Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 20, 2024

Impressive blast cage.

Claude does a bang up job

Claude understands that there are few problems that can’t be solved by the application of high explosives.

that must be his wife’s cooking

It’s definitely a Guy Thing.

It’s meaningless without the HO trains.

Yeah, after you’ve seen the Addams Family train disasters, this is nothing.

Having just watched the demolition of an old power plant on the BBC news channel, I am thinking that a replica using Legos and small charges would be fun to test out. But I suspect that it would look nothing like the real thing.

When I was in 4th grade a few of us used a BB gun on some of our model ships. I can report that my “Old Ironsides” held up very well.

By any chance, is Claude’s last name “Oppenheimer”?

I’ve been hearing tiny booms, …..

So far it’s still controlled … and so far it’s still his “living” room.

He’s a blast at parties.

The detonations are getting closer. Go in another direction, Claude, you’re upsetting the cats.

TODAY’S LIMERICK.

Don’t be misguided and fooled, By the quiet demeanour of Claude. Behind his closed doors, He’s raging two wars. One on Putin and his mother-in-law Maude!

That’s thunking inside the box…

Now that’s a Christmas gift!

Every man needs a hobby.

Instead of reading about explosions, Claude wanted to C4 himself.

If Claude were ever to leave the house, he would be on the Terror Watch List.

what could go wrong?

His wife moved out after the first detonation……..boom gone……

Good morning Balladeers!

His wife removes shrapnel in the next room.

“Controlled” and “detonations” are not tabletop descriptions.

my pleasure is yelling “Incoming” at the veterans meeting.

later claude’ll put on some john lee hooker…

You’ll notice that Claude is by himself. No wife, no dog. This is not a coincidence.