Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 30, 2012

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    margueritem  over 12 years ago

    Mighty small frame there, Mildredā€¦

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    Steve Bartholomew  over 12 years ago

    Almost.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Welcome back, Bev!I thought youā€™d be gone longer, so I wasnā€™t prepared. Iā€™m about to take my long morning nap as wellā€¦ but come by later for coffee and Iā€™ll make us some strawberry shortcake!

    Xā€¦ I really think itā€™s his latest issue of ā€œFlashy,ā€ through which he lives vicariously.

    While he;s mentally sizing up his chances with Katie, now that sheā€™s finally come to her senses and left Tomā€¦.and of course wondering how heā€™d be as a father to a 5-year-oldā€¦Mildred is sizing up ā€¦ his ā€¦ umā€¦. his chances with HERā€¦which are on the small sideā€¦..which makes his actual chances with Katie just about nil.

    But we knew that.

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    pcolli  over 12 years ago

    At least she needs two hands to demonstrate how big something is.

    A Thai woman I know once pointed to her husband (in mixed company) and held her hand with thumb and forefinger half an inch apart. He noticed and quipped, ā€œOnly with youā€.

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    Linguist  over 12 years ago

    Looks like Mildred is trying to frame Gene for something.Welcome back Bev.

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    Linguist  over 12 years ago

    Just your scintillating self. My liquor locker is pretty well filled and ( for a certain monkeyā€™s edification ) under guard and lock and key. Give yourself a break from all that unpacking and come over when you can.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Bev! Perfect timing! Sure, come on overā€¦

    You probably smell the strawberries Iā€™m just cutting upā€¦ got so many Iā€™ll never be able to eat them all myselfā€¦.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Monkeyā€¦. sorry I got back to Ballard St. too late last nightā€¦you didnā€™t hear me knocking.

    But I think the Linguist was implying more than that you drinkā€¦

    Linguistā€¦ I would trust my friend the Monkey with anything I ā€¦ wellā€¦I would trust himā€¦. with ā€¦umā€¦ I trust him much farther than I could throw him!

    No,no, Monkey, I would NEVER throw you.Just a figure of speech.You know that Iā€™d never hurt you!Youā€™re a special pal.

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    StelBel  over 12 years ago

    OKā€¦hereā€™s the big question : is that Marcia with Gene?? Same dress and hair/wig as 2 days ago.

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    StelBel  over 12 years ago

    ā€œOKā€¦hereā€™s the big question : is that Marcia with Gene?? Same dress and hair/wig as 2 days ago.ā€+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check it out everybody!!! Thursday, itā€™s Marcia! Today, everyone is calling her Mildred! Who is who? I ask you allā€¦WHO IS WHO?

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    StelBel  over 12 years ago

    I know!! Twins with wigs and purple dresses and yellow belts. Is that it? Twins ( am I having a meltdown? )

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Stelā€¦. umā€¦. I already posted my opinion that itā€™s not a wig, but a cheap dye job from the mallā€¦and Ballard St.denizens seem to change life stories every dayā€¦ORā€¦. I called her ā€œMildredā€ cos a) Marg did, and b) She looks like a Mildred, which probably inspired ā€œa).ā€But maybe sheā€™s actually Marcia.Donā€™t be surprised, though, if there seems to be an identical Marcia with a husband other than Gene.Or a Florence who looks just like Marcia and Mildredā€¦. maybe even with a husband named Gene.A lot goes on beneath the seemingly unruffled surface of Ballard St.I think Jerry never dreamed weā€™d pay so much attention to the secret lives of his charactersā€¦. erā€¦ I meanā€¦. of the people who live on Ballard St.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Bev ā€” I have got to get my speakers hooked up!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    OK Monkeyā€¦. that sounds like funā€¦.

    Hey:ā€œWoke up this morninā€™Tried ta find mah shoozeā€¦"

    umā€¦

    "I musta had too many daiquirisā€¦just tryinā€™ to forget your newsā€¦and now I got me a case ofā€¦ yeah, . I got me a case ofā€¦

    them altogether low-downā€¦low down _Monkey bluuuesā€¦. _

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Hey hereā€™s the start of a Banana Daiquiri Song: (more calypso-ish than blues, thoughā€¦. and just a 1st draftā€¦)

    Whoever thought up the daiquiri,Heā€™s really gonna have to answer to meā€¦Just one banana and a little rumā€¦.a lotta ice and a taste of limeā€¦ Triple sec, if you got you someā€¦.Even a cherry if you have the timeā€¦ ā™Ŗ ā™Ŗ ā™«ā€¦

    (chorus) Oooh-eee, bananas and rumā€¦The second one makes you act so dumbā€¦. Drink ā€™em up, till the morning comeā€¦ā™Ŗ ā™« ā™Ŗā€¦ Got a head like the pounding seaā€¦Whoever said this would be good for me?

