Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 25, 2016

At least you don’t have to pick up after it.

Rusty is not so sure. Better sniff it up.

I’m not sure where he was bread but he has a crumby pedigree.

If he took an electric can opener for a walk, all of the cats and dogs would follow him home.

It looks like K9 from Dr.Who. If I could remember how to attach a pic I would.

Well, let’s see…. they’ll both come along on your walks… though the toaster not quite so willingly.

If you feed the dog, it gives you kisses… if you feed the toaster, it gives you toast. In fact, if the dog swallows your bread, you don’t get it back. Well, OK, you do, eventually…. but not in a useful form.The dog is warm all the time… the toaster, not so much.

So I guess they’re not too similar….except this particular toaster and this particular dog are both named Rusty.

PS… Dennis… that was me… and it still looks that way to me…. LOL

Are you sure?

Upside-Down Girl!

You apparently posted while I was typing…. sorry I missed you.

Yes, I think somebody missed a chance, by not making a toaster shaped like K9.

Though apparently the slipper market did get on board with the idea….

Meanwhile… Coyoty…you found some cross-bred puppies!!

OK I made one….

Unfortunately, it’s only a picture….. sigh….

I’ve always been intrigued by this interesting strip (and the drawing style is very good, especially where “gadgets” are concerned).Bit this particular strip is so (struggling for words to describe it) “quirky and funny”, I think that Jerry Van Amerongen has surpassed himself.

No, really, there is nothing like a dog.

Nope. Pops not poops.

Walking a toaster and walking a dog have something in common. When a dog poops, you need to bend down to scoop the poop, but when a toaster pops it comes over the tops.

If only toasters could talk, what would this one say?

It reminds me of an old Woody Allen comedy monologue where he talks about having to have a heart-to-heart discussion with all his appliances – particularly, his toaster.

Does anyone remember the original screen saver of Flying Toasters ?I couldn’t find them but…..

This is especially for Happy,HappyBunnies like toasters,

May 25th is Intergalactic Towel Day.Do you have your towel? My girl and i do!Don’t Panic!

Brave Little Toaster https://youtu.be/kQgPvhv_t-o a movie? I remembered it as a cartoon

My Grandmother’s toaster looked like this:

Well, brown comes out of both… :-)

Linguist, I guess we lived on the poor side of town as I remember having our family having one like your bottom picture, except you could change which side was being toasted by moving a lever on the top from one side to the other and the bread would flip sideways. We finally got a new toaster when we saved up enough green stamps.(How’s that for linking to a previous conversation?)

Linguist….

I loved them!

And I used a toaster like that, only fancier looking, all chrome, from a thrift shop, back in the late (mumble mumble…) ‘s…OK. 60’s … and early 70’s.

Beautiful… and so well engineered the toast turned over when you opened the doors.

You did have to remember to time it, or check it…but the toast was perfect.

Happy … is that you?Cool.