Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 18, 2010

no thanks.

Ted’s got the headphones, so what’s everyone else transcripting?

I’ve got this inner monologue running in somebody elses head

Ballard Street has a club for everything!

Grace has not made an appearance in a while, but apparently her past appearances have left an impression on our cartoonist.

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

So now what, Sam?

Grace is none too graceful, IMHO.

Vlad the Impaler!! When did HE get on the train? And how? Are they transporting a coffin in a passenger cabin car?!

And he’s “surly?” So Mr. GC wasn’t the only PITA? Well, that’s a brown horse of a different color, as mom used to say.

Oooh…. the Midnight Express seems to have hit a slight bump in the rails.

Well…. maybe not the train… but ace gumshoe Sam Basset seems to have been thrown a bit off the track….

in the November 18th, 2020 “Cleo and Company”….

on Sherpa.

 

Ok… here’s a small dilemma for me…

This is where I tell you how to get there… to Cleo on Sherpa, I mean….

if you don’t already have it bookmarked (and you SHOULD!)

But Dennis just posted about Ballard Street.

I’m putting my money in his having posted that URL before I finish this comment.

Don’t worry… you won’t be lost… If he hasn’t, I’ll do it then. :D

 

Anyhow… this Grace person…

sure, she’s one crazy dame.

But listen up, Basset: Ya can’t let her get to ya.

 

Cos if I were a murderess…

Pardon me? No… this is purely hypothetical…

aww, c’mon… you guys know I couldn’t be a suspect…

As I was sayin’…

 

If I’D just been very very bad girl… and I wanted to knock some nosy sleuth off the scent…

I might just buy myself a ticket on the crazy train.

I’d hop ANY “loco”-motive some long-eared shamus would be scared to board.

What ever floats your boat.

Impalers seem to be running rampant.

Hmmm…a bacon hat. Where can I get one of those?

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20201118

As long as it’s not Lil’s withering glare…

Grace is loco alright. If she’s also got a motive, she’s in the right place.

 

Episode VIII: It’s so hard knowing whodunit and being sworn to secrecy.

(Hint: Iago in La Camera Da Letto with a Sand-Filled Stocking)

P.S. to N.H.: You’ve captured the essence of G the F!

only because Grace the Face captured MY essence years ago.

and she refuses to release it no matter how much I beg her.

FREE MY ESSENCE!

Good morning, Ballardeers! Q Date: 250.98481.63 Warming up today and tomorrow. Woohoo!

Stenography club… Does it leave a big mark?

That is one scary kid. I’ll take Vlad.

Ok…. I lied…. one more

“If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy”

Y’all have a safe day. (((((HUGS!)))))

Okay. Vlad did it. He’s the last one introduced to the story. Nighthawks, you’re the tops!

I can’t wait! I can’t wait! I can’t wait!

It can’t be Vlad ~ the guy wasn’t ‘impaled’!

Good afternoon Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

Plods, I’m curious! Does your coffee mug have “I’m a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess” imprinted on it? ;-D. ;-D

Somehow, I wonder if Sam Basset has been walking around with the killer this whole time.

Vlad! Dude! It’s so good to see you!

(…by the way, i didn’t do it…)

If by pagoda you mean house of Buddhist worship, the largest in the U.S. actually is in Minnesota:

https://minnevangelist.com/watt-munisotaram-hampton-minnesota/

The “real” Grace.

I posted this as a reply to Dennis..

But just in case some people didn’t read that, and want to see it, I’m putting it here as well.

 

Grace is taken from a nineteenth century photo by an unknown photographer…

two children, presumably sister and brother… nobody famous.

I saved it years ago… I don’t remember whether it was on the Frog Blog or I did an image search from Grace.

 

It’s actually been used on lots of websites, saved to Pinterest, etc.

I’m on my tablet, so instead of uploading mine to photoimage, which is tedious this easy, I did a new image search and found it online again…

If this doesn’t work I’ll post it later from my computer.

 

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRJ1Ldl2zYI/TbGSGXpEXBI/AAAAAAAAEZw/BZy3eN43m9s/s320/Steinbroken.jpg