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Bev ā€” thanks for trying, with the speakers.I could almost hear itā€¦. Iā€™m sure thatā€™s what it wasā€¦

    Is tonight the Linguistā€™s party??!! Iā€™m on my way over to the Monkeyā€™s houseā€¦ dunno whether he wants to goā€¦.

    but I accepted his invitation first, so weā€™ll see.

    As for the ā€œsongs,ā€ glad you like ā€˜em, but theyā€™re unfinishedā€¦ just doodling around..

    in fact the first bit is just a few words I improvised to go with what Monkey started,and he probably has his own words in mindā€¦.

    The second was just a quick lyric for him to mess withā€¦.I write wordsā€¦. lotsa wordsā€¦but not musicā€¦. and I canā€™t sing.Wellā€¦. I do.. sing, but not if anyone can hear me. LOL

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Bev (again) Derrick posted it here himself.Looking forward to the showerā€¦. preferably not this Monday or the next oneā€¦. and Wednesday is the 4th of July a big event on Ballard Stā€¦.weā€™ll have to be running TWO booths to raise money for both the MonkeyBlues for Sheriff campaign and the Find Essex60 Mission.

    Maybe next Friday?Is that too far off?Tomorrow (Sunday) is probably too soon for you, and Tuesday weā€™ll be planning Wednesdayā€¦.Thursday weā€™ll be poopedā€¦.

    But a baby shower would be a welcome break!

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    StelBel  over 12 years ago

    It really is a great party house! Thanks for the invite!

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    StelBel  over 12 years ago

    ā€œWarningā€¦ā€¦ No lifeguard on dutyā€¦ā€¦.Swim through comments at your own risk. Absorbing too much at one sitting may cause brain to explode.ā€+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++At the very least, this should be posted on the week-end!!!!!

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    StelBel  over 12 years ago

    REMINDER: CAR WASH TODAY AT WWOI PARKING LOT. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO ELECT MONKEYBLUES FOR BALLARD COUNTY SHERIFF

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    StelBel  over 12 years ago

    (above comment should read: "SCHAABS dining room ")

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    Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML   over 12 years ago

    Mah plezhurā€¦!!! It was a lather rather LARGE time wasnā€™t itā€¦!!!

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    StelBel  over 12 years ago

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    Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML   over 12 years ago

    No worries Ms Stelā€¦!!! Ah nose that ainā€™t meā€¦ Ah ainā€™t gotta red robeā€¦.!!!!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Morninā€™ allā€¦.. oooooā€¦.what a nightā€¦.

    Hey Monkeyā€¦. did you ever get a look at those lyric bits I wrote for you up there?

    Wasnā€™t much time before we left for the party, and here I am just waking up at midday in the salon with a few hours missing i my memoryā€¦.I thinkā€¦and I donā€™t even drink much!

    Ummā€¦Linguist, just what was IN those glowing cocktails?

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    Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML   over 12 years ago

    Ah Suziā€¦. Thems wuz sum reel gud leeriks yew rote..!!! We defnitley gots sum poteshul uv makinā€™ sum bootyful muzak tā€™getherā€¦!!! An yer voise iz at ov a ANGELā€¦!!!! Ah caint wait fer are nex git tagetherā€¦!!!!!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    X! I was going to ask when I got back here whether anyone had seen youā€¦.I know itā€™s hard to get here on a Sunday with he street closed and all. ..Very nice invitation..

    I was just about to post to Bev (if sheā€™s still up, cos it seems like Stel went to bed) that if we want the guys to come, we shouldnā€™t make the whole affair too pinky-poo frou-frou and allā€¦Iā€™m NOT saying we have to give in to totally ā€œguyā€ type decorā€¦. I know you men have your own ideas of what to do at a baby partyā€¦

    but we should at least attempt a bit of a unisex look, even though it has to have SOME pink for a baby girl!

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    Tigressy  over 2 years ago

    A fun movie!

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 2 years ago

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

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