Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 03, 2017

It’s OK, Lowell…..

Loretta’s only asking cos she’s going to surprise you on your birthday….

Please don’t tell her I blabbed…..

But you might want to know in advance, in case you were about to buy a new one…

She’s getting you a gift subscription to the Wagon-Of-The-Month Club from

Bob Hanna and Sons Ballard St Hardware and Health Spa….

Bob himself told me so.

Susan, for a baby you have some pretty good chompers!

Loretta is so patient with Lowell’s strange “hobbies”.

Dennis… yeah….

I haven’t really perfected the age regression thing…

When I agreed to do this role, I didn’t want to be unable to speak or eat solid food, so I compromised.

And when I grow back to adulthood, which I hope to do, if the spells work….

I don’t want to have to wait several years to have teeth again!

Meanwhile….mentioning Bob Hanna reminded me of Jack Hanna….

and that reminded me to answer Liverlips from yesterday….

I remember Wild Kingdom, of course.

But I would guess our Marlon is in his mid 70’s, maybe?

That show I think started in the mid 1960’s, a bit too late for naming an early 1940’s baby…

…. And Mr. Perkins’ name is Marlin, like the fish.

I always thought it was almost a pun that didn’t quite work… …. a fish and a Fowler.

Lowell has fallen off the wagon, and then the wagon falls on him. But it never deters him from his appointed rounds, he just keeps rolling along.

Shouldn’t the “don’t you” necessitate a question mark?

I think he’s got a handle on them now.

And I’m on a first name basis with the whole crews of three different hospital emergency rooms!!