Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 08, 2008

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Just don’t put up your Cleveland Day decorations before Halloween.

Humiliated with sarcasm by a dog. How low can you sink?

Hi there, everybody!

We’re here at Terry and Lee Ann’s house, where they’ll join us in commenting on

the Oct 7th  2018 “CLEO and COMPANY”

Take a look on Sherpa:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Mondays we sometimes get brand new strips….

But… and please forgive me, Nighthawks, if I’m wrong….

I’m pretty sure I recognise this one.

I remember about the Cleveland tree and decorations.

Well, I  say that if Columbus and Cleveland get days….

What about Cincinnati?

It’s namesake, Cincinnatus, was a Roman general… we could have toga parties and eat…. um… Roman stuff.

Spaghetti?

Oh… wait…. no, cos the Italians already claim Columbus Day…

and in fact, there’s some conflict there, anyway…..

some states and cities are dropping Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous People’s Day.

They say they want to celebrate the real discoverers of America….

not those Italian people who live in a big city in Ohio, but Native Americans.

But how can they be indigenous if they “discovered” it?

Or something like that.

Wait just a darn minute…. How about Cleveland Heights Day…..

My tribe deserves a day too!

Anyway, Lee Ann said she made Columbus Day muffins, for our get-together.

What the heck flavor would that be?

More important, why does Terry have an armful of them?

Is he sneaking them… or are they so hard he’s throwing them?

Cleveland Browns are at .500 this year, so a good excuse to celebrate Cleveland Day. Start with a brown Cleveland Tree. Cleo can add brown decorations everywhere. (String them if you like). Of course Claude and Cleo will be wearing brown. But brown sparkling lights can be hard to find.

At midnight we set the river on fire. (“Cleveland city of light, city of magic”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqqygR_Dd9Y

All you need is a hose with multiple leaks.

Will it be a paid holiday?

I hate that bowtie so much.

I haven’t been to Cleveland in years. Is the lake still brown?

Good for you Claude!

I’ve always dreamed of putting up a Cleveland tree! It should be an oak with pretty reddish gold leaves. The only problem is when the leaves fall. Your living room would be full of these leaves, and Cleo would rake them up and start a bonfire. Maybe a fake Cleveland tree? Silver? Blue?

Anyways, Happy Columbus Day or whatever you want to call it…….it’s still Monday.

Anyone up for some Cleveland Carols?