Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 13, 2023

Don’t worry, Tobin, everyone always has questions about you.

just keep me out of your questions and i’ll be grateful

He’s running for office. Isn’t that obvious?

Tobin is thinking about how he will get down this curb, and avoid the drain grate.

Tobin is probably right. I’m not sure he’s the one I would want to talk about it with.

Inquiring minds want to know . . . just not with Tobin.

Tobin’s this close to being a DC villain.

WTH, Tobin?

The life of a critical thinker! Like cracks in the sidewalk, it’s not all smooth and breezy.

Why did everyone cross the road? Tobin was on the other side.

Good morning Balladeers!

Penny: Hey.

Sheldon: Hello.

Penny: I haven’t seen you in a while. How’s it going?

Sheldon: Other than waiting out the exponential growth period of the virulent organisms trooping through my micro-villi into my circulatory system, hunky-dory.

Penny: (Chuckling)

Sheldon: Did I say something amusing?

Penny: I don’t know, maybe. I have no idea what you said.

Sheldon: So your mirth is merely a discharge of nervous energy with no semantic content at all?

Penny: My “mirth.” Classic.

Sheldon: Is there a station coming up where I can board your giggling train of thought?

Penny: It’s not a big deal. It’s just ever since Leonard’s been dating Raj’s sister, I’ve had to keep my distance. I don’t get to hear all your jibber-jabber.

Sheldon: Jibber-jabber? I don’t jibber-jabber.

Penny: What are you doing at work these days?

Sheldon: Oh. I’m working on time-dependent backgrounds in string theory. Specifically, quantum field theory in D-dimensional de Sitter space.

Penny: Come on, even you have to admit that’s jibber-jabber.

Sheldon: Interesting. Do you know where the phrase “jibber-jabber” comes from?

Penny: Oh, my God. You’re about to jibber-jabber about jibber-jabber!

The Ropes & Pulleys Club has some questions as well. That is NOT how one properly secures a sculpture – where is the fore & aft support, e.g.?

Can’t argue with that.

We need more common sense to answer the current questions, not ask for more questions.

Post your questions on gocomics. I suggest Pearls Before Swine. I literally spent a hour trying (unsuccessfully) to find a reply to my reply on the subject of censoring/banning books, from last week.

If someone tries to trick you, will you take the bait Tobin?

There aren’t enough questions and too many answers.

If you want to have fun, go out with the Spanish version, which requires a second, upside-down question mark to precede you. :)

Unsurprisingly, the question Tobin hears most is “What’s with the question mark?”

tobin takes a questionable approach…

I question your question mark, Tobin. Is it real wood or veneer? Where did you learn to use a jigsaw? Do you have a patent for it? Why didn’t you paint it? Or at least stain it? You did a nice job sanding it? Sorry, I got carried away, something I am told will happen to you later. Did you see the men in white coats driving by? They’re asking about you…