Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 20, 2012

Uh, Freddy must be Fredrika. Looks like she wearing bracelets and a frilly blouse.

Ah, that explains it!

Uncle Freddy hoping for some action from beyond the railing.

Ohhhh itz sooo gud ta be bak home…!!! How ah missed y’all hear on BS…!!! Sory ah had ta leve at sutch a kritical tyme wit teh votin day cummin up an all…!!! Jes cot up on teh weak end posts an ahm sorely over whelmed buy yer sport… An YES ah dew luv teh munkey dogs n cola….. Yumm!!!!An ah sea Red an all the rest y’all been keepin the streats cleaned an free of stranje kritters…!!! Batpug gave me a full reap port an ahls kwiet on BS, maykes me wunder if’n we kneads a sheriff at awl round hear..!!!BTW Suzi… Thanx fer Mah foots rub…!!! Ah really kneaded won after walkin in da Emrald Sity awl weak end…!!! We sawed Buddy guy, Jonny Lang (dude rox!!)Then saw Norah Jones lass nite.. Sheeze HOT…!Gonna bed now…!!!Sea y’all in the mourning’….!!!!’~munkey :(/)

I mean…. how could a cutie like Uncle Freddy NOT get any “action” from the polka dot brigade on Ballard St.?Catnip to the fair sex, sitting by the railing to let the streetlights catch the gleam of his whitened teeth, his gold horn pendant, and his stretch polyester satin shirt…Good for you, Freddy! I’m sure that’ll all be workin’ for ya…. if the 70’s ever come back.

Meanwhile…. it coulda been even worse:

MONKEY!!

You’re quite welcome…. but please! Do NOT be joking that we don’t need a sheriff right before the election!!

Balard St stayed in good shape partly because you’ve been the acting sheriff and you left your team in place.

We DO need a sheriff… and if you want to be it, we have a LOT to do in just one day…. but unfortunately, I have to sleep before I do any more of it!

A great and sucessful Saturday night fundraiser… thank you everybody.

It’s very early Monday morning now, but I haven’t been to bed yet….Gonna do a couple of radio spots when I get up.

Phone banks will run day, everybody!Come down to headquarters any time.Free coffee and broken snickerdoodles.Polling place rides Tuesday!

MonkeyBlues for Sheriff!Celebration and birthday party at Bev’s Tuesday night!

Uncle Freddy did always dance to the tune of a different piper.Ever since he came out of the closet ( Aunt Myra’s close closet, that is ) his life style – to say nothing of his fashion style – has a certain exuberance and je ne sais pas ce que that has left Ballard Street abuzz.Why just the other day I heard him singing " A Little More Mascara " from La Cage Aux Folles:Once again I’m a little depressed by the tired old face that I see,Once again it is time to be someone, who’s anyone other than me.With the rare combination of girlish excitement and manly restraint,I position my precious assortment of pencils and powders and paint.So whenever I feel that my place in the world is beginning to crash,I apply one great stroke of Mascara to my rather limp upper lash.And I can cope again, Good God! There’s hope again!When life is a real bitch again, and my old sense of humor has up, and goneIt’s time for the big switch again, I put a little more Mascara on….

Ah – Ah – Ah Stayin’ alive – stayin’ alive.Whoo hoo get bad with your down self…

We’re here on stand-by, waitin’ to hear from ya!

The easiest way to be sure Freddy is a guy, outside of the caption: his hair isn’t half blue.Freddy seems to be a bit of a Dreamer.

Clearly, Uncle Freddy has his eye on that fetching hippy chick, Berkley Rainbow Skye, across the road on Ballard St.

(note: I don’t understand his attraction. To me, she looks like George Burns in drag…)

@IMudd

Your instructions are duly noted. This is why Ballard St. Limo Service employs only Labrador Retrievers. They are the most reliable drivers.

I need to invite him to my parties!

Really now. Uncle Freddy is just fondly reminiscing about his many days spent winning at the horse track. He’s simply a rail bird.

Freddy thinks the railing is more exciting than the conversation.

Indeed! (click on the “dreamer” link in LaflnLarry’s comment!!)

Gonna go vote tomorrow! Hope the turkeys can host the party while I’m gone.

