Sheesh the way these 2 talk about each other (especially Opal who seems to actually find Earl disgusting!) and avoid each other, god knows why they’re still together, habit i guess. Well I get caught up in their story and forget about them just being cartoons lol however I’ve heard that Brian based them on a real life couple he knew, I wonder if they stayed together?!
Is Brian Crane now doing new Pickles strips Mondays thru Wednesdays and showcasing rerun Pickles strips Thursdays thru Saturdays? I guess the Pickles strip is in its last legs.
As we age, it’s just banter back and forth….frick n frack barbs…means nothing in actuality. They still love each other……and as we get older, it’s easier to speak our minds!
He has said he based them on a couple he knew (I think his in-laws). What impressed him was their obvious affection for each other which they expressed through the kind of habitual insults he portrays.
My husband and I were of the badge-wearing persuasion before we retired. One day last year we had to have Rescue and MTs here for a medical issue. I guess we were talking so morbidly when he was being assessed that the female Ambulance Paramedic finally asked him what we did. He told her, and she responded, “I knew it! I KNEW it!”
C over 2 years ago
Maybe, but at least not bitter and cantankerous like grandma
Concretionist over 2 years ago
We bought some really nice Gorgonzola at the deli today. Yum. For some cheeses, the older the better.
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
Whoa.
suv2000 over 2 years ago
And that’s what attracted you by him in the 1st place
Lightpainter over 2 years ago
Sounds like the butter is slipping off Earl’s noodles.
Frankie5466 over 2 years ago
Sheesh the way these 2 talk about each other (especially Opal who seems to actually find Earl disgusting!) and avoid each other, god knows why they’re still together, habit i guess. Well I get caught up in their story and forget about them just being cartoons lol however I’ve heard that Brian based them on a real life couple he knew, I wonder if they stayed together?!
finzleftright over 2 years ago
Okay, where’s the Pickles Extras page, where we can read the cartoons about the melody and the bicycle? I want to see those two as well!
MichaelAxelFleming over 2 years ago
“I didn’t say your skin has a delicate essence, I said your skin smells like a delicatessen.” -Redd Foxx
Bullet Bronson Premium Member over 2 years ago
For some reason I’m hungry.
iggyman over 2 years ago
And like Swiss cheese his stories are full of holes!
Doug K over 2 years ago
“Not you too, Gramma.”
jagedlo over 2 years ago
You didn’t help Nelson’s feeling of cluelessness there, Opal!
juicebruce over 2 years ago
Nelson take notes ! …. For the Pop- Quiz Later :-)
Darryl Heine over 2 years ago
Is Brian Crane now doing new Pickles strips Mondays thru Wednesdays and showcasing rerun Pickles strips Thursdays thru Saturdays? I guess the Pickles strip is in its last legs.
SuperAndy Premium Member over 2 years ago
Great line! I have to remember this one!
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
As we age, it’s just banter back and forth….frick n frack barbs…means nothing in actuality. They still love each other……and as we get older, it’s easier to speak our minds!
jimmeh over 2 years ago
You can be sick and tired of your spouses habits (and hygiene) and after decades of that, love them dearly.
mckeonfuneralhomebx over 2 years ago
To cheat on your significant other takes too much time and running around and once you are over 60, you rather just take a nap.
ksu71 over 2 years ago
This arc reminded me of an old Red Wing Boot ad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-1TgVU4PJ4
SunflowerGirl100 over 2 years ago
He has said he based them on a couple he knew (I think his in-laws). What impressed him was their obvious affection for each other which they expressed through the kind of habitual insults he portrays.
Watchdog over 2 years ago
Grandma getting a smack mouth
Hooligan918 over 2 years ago
My husband and I were of the badge-wearing persuasion before we retired. One day last year we had to have Rescue and MTs here for a medical issue. I guess we were talking so morbidly when he was being assessed that the female Ambulance Paramedic finally asked him what we did. He told her, and she responded, “I knew it! I KNEW it!”
MikeM_inMD over 2 years ago
“Life is a minestrone
“Served up with parmesan cheese
“Death is a cold Lasagne
“Suspended in deep freeze”
sandpiper over 2 years ago
Grandma ain’t no bunch of posies either.
tremaine53 over 2 years ago
And, Grampa has a super critical spouse!
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
Sage commentary for Nelson!
w16521 over 2 years ago
And Grandma’s lay the smelliest farts imaginable.
stamps over 2 years ago
How do I love thee. Let me count the ways.
Prawnclaw over 2 years ago
Ohwee, not nice!
zeexenon over 2 years ago
Sounds good! The older the cheese, the better. Just scrape off the mold, get fine red wine …. life couldn’t be better.
beckola over 2 years ago
You can still be in love with somebody even when they’re full of baloney and smell like old cheese lol
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
Life is like … ineffable, man. Completely living ineffable.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 2 years ago
“…all good things.”
ANIMAL over 2 years ago
WOW – OUCH..!!!!!!!
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 2 years ago
I could say Earl doesn’t know what he is talking about either, but then he is a grandpa and I am also, so he is full of it….wisdom.
CJ Flintstone over 2 years ago
Poor Nelson, Grandpa overloaded him with metaphors (well similes actually), and then Grandma piled on some more.
ElGato over 2 years ago
Be Nice Now! — BE NICE!
icmodivah over 2 years ago
like my in laws