Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 24, 2012

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    phuhknees  almost 13 years ago

    We may never knowā€¦Which is the way he likes it.

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    Steve Bartholomew  almost 13 years ago

    Harold is really really deep.

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    Superfrog  almost 13 years ago

    Harold identity has become a supremacy ultimatum.

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    x_Tech  almost 13 years ago

    This is something Harold has been wondering about every since he woke up on the side walk in front of the Midnight Massage Parlor back in ā€˜45. Then thereā€™s that fellow Undercover MonkeyBlue always poking into his business. And x_Tech, looks at him kinda sideways, with a just the slightest upturn at the corner of his mouth. Someone knows something, but what?And there are some things he just canā€™t bring himself to share with Gloria.

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    Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML   almost 13 years ago

    Unbeknowst to Gloria, Haroldā€™s dossier has been sealed since ā€˜64ā€¦ So many coincidental near misses, the iron curtain tunnel, those missing pictures from Dallasā€¦ And what about those Soviet satellite blueprintsā€¦??? Incidents never revealed to those not priviledged to such information. Things and places not known to Gloria during their 47 years of comfy marriage. She was attracted to his European accent, but sometimes it was missing while talking in his sleep, and avoided discussing his ā€œwork dayā€ with occasional trepidation and deference. He was always generous, almost too much, for someone on his salary at the Ballard Street Appliance World & Repairā€¦ his double padlocked workshop in the basement is off limitsā€¦ "Bahā€¦ Thereā€™s nothing in there that is of interest to you.." he would scoldā€¦ And what of those occasional unmarked packages that he would pick up on the front porch only on months that ended in Yā€¦ Today is the day, after paying a private investigator (a rather handsome and polite one at that) what little she could squirrel away from her allowance, nice of him to refund his feeā€¦ his final report was shockingā€¦!!! Her husband doesnā€™t EXISTā€¦ In ANY file or record, and this inspector was the BESTā€¦ Well today is the day for answersā€¦ and Gloria will get some.. If itā€™s the last thing she doesā€¦

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Oh myā€¦. I seem to be missing too.Has anybody seen me? Cos I donā€™t quite know what I did with myselfā€¦.. sighā€¦..I was right here on Ballard Streetā€¦.MONKEY! Help!Ohā€¦.. waitā€¦. here I am!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    ā€¦. sighā€¦.anyway, I want to apologise for disappearing, right in the middle of so much preparation for Sundayā€¦

    Iā€™ll have to catch up on everything tomorrow. I obviously came home very tired.Iā€™m afraid I canā€™t help Harold find himself or Gloria find Harold while I can barely find myself.Perhaps in the morningā€¦I meanā€¦. I know it IS morningā€¦.in the comicsā€¦ butā€¦.. Meanwhile I am very glad that the astute and knowing x_Tech and the (by his own admission) handsome and polite Undercover Monkey are on the trail.I feel so safe on Ballard Street.(Well, unless you guys get into Dogsniffā€™s brownies.)

    Good memory, Beviek, from yesterdayā€¦. I do work at a farmerā€™s market on Wednesday nightsā€¦. I still have no speakers, but that little porcupine was adorable anywayā€¦. but corn in May?Sorryā€¦. not yet.I would, however, be happy to color Gloriaā€™s hair.Hope she can wait till next week, thoughā€¦.StelBel is sending so many out-of-town clients weā€™ll barely finish before the parade.(Remind me to send her some roses as a thank you. Shhhhā€¦. donā€™t tell her.)

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    And speaking of secretsā€¦. shhhhā€¦..pssstā€¦.. Monkey?

    Psssstā€¦. MonkeyBlues?In re your posts after I left this afternoā€¦ I mean yesterdayā€¦My goodness, I wasnā€™t offendedā€¦. I was terribly pleased and flattered!Especially when you rang my chiā€¦ erā€¦. bells.My cowbellsā€¦thatā€™s itā€¦. my cowbells.Thank you.

    Tomorrowā€¦. er, later todayā€¦. OK, Thursday afternoon I hope to get back to important things like writing lyrics and mulling the identity of Haroldā€¦

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    StelBel  almost 13 years ago

    Thankfully, you survived it. I hope that you will see continued improvement! I always look forward to seeing your posts, neighbor!

