Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 31, 2012

Beviek, I found it!

Oooo, a nasty moonlit night. What is waiting to jump on Neil’s back as he walks along? Maybe a monkey, crazed on sour and fermented yak milk…

I’m worried about what other scary things Neil is doing out there in the garage.

Neil has a lot of hang-ups.

To all the Ballard Street Irregulars: Maintain your watch and keep filing your reports. I shall return in a few hours.( The Good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise! )

Morning everybody — I seem to get here when everyone goes to bed…

Funny, Dogsniff!I guess he already did.

His wife is worried about him…. but she also worries about what their dinner guests would be thinking if she said “I have to go out to Neil in the garage.”

x-Tech… what a great idea!!I have to be a bit more scarce off and on during the next week…. I mean, I’ll be around, but trying to turn my night-owl existence around so I can get up at 4 AM on election day.That’s the time I often go to bed, but I can’t stay up all that night and make it through a 15 or 16 hour day at the polls.Maybe I could just post a whole list of comments and someone… how about you. X? … could just paste ‘em in wherever appropriate through next Tuesday.Then I wouldn’t be so tempted to stay up late!Beviek — if I mis you, have fun.Well, I WILL miss you.We all will.Monkey…. wherever you are….sorry I slept through your request for sandwiches but there’s still plenty of turkey in the freezer…and boy could that salon use a hyped-up monkey to help get it back in shape….even if you’ve given up caffeine I’m sure you have plenty of bounce.

Well, if your garage has a doorway into a multi-dimensional universe, you would be scared too (similar to a Clifford D. Simak novel).

Mesa a man wonder!

That drawing of the hill in the background? It’s a butte, eh?

As mentioned late yesterday I have an important announcement to make…After reviewing the final written reports as submitted by “BS Eskort and Sekurity Cervez’s” (contractors for event security at the BS Memorial Day Parade)… I have concluded that there is an opportunity, or should I say “need” to establish a dedicated law enforcement presence in our fine community…A few of the more serious security lapses included Stew & Sally absconding with StelBel’s prize chicken suits on the actual day of the festivities… as well as BatPug and Lt. Horatio Canine letting that uninvited mob of turkeys through the control point south of town… we were all just lucky that like the proverbial “making lemonade when your handed lemons” that the women in BS were resourceful and opportunistic in turning “wild turkeys into pot-pies & sandwiches”… we might not be so lucky the next time…. but I digress…In short, I have been asked by several business owners for my assistance and expertise during these and several other lapdances er, uh… “lapses” in our law abiding community, and in seeing as such, have agreed to dedicate my services full-time as Sheriff “pro-tem” for the duration of this election year, until such time that the fair residents may establish through teh democratic process, a law enforcer of their choice…. Thank you…Inspe… uhSheriff Monkeyblues

Beviek, have a good and a safe trip!

A Monkey for a sheriff?Um… ya know I loves ya, Monkey….(metaphorically and um….foot-massagingly …and stuff)But I do have to ask…What about all your…well, YOU know…munky bidness?If you’re gonna be the sheriff…will you be giving up …er….your own…. um…clandestine activities?I want to believe you, really I do….PS the (shhh) turkey business was supposed to be our little secret.What gosh durn turkeys you talkin’ about?

I think you’ve got it mate. Too clever, by far. It was a great read.

@Number Six

That was a really funny skit! Had trouble understanding what they were saying in a few places, but overall… LOL !!!

(never even thought of pitchfork handles — all I had in mind was replacement handles for dinner forks, and item that would be very hard to find, I should think! Silly me!)

Good night, everyone! I’m short-staffed today and have to go close up WWIO and SCHAABS, then I’ve still got to bake some snickerdoodles. Hope I can figure it out without the recipe…

Since Susan mentioned this I ’ve read, but it is beyond my normal ? so I will seldom weigh in. I think I am of a different epoch

living on the edge, are we.

Movie time!

https://cleoandcompany.net/may-31-2022/

Real history happening here! First official day of monkey sheriff! But not talking like one just yet. . .

I miss the sheriff….

Another great poster from StelBel. @cleoandcompany.net

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACs1AYp-Ssw

Good morning Cleo phans and film poster aficionados!

Have a great start to your week (((((HuGz!)))))

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