Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 27, 2011

???

…I got nothing.

you talkin’ to me?

Slowly he turned, step by step, inch by inch

HELP POLICE mda stole my line

The dogs name is “Spunky”? How amusing…….

Ah…the only excercise Spunky get’s all day,and, the only exercise Arthur get’s all day…cleaning it off..

Spunky has turned on Arthur. It makes me wonder what Arthur did to deserve such scorn.

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Poor Cleo. There must be some sort of unconstitutional violation of her right to a trial “by a jury of her peers” at play here. Say, is that the Evil White Cat from next door in the back row? Jurors cannot be acquainted with the accused and still serve impartially!

A defendant being tried by a judge and jury who look nothing like her. Good thing this could not happen in the human justice system.

(Sorry for getting serious for a moment.)

Arthur is not amused.

Scotty, get me the hell out of here.

Uh oh… Cleo’s on trial, in the January 27th, 2021 “Cleo and Company” …on Sherpa!

Has she been up to no good?

Uh… where have you been?

In animal court, just like human court, the constitution guarantees you a trial by a jury of your peers.

But the catch is, all animals are considered your peers.

The court itself is supposed to be species blind… Cleo could have drawn a jury with an elephant and a salamander on it.

But the the fact is, it’s mostly local domestic animals who answer the summons to jury duty…

and the lawyers have plenty of challenges.

An all-cat judge and jury means Cleo’s crime was probably against a cat … and a cat with a sharp lawyer, at that.

Not that our poor, sweet Cleo couldn’t be innocent of wrongdoing against a cat….

but I’m not holding my breath.

Oops… I just disqualified myself for jury duty.

Anyway, sure, Cleo, your lawyer can file a motion for a change of venue…

but even if it’s granted, this could just happen again…

or maybe you’d end up with a jury of all squirrels.

Think about that.

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Just bring a few empty boxes.

Spunky and Arthur seem to have had a bit of a falling out. Could it be after Arthur dragged him away from Miss Millie High Maintenance’s street?

Poor cats.

(they don’t have a pot to hiss in or a window to throw it out of)

It looks like Cleo is _hisstory.

Good morning, Ballardeers and Farside! Q Date: 320.98673.28 National Chocolate Cake Day

Arthur must’ve stepped in somethin’ for the Spunkster to have to cover his shoes.

Cleo has found out that the Broadway T.S.Eliot Courthouse is not for dogs.

Y’all dive into the triple chocolate cake face first…. (((((Hugs)))))

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

Plods, National Chocolate Cake Day? Well that explains why our local Rock radio station is taking a poll of “what is your favorite icing on chocolate cake”? :-D

Yep. It surely looks like the evil white cat next door. And he even brought 6 more of his buddies along for the fun of it.

Cleo needs a dog lawyer. That guy looks like a cat lover.

I thought Cleo would have learned the last time that she was in cat court. Did she try to steal the evil cat’s catnip again?