No no Monkey!You kiss the babies and shake the hands!I’m sure it will come naturally…Anyway, you have 3 short speaking events today, and Beviek or Stel or I (or any 2 or 3 of us) will be with you.

One is at the “Get Out the Vote Day” parade in Ballard Park….it’s already started but you don’t speak till 4.I’ll meet you at the grandstand…we have some unexpected and wonderful support there… Look!

<Tomorrow, no campaigning … but a 6pm yak steak dinner, to watch the early returns with some contributors, including those who won the $3 “Dinner with the Candidate” raffle in July…

@SS

Phew!!…I’m glad you’re here. I’m experiencing technical difficulties with Ballard St. only. I’m not even sure this will post. It will be my third try. I tried to leave instructions for FSMB, to no avail. I can’t read the BS comments on my laptop, so I’m on the main PC, where I can read the comments…..but, not necessarily post one of my own. (pouting)Anyway, as long as he appears at each event as scheduled, everything’ll be fine. BatPug and Lt. Horatio Canine will be with him the whole time. I’ll try to check back later. Is Bev around?

Hi Stel! Yeah… I’m here… running off to meet the Monkey in a sec…

Haven’t seen Bev in the last few hours but she’s probably still at campaign headquarters directing the phone bank.

She’s also getting ready for all Monkey’s supporters, friends and woever else pops in to converge upon her house tomorrow night.Stormy may be giving her a few tips.

I’m sure she’ll be around to help when we need her.

Very strange that your problems with GoComics are forum OR computer…

Occasionally there’s a problem with access to site from particular servers, which makes it regional, so two computers in the same house would have the same problems.

Maybe one of your computers has different firewall or security settings from the other, and something has changed. That can happen… not usually, but it’s possible.

One thing I suggested to Bev, and maybe you didn’t see it, or you already do it ….is always open forums by right-clicking and selecting “open in a new window.”Then you have no problem returning — you only have to close the new page.

Oh — forgot to say…I do think The Monkey needs humans with him too…just cos it’s the last night and he’s tired.

and yes, thanks…. saw your comments last night.It was a bit too late to add to that forum.

been practisin’ mah wavin’…!!!!

ah just saw the new sharrif car over at the cort house… itz FINE…!!! Ah hopes ah can git to use it..>!!!

X…. eeek!But…. I always used to do that on IE as well….. so I just opened GoComics in mine, which happens to be….

hmm…. IE9, version 9.08.8112-something…..(I guess it updates itself.)

And I do have that option….um….. did you check the box for missing parts when you got yours?

Maybe you should take it back to Costco?Or maybe I have a rogue IE9? Somebody pimped it out?

But actually, I think Stel uses MSN Explorer…. which may not have updated in this century.

It may still always open in full-screen, and not have a restore down function…. if so, it may not offer multiple windows.Sigh…not gonna download it to find out.Maybe there are screen shots somewhere…or stel can try it and report back….Hey Stel?

Monkey! Don’t give me a heart attack!

Actually I thought your speech went very well…and no babies showed up to be kissed!

One more tonight and campaigning is over!

The suit and the wave look great!I was surprised that your Dad didn’t try to drag you in for a haircut while he was here… such a dapper fellow.

(or maybe he tried, of course, but I didn’t see you.)Not that your hair was so very long…. but I know how fathers can be.Well, mine was, that’s for sure.At 88 with Alzheimer’s he still hated my long hair and threatened to cut it himself… if only someone would give him some scissors.

X - LOL!

Hey everybody…. when all the campaigning is over…. which I think it is, everyplace but the West Coast…..and we’ll be finished in about an hour….Last one to the Tiki Bar is a rotten banana!

Big party tomorrow doesn’t mean we can’t relax tonight after a job well done!

And my hair isn’t going anyplace….I keep telling myself I’m too old to wear it hanging down like some hippie…but I suppose I am some hippie so what am I gonna do…

I had hair down to by backside on at least 4 occasions. One day I woke up an didn’t need it anymore – but I’m still the same “hippie” inside.

Don Doggo will drop his facade soon and put on a mask! – Whatever.

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

Cleo is getting dramatic but shouldn’t give up her day job:

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What I said yesterday! :-D. :-D