Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 22, 2022

It depends on whether she’s going to play by the rules this time, or whether it’s like “Calvin Ball”.

Well, considering the last time he hit his …um…anyway, swinging a pair of balls around resulted in a pair of bruised ones…( there, I wasn’t sure I could explain that)

Challenge her … … … to what? Bolos at 20 paces? Best not, Carson. Marcia was bolo champion at the county rodeo last year.

Marcia’s waiting, Carson. Maybe you should fake a headache.

To be The Man, you have to beat The Man.

Ballers

I must have heard wrong, I thought she was a ballerina.

Carson seems to be right-handed – and not having his ba^Holos in fighting position yet gives Marcia the upper hand in this picture.

They appear to each have “click-clacks”. If so, that goes back to a fad dating to about 1972. There are two cast plastic spheres connected by cords to a metal ring. Idea was to hold the ring and cycle your hand up and down so the balls clicked together. Oh my, wonder if that will ever come back?

You can tell by Marcia’s grip…she would whip his arse!

Consider the prize Carson.. Marcia is well respected at the church, take her down at your own peril.

The trouble is, Carson uses them as Clackers, Marcia uses them as a Bolo…

If Carson wasn’t such a wimp, they’d use bolas. Three balls are much harder. Particularly since Marcia is such a talented sprinter.

This toon always makes me laugh out loud!!HAHAHA

I hope not! I was able to keep it going for a short time but, man, those damn things HURT when they hit you! Lotsa bruises! And the noise was annoying!