Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 03, 2009

That’s not even funny at my age…

It’s the utility company plotting against him.

Don’t worry Tony. Probably the next-door pot grow just turned on its lights.

Hmmm. 10:40PST (oris it PDT, I never remember) and Cleo and Company hasn’t been updated since yesterday. Well, in that case, Cleo has dribbled so much that she’s been known to leave a trail like a snail. How does that grab ya, Perkycat?

0548 est here and nothing new on Cleo. Hope she is well.

I’ve wondered the same thing, Tony, more than once. And made a joke out of it too, natch.

Cleo drooled so much that Claude and Clara didn’t want to move. They were afraid that they would slip on all the drool. That’s why there is no new strip today.

Just got done reading Smith on Sherpa. When are they gonna fix Sherpa so we can comment there? It’s summer time. That 6 year old child can come in from the playground to fix the problem.

The latter seems most likely.

The Jack Benny school of music.

it’s there now (8:15 EST)…..not sure what happened , I posted it last week.

I’ve always wondered if you could actually do that….

Wow! Talk about funny! Madame Cleo in concert! And she’s dressed to the nines, too. Looks like she hit Nighthawks in the audience. She isn’t even wearing purplie eyeshadowness.

the old scalawag’s Favorite Part™:

TWANG!

Are any of our Canadian Friends caught up in those horrific wildfires? We’ve had the smoke down here since Friday. It must be awful in northern Alberta!

From thundering applause to thundering cursing. Maybe her pretty face will save her.

#160;

Contrary to what some people would have you believe, the Ole Scalawag’s Favorite Part™ was

blue swirly thing, star, static line, tic-tac-toe, Saturn

dagger, dbl exclamation points, that red thing, tongue and whatever that last thing is

or it could have been that

Cleo using the bow as an arrow.

I had occasion not long ago to attend a recital by a young cellist named Yo-Yo Ma. He’s not bad. I think he may have a future in music. Of course, Cleo is in a class by herself. Probably because she keeps impaling the other students with her bow/arrow.

BTW, I notice Cleo is playing a six-string cello! I don’t believe I’ve ever seen one before. It must take exceptional dexterity to master it.