Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 17, 2022

His coworkers consider this creepiness, not humility.

Humility, eh? Speaking only for myself, it would be difficult if not impossible to take Mr. Darnell seriously. Unless he was leading a team of comedy writers. In that case, carry on.

They also bring an element of insanity…but then it is the Ballard Insueance and Boat Builders Inc. Their motto is " You Can’t Have One Without the Other"

Which makes no sense whatsoever, thus making my point.

Mr. Darnell may think he’s humble but proves he’s a Pecker Head.

Mr. Darnell says," I won’t ask you to do anything that I won’t do." In the meantime, his employees are updating their resumes.

Besides noting Mr. Darnell has extra starch in his trousers.. without knowing more about the contents of his arsenal, this is far too deep to comment on.

The thing is… That is not Mr. Darnell, he’s much higher in the Pecking Order…

My first thought is Birdbrain…

With that he feels less of a bird brain!

A visual metaphor for his brain size?

They just tell Mr Darnell that it’s a symbol of humility. But the rest of the office knows it’s really the dunce cap.

Mr. Darnell has avian bird flu. It has affected his mind.