Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 06, 2025

Spot’s laughing because he knows that that was the last cup of coffee in the pot and that Leonard is out of grounds to make any more.

What was the name of the laughing dog in the cartoons?

Arf, arf is a laughing bark. Or is that a barking laugh?

Good morning, Ballard Dears!

/// Leonard’s spill put Spot’s mind in a muddle.

That bark did hide some scorn, (it was subtle).

New emotions emerge

as Spot fights off the urge

to see Leonard’s nose rubbed in the puddle.

Yurf yurf yurf….yep there it is….

Spot’s reflex could not be concealed

A dog’s moods are in its tail revealed

The canine tail will tend to wag

It is an mood expression flag

To which he cannot help but yield

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So Gunther should not be upset

That Spot would a slight cough get

In reaction to the clumsy coffee spill

It is the tail reflex that will

Express the true pathos of his pet

There was a young fellow called Len,

Who was one of the clumsiest men,

When his coffee went plop,

It amused his dog Spot,

He’ll be swapping his dog for a hen!

Time for a “spot of tea”.

Bad boy, Spot!

But was it after the spill, or before? ☺

Spot is glad he wasn’t the one to leave a mess on the carpet.

Good morning Balladeers!

Sparky got a good laugh at Howard’s expense. (I don’t know their names and it really doesn’t matter anyway.)

Barking is not his cuppa tea.

Phiseaux is laughing at the idea of Len having to clean up the mess Len made.

I thought it was more of a laughing sort of bark.