Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 30, 2016

Bev,,, I think you have to precede the “How to be” talk with the “My way is better” talk, cos unless you show that your way is better, no one will listen to your ideas on how to be.

Then again, probably no one will listen anyway…especially not Ben…who really really really thinks Bettie should….

um…go bake a pie or something.

Well, that’s not it, really….

but he prefers not to say anything else….not aloud, anyway.

Sure, Bev….Got a fresh batch right here.

Hope you mean this small grinder… not the 6 ft one out back!

As I said on Cleo… nice of you to give that little monkey an outing.It’s their night off, you know.

Is that little girl from one of the tribes in the high mountains of Turdmunkistan?

Ben, you know the old saying: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, come and sit by me!”

Ben don’t play dat…

Be nice? After you hid the remote? On Super Bowl Sunday??? (well, that’s the kind of thing that might make me not so nice, anyway)

You live with Bettie and see how cheerful you are!She is the most combative woman I’ve ever met. We were in Garden and Pot Roast Club together and she always wanted to plant her color of daisy and use her recipe. Even though her recipe tasted like cra&.

…apropos of nothing…

Thank you for the donation.You know who you are!Woo Hoo!

Bev, that falling kitty made me sleeepy….clunk!

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz………….