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    StelBel  almost 13 years ago
    Found:

    In the evidence locker at the station, and assortment of international passports with Haroldā€™s photo in each of them, which I was not looking for (I know I had no business snooping around, but I just needed to retrieve Essex90"s dehydrator and his chainsaw, jerky being extremely popular among the out-of-town guests at SCHAABS).

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    Varnes  almost 13 years ago

    Letā€™s get back to basicsā€¦What is reality? Does it really exist? Who am us anyway?

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    Linguist  almost 13 years ago

    A Manā€™s life is a continual allegory ā€“ and very few eyes can see the Mystery of his life.Keats

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    rw1h  almost 13 years ago

    I hate those kind of questions!

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    Larry Miller Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    She really needs to know, Harold. Even her hairā€™s got them low down blues.

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    peachyanddanny  almost 13 years ago

    Dick Whitman.

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    Linguist  almost 13 years ago

    Has anyone seen my yodeling aardvark ? I was going to loan him to beviak for the festivities in case she couldnā€™t book Teddy. He must have gone of on one of his self-discovery trips again.

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    serenasakitty  almost 13 years ago

    Very good comments today. No wonder I canā€™t finish my toons in a hurry hen I have to read the comments every time.

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    Judy Saint Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Harold is used to Gloriaā€™s lack of short term memory. He knows he doesnā€™t have to answer her because she never can stay angry very long.

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    Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML   almost 13 years ago

    <sent from IMBā€™s iPhone>Headin out of town on my way to meet with a ā€œmoleā€ that may have some clues as to a certain ā€œperson of interestā€ whereaboutsā€¦ (donā€™t get yer hopes up, heā€™s VERY unreliable)ā€¦ and I noticed that the crew of volunteer carpenters from the BS Local 37 (and 5/8ths) have completed the setup of our surplus Yurts that we are going to use as vendor tents, comfort stations and parade staging tentsā€¦. along the parade routeā€¦

    problem isā€¦. theyā€™re 3 MILES SOUTH OF TOWNā€¦ can somebody please get over there and tell the foreman (Frank I think is his name) the bad newsā€¦. duhā€¦!!

    I gotta goā€¦.

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    Grover Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    the shadow knows . . .

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    StelBel  almost 13 years ago

    Iā€™m on a borrowed PC right now, as weā€™ve been having connection problems today. Hopefully, weā€™ll be back to what passes as normal sometime tomorrow, at least I hope so. What a time to have these problems, what with the parade on Sunday, a full hotel, and all the internet orders to process, not to mention the one-horse pony express canā€™t pass a mirror or shop window without pausing and posingā€¦Poor Alvin Aard. I thought he was a little depressed because the colors werenā€™t as vibrant as heā€™d hoped, but heā€™s crushed that he canā€™t be in the parade festivities. Why, heā€™s little more than Argyle Sweaterā€™s indentured servant. Isnā€™t there something that can be done???Wouldnā€™t you know thereā€™s going to be an onomatopoeic orgy (linguist, I hope you spelled that correctly, because I copied you ā€” havenā€™t had to spell that word since high school!), and I can be there! I hope someone will at least do a video!Well, I must run! Hopefully, Iā€™ll be able to check in sometime in the morning. Can someone please make sure that everything is quiet at SCHAABS? I would so appreciate it!

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    StelBel  almost 13 years ago

    Whoooops! ā€œWouldnā€™t you know thereā€™s going to be an onomatopoeic orgy (linguist, I hope you spelled that correctly, because I copied you ā€” havenā€™t had to spell that word since high school!), and I can be there! I hope someone will at least do a video!ā€ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦.That really should read I CANā€™T be there - I only wish that I could! Good night everyone!

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    SusanCraig  almost 13 years ago

    Whereā€™s Frog Applause?

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Harold replies: ā€œGloria, if I told you, I would have to kill you.ā€

    ā€œFor Heavenā€™s sake Harold, weā€™ve been married for forty years. We have three children. We have three grandchildren!ā€

    ā€œI know, dear. I didnā€™t say I wouldnā€™t miss you.ā€

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    Tigressy  almost 3 years ago

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

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