Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for April 27, 2013

  1. Pirate63
    Linguist  over 11 years ago

    Never, ever, start you survey at the Ballard Barista Bar and Bummed Out Blues Brothers Bistro !

     •  Reply
  2. Capture
    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Mongo takes his coffee like his women.Cold and bitter.

     •  Reply
  3. Capture
    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I also take my coffee like my women. Plain.

     •  Reply
  4. Pirate63
    Linguist  over 11 years ago

    Don’t mind if I do… as long as you join me in a wee dram of the ole creathur !

     •  Reply
  5. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Evening all….

    And wow… did I make it while some of you are still here???How unusual for me!

     •  Reply
  6. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Ling…. hope you saw my last couple of posts.

     •  Reply
  7. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Meanwhile….I’m thinking maybe Nathan just made that guy very happy…

    Gave him a convenient target, a non-threatening outlet for his repressed aggression….

    Now he’s at peace…Nathan should write that down.

     •  Reply
  8. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    You couldn’t have all left just when I got here…..not accidentally anyway….sniffle…

     •  Reply
  9. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    OK…. I refuse to go around lifting up the tablecloths and looking behind the chairs…. ..

     •  Reply
  10. Capture
    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Mongo is a fairly young character for this strip.

     •  Reply
  11. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I re… the…. er… so-called professor… I too rarely pay attention to that ilk…but the other night I rather gently returned fire…and later almost deleted it, cos I know there’s no point.

    She enjoys provoking people, is happy to think her little negativity bomb will evoke a disturbance…and almost never comes back to read anything directed at her.

     •  Reply
  12. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Aha … hi Brian.

     •  Reply
  13. Capture
    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Maybe Mongo likes women who get in people’s faces.Like his coffee.

     •  Reply
  14. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Dark, bitter, and extra tall?

     •  Reply
  15. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Oh… Hi Red!I drank mine before the turn….

    Now I’m nursing a banana daiquiri, in spite of the return of the fog.

     •  Reply
  16. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I’ll tell you how unpredictable the weather is here….

    I just checked Google Weather and an AccuWeather app on my phone.

    My phone says Saturday will be 68º …. and Google says 90!

    Wish they’d duke it out and come up with a winner….cos a 22 degree spread is no help at all!

     •  Reply
  17. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Or of Mel Torme…. LOL

     •  Reply
  18. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    If anybody in this crowd has ever heard of the Velvet Fog…

    my mother’s favorite singer.

     •  Reply
  19. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Wow, Red…. that’s cool…not his throat problems, of course…but the connection.

    And hard to think of Mel Torme singing as a kid.

     •  Reply
  20. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I do think he started very young… but of course, I thought of him as old, because my mother liked him…LOL…I think he was quite young even then, actually.

     •  Reply
  21. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Harry on Night Court?

     •  Reply
  22. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Well… I used to watch a lot of sitcoms when I did some work at home….but it was always erratic, depending on where I had to be, and when

    Then as time went on, they seemed to get less funny, less creative… except Seinfeld and a few others.

    But in 2008 we went digital … and I’m on an old antenna….

    So even with a converter box I only get one small local PBS station…. no networks…

    I hardly watch TV so I don’t want to pay for cable.

    One of these days I’ll get a newer antenna.Only been saying that since 2008.

     •  Reply
  23. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    OH, g’night Red….

    Good to see you again.

     •  Reply
  24. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Gee, Mongo, if you didn’t like the coffee, just say so.

     •  Reply
  25. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Loved Night Court (I have 4 seasons on DVD), hated Seinfeld. I switched to Home Improvement instead.

     •  Reply
  26. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Gee, thanks for the link, Bev, but I think I’d rather listen to fingernails scraping against a black board.

     •  Reply
  27. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Saturday In the Park

     •  Reply
  28. Img 7448
    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    That is some seriously black coffee.

     •  Reply
  29. Tornado clip art tornado clip art 14
    Storm F-1/4  over 11 years ago

    Next up Nathan visits the Ballard Street Maximum Security Prison & Funeral Home where their motto is: “You Stab ’Em, We Slab ’Em!”

     •  Reply
  30. My eye
    vldazzle  over 11 years ago

    Torme VS Blanc! LOL actually made me laugh out loud which I seldom do (especially before breakfast).

    Dell provided me with a brand new empty hard drive after being off line this week, but my Norton Backup and Restore did not catch everything I wanted, so I’m still trying to put myself together. I’ll check last night. My dad played trombone and piano and led some bands around then; if it were not for the merger of 20th with Fox, my parents might have been out there in the Hollywood crowd. Retrospectively, I’m glad they did not; growing up in the ’burbs was plenty for me.

     •  Reply
  31. My eye
    vldazzle  over 11 years ago

    I read the end of yesterday and saw no kerfuffle (not even the troll) so far as I saw in my perusal. As to age, I think we are ALL young as we enjoy good humor and I hope to enjoy another 20 years with my lover (even tho’ I’m not as inclined to travel while in this regime). Last Monday, my doctor said he’d prefer I drop the egg whites too, so my breakfast will be some quinoa fusilli with my red sauce, a tablespoon of TVP sausage crumbles and steamed spinach on the side, soy milk to drink. Not bad, but I’d not subject others to my diet (unless they need it). Still love my almond crackers, but it’s all the spices and whole anise and caraway seeds that make them special.

     •  Reply
  32. Tumblr mzhsk3qkeq1rj1ango5 500
    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    Poor Nathan.

