember cats own you.

A lot of writer-comedians have used that last panel for “wanting kids” as well. Never think that something will be without challenges. Never let those challenges keep you from the joy of those things either.

If you weren’t an only child, you would understand Muffin’s jealousy.

I think the old lady is starting to lose it.

Just don’t be like your mother.

Abandon all hope ye who entertain the idea of cat servitude.

Forgive me or I’ll go back to petting it. Come to think of it, I think I’ll go back and pet it some more.

My bride’s dog does the same thing when we return from our sons place where he has three dogs.

“One cannot have cats and dignity.” -The Magician

There is a video where someone pets a cat that her cat often fights with. Then, she returns to her place and reaches for her cat with the hand she used to pet the other cat.

An oldie but a goldie…You don’t have to be crazy to want a cat, but it helps. I’ll take a dog every time.

Yup the high and mighty cat. They really think the world revolves around them. If they weren’t so darn cute there probably wouldn’t be many people that would want one.

Really…….

Yeh, they barely take care of their own kid.

We have five. They don’t care.

tHAT’S THE SON-IN-LAW,i DON’T THINK HE’S BEEN IN The STRIP IN 5 YEARS. hOW WAS tHE fRENCH fOREIGN lEGION,dAN?

And what happened to the gorilla suit?

I just love the cat’s one eye peeking in the second panel!!! Not QUITE as disinterested and sulky as it wants the humans to believe!