Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 28, 2022

Gerald never had a good grip on how to use a microwave oven.

Come to Vegas…it hit 92 yesterday and 86 today. Spring sprung.

Even if he’s found a way to override the safety, I hope he’s using a wooden skewer and doesn’t have a pacemaker.

Gerald, that’s not gonna work. Have you got a toaster oven, maybe?

Try blowing on it. As long as the room air is cooler than your body temperature, that should warm it up a bit.

For Gerald’s sake, I truly hope his method isn’t working.

But if it is, I agree with Farside.

If you don’t mind a mess, you can turn around and roast that puppy right over an open stove burner…

At least it’ll char, and taste of a gas campfire.

Less messy to just char 2 or 3 on the burner in a little cast iron skillet … it’ll still remind you of camping.

We had some lovely weather, tricked us into thinking Spring has sprung but now they tell us it might snow next week ;(

This winter has Brat the Wurst out of Gerald.

Home, home on the range…. (music notes)….

Trust Gerald has a lot of patience.. or, likes his weiners rare

Keeping the door open is not a smart thing!

And getting a tan at the same time! Thumbs up, Gerald! ☺

don’t try this at home

Do NOT try this at home.

Factually based realists are such a bore, I know, but I’ll just point out that MW ovens won’t run when the door is open – some kind of saftey concern? But heck it’s only a cartoon, so anything goes.

Looking at that picture, if it was in our kitchen he would be waiting forever. When the microwave oven door is open, ours will not operate.

I am hoping he’s skewering the results of the microwave instead of trying to cook it with the door open. Today is National Put it on a Stick Day. Ballardians are so timely.

Gerald, George Foreman would like to have a word with you.

Amen to that!

Well, since micro-waves would also kill brain cells, this explains a lot.

Pretty sure Gerald’s not going to accomplish his goal

Get used to it, Gerald. As Charlie Brown once famously said, “Summers fly. Winters walk.”