Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 28, 2014

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    Superfrog  almost 11 years ago

    Obviously these are navel flags.

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    Bilan  almost 11 years ago

    Just like the deaf guy at Mandela’s funeral, those signs look like complete gibberish.

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    x_Tech  almost 11 years ago
    News from the Tiki Hut:These ladies were so busy taking pictures of the fireman they didn’t notice the Elephant in the room.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    It’s Ok, X… that’s just Elmer, the bouncer…the ladies are safe

    …but I tell you…

    if that elephant knocks over the big grinder one more time, I’m docking his pay.

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    Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    I think a glass of scotch would communicate with Uncle Archie just fine.

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    pcolli  almost 11 years ago

    “England expects, Heave to, Quarantine, No swimming.”

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    pcolli… and Drum and Bugle Corps… and the ace of spades.

    I know that one…. it means “How about some gin rummy.”Don’t do it…He cheats.

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    x_Tech  almost 11 years ago

    If you use large flags Uncle Archie thinks you’re shouting and he hates to have his quarter deck disrupted.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    pcolli…. hope that placement’s not a comment by Mr. Van Amerongen…

    And X .. that quarter deck stashed, all in order, in his pocket, is part of how he cheats at gin.

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    Linguist  almost 11 years ago

    Uncle Archie is a dangerous man.He was booted out of the Signal Corps because he couldn’t spell.He has been banned for life from the Ballard Bay Yacht and Harley Club after that disastrous incident at their last regatta and ragout cookout.My crew on my galleon, The Irish Rover have strict instructions from Sherif MunkeyBluz and myself to prevent him from entering Ballard Harbor because of the chaos his “flagging” has caused.Fenton has forbidden him from flashing flags at the Tiki when ordering drinks.Aside from his penchant for pennants, Uncle Archie, as Susan Sunshine correctly pointed out, is a card sharp. He even cheats at Old Maid and Fish.

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago

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    ChessPirate  almost 11 years ago

    Which is the one for “get a job, you loafer!”?

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    vldazzle  almost 11 years ago

    LOL, Linguist! Doesn’t everyone have some relative (young or old) who cheats at every game? Even Old Maid, Dirty Eights and Fish.

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    I am about to flag Uncle Archie for flashing his magnifier at us. Go Comics really should put a ban on this kind of behavior.

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Good Morning Ballard Dears. How goes the fireman sighting? How many have you seen SUSAN, BEV AND STEL?And tell the elephant to stop snatching my hat. It looks silly on him anyways.

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Good Morning Ballard Dears. How goes the fireman sighting? How many have you seen SUSAN, BEV AND STEL?And tell the elephant to stop snatching my hat. It looks silly on him anyways.

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Does anyone remember a game called “authors”? It was a card game where four of a kind won- Shakespeare, Longfellow, Alfred Lord Tennyson etc. I guess my parents wanted to educate us while playing cards. I found it more edifying than Old Maid, although rather ironically, I have become an author of sorts who never married. But I am NOT an old maid. I have never been a maid in my life.

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    Storm F-1/4  almost 11 years ago

    Oh I have a tiny flag! It’s the size of a stamp. It says: Flag!

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  almost 11 years ago

    Uncle Archie looks suspiciously like a Retired Chief Signalman I used to know. His nickname was “Flags”. The Navy disestablished the Signalman Rating in 2003.

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    BarbMH  almost 11 years ago

    It doesn’t look like he runs a tight ship.

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    semaphore version of wuthering heights

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91_jymgH8QY

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    The charter boats here in Depoe Bay are not “small craft”, but they rarely go out when there is a small craft advisory for just that reason.The only boats out then/now is the crabbing boats.

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    Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML   almost 11 years ago

    lookin at mah Patchy teh Pirate single flag decoder chart ($2.81 @ SCHAABS) unckle Archie is sendin teh messaje…

    “W”

    “E”

    “D”

    “g”

    “i”

    “E”

    (yew can seas it wit teh magnumflying glass)jus sayin’….O..o

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    StelBel  almost 11 years ago

    To read more about Evelyn and her shop, click here.

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    HI BEV!

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    SHERIF MUNKEY, he also signaled “goose” for the same reason.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Stel…. I met Evelyn when my Red Hat chapter (now defunct) went to see a revival of Beyond the Fringe.

    She was there with the Ballard County Mens’ Tablecloth and Curtain Society Ladies’ Auxiliary (BCMTACSLA for short) ….as we both were checking out the stage curtains we struck up a conversation.

    She hadn’t opened her shop yet…. but I could tell that her husband, Roland, appreciated some of his fringe benefits.

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    I’d hate to take people out in a boat to be sick. Serves them right though, for insisting.

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    Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML   almost 11 years ago

    HAY SuSUn…!!!!bin hidin dusting off teh top of teh fridge…gotsta go now….everthink is stocked up… grinder cleengudnite!!!!!8())

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Hi SUSAN! Was Roland wearing his purple polkadot pants with the purple Pom-Pom fringe on the bottom, (riding in a surrey with a fringe on top?)Why do I feel like singing?O!Klahoma!

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    BEV, I’m afraid my energy is ‘flagging’ now. I think I’ll get ready for bed. Hope we get a chance to catch up soon.

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    vldazzle  almost 11 years ago

    @Shika, missed that comment earlier- Crazy Eights sounds right (have not played any of those in many years. I’ve not been a maid since . . . either. @Stel, I LOVE the fringe supplement, especially fringe on the boxers.And Bev- that red hat embroidery is lovely, and I see you cleaned it up from the source; filled in with a satin-stitch, I think, with real pom-pons. Although I almost never wear any purple, some women love to wear it (especially those red hats).

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Hi back, Shika and Bev….. and Monkey!

    I started a post a little while ago and got called away…Bev and Shika wanted fireman pictures….

    Here you go…

    George, here, is a seasoned vet….. but still pretty easy on the eyes, don’t you think?

    OK, OK…. of course, I know you guys want pictures of the younger, cuter ones….

    Don’t worry….I took some of those, too…..

    You can’t get much cuter than Freddie….Or Michael …Or younger….
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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    And thank you, Monkey!And good night….

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 10 months ago

    Cool. So if you don’t have any tiny signal flags, Archie won’t try to communicate with you? Promise?

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    Tigressy  10 months ago

    Punny and colorful – sorta.

    https://cleoandcompany.Net/january-28-2024/

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    mrwiskers  8 months ago

    I discovered what the red flag meant after I entered the water!

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