Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 05, 2008

Er, I don’t get it.

well, such a somber ceremony before breakfast will put him in a down mood for the rest of the day.

I think he’s taken leave of his senses…

Which way to the nearest exit?

It’s the chanting that gets to Thelma.

Claude needed a whole panel of cogitation to come up with that one. NH, you should have shown gears turning in panel two.

Hi, everybody!

We’re here to post our comments on a brand new “CLEO and COMPANY”1

It’s the Nov 5th  2018 strip

on Sherpa, of course…

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Oh my…. Cleo does not seem entranced bythat line, Claude….

I see signs that she wants to show you the door.

I, however, will give you a break…..

For one thing, I’m so happy to see you in a new strip,

I think I can forgive a slightly stinky pun….

(as soon as I find my can of pun spray, though, and give it a hit…)

And for another…. I guess I don’t have much to say, do I?

OK…. I see those faces… I know some of you are snickering…..

I can hear you all saying “Why are you still talking, then?”

Hmfph!

You’ll be sorry if you miss my blueberry pie.

If you do want some… I’m taking it to Thelma and Evan’s house.

But if he thinks I’m joining him in saying goodbye to Fall, on November 4th…. he’s got another think coming!

Blueberry pie is an homage to Fall…. an autumn symphony…. a plea for it to stay with us….

Don’t leave us, Fall….. I’m not ready!

How about, say…. till February?

Cleo should have told Claude that she heard the refrigerator door just opened and then tripped him when he took off for the kitchen. They have a new comic called Whyatt cartoons that just started today on the main page and Cleo has been here for 16 years and still on Sherpa. Why hasn’t she been moved?

It’s a little early in the season as well.

Yeah, exit stage left.

You tell him, Cleo. Good one, Nighthawks!

Yippee Ki Yay!!! A new groaner!!! Nighthawks, what a treat!

And, we were treated to the first C & C as well. Thanks for the history!

I think I’ll slip on over to Thelma and Evan’s house and see if there’s any blueberry pie left. Mmmmm!

Hah! If they had run out of only "eS"es, it would have been a non-eses-stencil crisis.

I guess the sign company didn’t have an exit strategy…

Are we having pun yet?

I love that Cleo is in charge of the remote!!!

That was pun-derful!!!