Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 30, 2021

Buford tends to be overly dramatic at times.

A twig to the eye? Ouch!!

Oh that’s gonna raise a welt.

It was just a test of his faith.

That particular element seems to have smacked him right in the head – literally.

It suddenly hit him. His enlightenment hurts a little now … but now he can “see the stars”.

[Is he being “told” to branch out?]

C’mon, Buford. You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and just enjoy this cartoon.

Buford just remembered he could have stayed home and had a V8…

Buford is now enduring a headache.

Periodically Chemists like Buford wander outdoors and encounter nature’s elements.

What’s behind him on the sidewalk?

Struck By A Meteorite

November 30, 1954

Ann Hodges is struck by a 5.54 kg (12 lbs, 3 oz) meteorite fragment, making her the only known person injured by a meteorite. She was sleeping on the couch in her Alabama home when it crashed through the roof, bounced off a large console radio, and then struck her. The 34-year-old Hodges was badly bruised on the side of her body. Another fragment was found by a farmer the following day. Due to the publicity surrounding the event, the farmer was able to sell his fragment for enough money to buy a car and house. On the other hand, Hodges fought with her landlord over the rights to the meteorite for a over year. The landlord claimed it was her property because it fell through her roof. Hodges eventually paid the landlord $500 for the meteorite, but by that time the public had lost interest in the story and she was unable to sell it.In 1992 a small meteorite fragment (3 g) struck a Ugandan boy in Mbale, but it had been slowed down by a tree and did not cause any injury.

https://www.ThisDayTrivia.com/trivia/november-30?f=Hodges-meteorite#Hodges-meteorite

“Dem squirrels iz gettin’ ornery!”

Oh.. this is way more than casual. This goes right to the very core of “why”.

I don’t think a falling tree limb is an “element”. “Endure the T-shirts”

Yeah, the mystery deepens

And that’s why I’m not outside, right now, catching up on my chores. High winds and falling gum balls are a lethal or unpleasant combination. And sometimes, a tree limb or a tree can go over in this kind of weather.

Buford has no idea what an element is. It is the coil on the stove that you heat things on.