Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 14, 2020

… in that he has begun sticking bobby pins into electrical outlets."

First step: dress like a conductor.

Don’t let him go out in a lightning storm.

If he waves that wand in my face, he’ll be conducting himself out in the street.

His conduct is unbecoming.

He wields a mean baton!!!

Bethany is actually quite pleased…

she’s always liked a man in evening dress.

After all, he could have started dressing like this:

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BTW… I’m trying to figure out … is his sleeve satin, like his lapel?

And is that it, that slants across him like a satin sash?

Bethany’s sleeve is also drawn like that, with no shoulder, sort of…

but I’ve never seen an evening coat or tuxedo with satin sleeves.

Oooh… fancy.

Gordon has an ad on Craigslist: Looking For Orchestra; Individuals able to play instruments a must.

…and he uses that baton to wake up commuters to punch their tickets.

Better than being an insulator.

He might be dressed the part.. but that stick is not nearly effective enough to conduct the conversation between Bethany and Maggie.

Looking a bit vane there, Gordon. Best not go out in the weather… (Gordon’s got a big brass section. In other words, a lot of brass…) ☺

“On the Baltimore & Ohio.”………………Sugar Kane Kowalczyk

Unfortunately, the lady she is talking to is cutting some zzzzz’s!