Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 16, 2009

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Saturday Non Solution Solution

   1.  Top panel: “READ” is pronounced in the present tense. Bottom Panel: “READ” is pronounced in the past tense – nighthawks got drunk and left off the “YET?” at the end of “COMPANY”.

   2.  Top: “Mystery Meat” consists of table scraps from Angela Lansbury’s secret dinners with Agatha Christie. Bottom: “Mystery Meat” consists of covfefe.

   3.  Top: “O” from Opossum stolen by O. Henry. Bottom: Cheapskate C&C producers’ budget didn’t include funds for the O.

   4.  Top: Body in window is Sherpa artist who died waiting for the 2nd coming of Sherpa. Bottom: Body in window was killed by the mysterious katina.cooper.

   5.  Top: Cleo can spell “Squirrel?”. Bottom: Hell I can’t spell “Squirrel” without a dictionary.

   6-9.  Infamous “Highly technical” Section 6-9. Only MontanaLady, whose brand new grandson must be named Jack?; Perkycat, an Unhazed Brussy; SHE MC, who we all hope is doing well; SusanSunshine, who attracts bad IT service like maggots to the Road Krill Grill; StillTheBelle, about whom I wrote something hilariously funny this week but have, sadly, now forgotten; and the mysterious katina.cooper, who continues to be a Black Hole of biographical information about herself, would understand.