     •  Reply
  33. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    But Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop is just one of those songs I can’t stand.

     •  Reply
  34. Tumblr mzhsk3qkeq1rj1ango5 500
    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    good night, everybody!

     •  Reply
  35. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Me wants Rock and Roll Girls.

     •  Reply
  36. Mountain lynx
    Shikamoo Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Good Evening Ballardeers!Nathan, you need glasses. Better ones. And I hope that coffee wasn’t too hot….

     •  Reply
  37. Mountain lynx
    Shikamoo Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I’m fine bev. I see I missed Stelbel here too. I’m glad that YOU are here.

     •  Reply
  38. Mountain lynx
    Shikamoo Premium Member over 11 years ago

    susan! you around too?Has Grog gone to bed already?

     •  Reply
  39. Mountain lynx
    Shikamoo Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I’ll have a ’nana dak in some yak. How about you bev?

     •  Reply
  40. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Well I think you might know what I like, Bev. Can’t find a decent video though, but I was thinking of the John Fogerty version.

     •  Reply
  41. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I’m still here, but suffering from satelite outages due to local weather. Drought? What drought? Our grass is green.

     •  Reply
  42. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Yeah. T-storms mess with my internet a lot, but they have to be really bad to mess with my television signal. Go figure. They’re both received from satellites – albeit from different dishes.

     •  Reply
  43. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    We’ve had our fair share of showers, yet the weather people on the local TV stations keep telling us we need the rain. I don’t get it.

     •  Reply
  44. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Now I think you do know what I like. Those were among my favorite songs of ’85.

     •  Reply
  45. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I can be as picky about music as I am about food.

     •  Reply
  46. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I’m seeing one heck of a light show right now.

     •  Reply
  47. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    The only place I’m going is to bed after these tunes. (Love ZZ) I figure I’ll turn out the lights before the weather has a chance to do so. Good night, bev.

     •  Reply
  48. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I also love your last choice. Good night again.

     •  Reply
  49. Last 9 11 rescue dog birthday party new york bretagne pronounced brittany owner and rescue partner denise corliss texas
    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Trying to catch up on my comics and emails, but I got a heads up from my Fellow Baby about the great tunes Bev was posting over here. Great choices, Bev!

    And you mentioned “rain on a metal roof”. I have a “Family Circus” from 10/12/91 that has been on my refrigerator for MANY years. Dolly is in bed, and you can see the rain from her bedroom window, she says to herself, “Ah! Rain on the roof, my favorite night music”. Me too! :-)

    HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, BALLADEERS!

     •  Reply
  50. Mountain lynx
    Shikamoo Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Good Night Ballardeers!

     •  Reply
  51. Img 7448
    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Click on the girl…

     •  Reply
  52. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    But…. But…. I thought I was early tonight….

    I mean. c’mon guys… the turnover was 15 minutes ago…..Did everybody just say goodnight?sniffle……

    C’mon back!

    I’ll fire up the giant grinder and make you all banana daiquiris!

     •  Reply
  53. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Happy… l love the rain sound vid too….

    except I can’t listen to it too long, cos I’m very, very …. suggestible….

    LOL

     •  Reply
  54. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Oh .. Bev…that’s actually nostalgic music of my youth….sappy but I love it!

     •  Reply
  55. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Did you get your Yak ‘n’ Dak platter?

     •  Reply
  56. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    e careful, Bev…want me to run you out there in Elvis?

     •  Reply
  57. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Here…. this fell off…B

     •  Reply
  58. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Gosh…. I don’t see her…BEV….did you just start walking before I could even offer?

     •  Reply
  59. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    sigh….

     •  Reply
  60. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I’ll be back…

     •  Reply
  61. Avatar 3
    pcolli  over 11 years ago

    This time tomorrow I shall be bound for Beijing. I’ll try to keep in touch but it depends on wi-fi facilities (and Chinese censorship).

     •  Reply
  62. Grog poop
    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Just Came Back (To Say Goodbye)

     •  Reply
  63. Tumblr mzhsk3qkeq1rj1ango5 500
    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    ANNOUNCEMENT

    Sheriff Monkeyblues, Leon McGurty and Batpug are shown among staffers attending the opening of the new Ballard Communications building on Old Ballard Rd.

    The new center is a state of the art facility designed by XTech Industries , and is Ballard County’s latest effort to remain in constant contact with it’s globe-trotting citizenry.

     •  Reply
  64. Mountain lynx
    Shikamoo Premium Member over 11 years ago

    What’s up Doc, Mel Blanc?

     •  Reply
  65. Mountain lynx
    Shikamoo Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Good Night Ballardeers.

     •  Reply
  66. Last 9 11 rescue dog birthday party new york bretagne pronounced brittany owner and rescue partner denise corliss texas
    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 11 years ago

    GOOD EVENING AND GOODNIGHT! HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE TRIP, PCOLLI!

     •  Reply
  67. Last 9 11 rescue dog birthday party new york bretagne pronounced brittany owner and rescue partner denise corliss texas
    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Good morning Balladeers.

     •  Reply
  68. Tigresstree  copy enh1
    Tigressy  over 1 year ago

    Bassets in Black:

    https://cleoandcompany.net/april-27-2023/

    I’m sick today.

     •  Reply
  69. Last 9 11 rescue dog birthday party new york bretagne pronounced brittany owner and rescue partner denise corliss texas
    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Tigressy, I’m sorry you are sick today. I hope you feel better soon.

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment