Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 26, 2009

Neal’s such a fun guy.

Wow, that looks like a quick way to travel.

Neal needs to lay off the crack pipe.

and his neighbor couldn’t be happier.

Um…, no pit to land in. Something is gonna break on landing, and it aint gonna feel good.

Looks fun.

Nice talking with you, Neal. Bye!

For a puzzling challenge, go to:

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

Neal, I would suggest removing the pipe from your mouth before pole-vaulting.

So much for the old fashioned way.

Don’t look now, but you’re being watched.

Five of the differences just jump right out at you. And that’s scary enough!

Hullo, Cleo clan…. plus Sherpa browsers…. Ballard St explorers…. internet wanderers…. puzzle seekers….

However you got here and for whatever reason…. you’re most welcome to solve and /or comments on

the Saturday puzzle, in the Oct 26th  2019 “CLEO and COMPANY”

Which you can find on Sherpa, by following Dennis’ links…

Or go straight to my side by side version:

https://i.postimg.cc/rp3NPVNY/Cleo-nine-differences-Oct-26th-19.jpg

A bit of warning.. wouldn’t be fair to not tell you, even if it’s kinda almost not quite a bit of a tiny spoiler….

There is one fairly obvious difference that I think in this case doesn’t count… or if it does, there are TEN.

BTW… I want a pony just like that.

Can I have a pony? Can I, huh? I’ll be good.

At this moment, I have not received a gif from the semi-anonymous gifmaker….

I do believe all is not lost… so I will see what Can bi done.

Happy solving!

I presume Neal arrived by the same method he’s about to use to depart….

but it’s a surprise that a pole of such narrow girth and short length can propel a person of such… um… solid means as Neal …

so that he actually clears a fence of such height.

It looks like his left pinky will just about graze the top.

Somebody tell me if he makes it, OK?

I’ll be… I guess … behind the couch, maybe.

Wow…. it says I posted the side-by-side two hours ago… though the way GoComics counts time is always a bit of a mystery.

In any case, now I’ll have to fight my way through the crowd to post the gif.

Yes… I have a gif!

I’ve said enough, over the last few months, about not peeking, that you should be thoroughly ashamed if you DO.

But when you are ready to say “I have done my best”…

(sniffle.. that always brings a tear to my eye…)

feel free to check your work right here:

https://i.postimg.cc/WbLccqvm/FTD-10-26-2019k-Sleepy-Hound.gif

But now something else:

I think a certain Mr. Thalweg has been banned!

Yesterday I saw that he’d commented that it was time for my bats, but later his post disappeared.

I thought he’d just removed it, as he has done before…

but tonight I had a hunch and checked his profile.

All his comments were still there, but invisible in the forums.

I’m going to write to the mods on his behalf….

moderator@GoComics.com

in re Rotifer Thalweg, GC profile # 1326408

in case anybody else wants to do the same.

Disclaimer: I am aware that Rotifer likes to push the boundaries a little… so I can’t pledge that he’s done nothing the least bit naughty.

But nothing on his profile looks objectionable, and I doubt he did anything to be banned over.

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WHO NEEDS GHOULS & MONSTERS WHEN YOU’VE GOT GOCOMICS??

Halloween Special Non Solution Solution

   1.  Top panel: The headless horseman recalls Irving Washington’s classic horror story.  Bottom Panel: The headless dude is riding a horse because someone stole his ’57 Studebaker.

   2.  Top: Dude in the tree is hiding from the horseless headsman. Bottom: Dude in the tree is hiding because he is the GoComics’ liaison with Sherpa artists.

   3.  Top: Horse’s hot breath premeditates lyrics to future cowboy classic, (Ghost) Riders in the Sky Bottom: Horse’s hot breath result of overexertion at “Robot Macarena Diversity Night” at Donald J. Trump Sleepy Hollow Community and Immigrant Caravan Welcome Center.

   4.  Top: Cheapskate Cleo & Co. producers wouldn’t spring for real horse for Cleo – her “steed” is 2 really really old guys in horse suit stolen from Mr. Ed’s prop department. Bottom: Persons in horse suit are Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi secretly reviewing impeachment transcripts (3 guesses which one is Pelosi).

   6-9.  Highly technical. Only MontanaLady, Who Invented Grawlixidiness, Susan “Hotfoot” Sunshine; StelBel, Who Missed Me While I Was Gone, would understand; and the mysterious katina.cooper, who’s not still holding her breath for 12-31-19, would understand.

   5.  Top: No. 5 is at the bottom again. How can we make this stop? Bottom: PerkyCat put a stop to Barkie Howladay. Ask her.

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WHO NEEDS GHOULS & MONSTERS WHEN YOU’VE GOT GOCOMICS??

Halloween Special Non Solution Solution

   1.  Top panel: The headless horseman recalls Irving Washington’s classic horror story.  Bottom Panel: The headless dude is riding a horse because someone stole his ’57 Studebaker.

   2.  Top: Dude in the tree is hiding from the horseless headsman. Bottom: Dude in the tree is hiding because he is the GoComics’ liaison with Sherpa artists.

   3.  Top: Horse’s hot breath premeditates lyrics to future cowboy classic, (Ghost) Riders in the Sky Bottom: Horse’s hot breath result of overexertion at “Robot Macarena Diversity Night” at Donald J. Trump Sleepy Hollow Community and Immigrant Caravan Welcome Center.

   4.  Top: Cheapskate Cleo & Co. producers wouldn’t spring for real horse for Cleo – her “steed” is 2 really really old guys in horse suit stolen from Mr. Ed’s prop department. Bottom: Persons in horse suit are John Glynn and a Portly Syndicate Person secretly planning whom to ban today for complaining about delayed “new” Sherpa rollout (3 guesses which one is Glynn).

   6-9.  Highly technical. Only MontanaLady, Who Invented Grawlixidiness, Susan “Hotfoot” Sunshine; StelBel, Who Missed Me While I Was Gone, would understand; and the mysterious katina.cooper, who’s not still holding her breath for 12-31-19, would understand.

   5.  Top: No. 5 is at the bottom again. How can we make this stop? Bottom: PerkyCat put a stop to Barkie Howladay. Ask her.

Icadog Crane! I love it!

Can’t solve it, but I still love it just the same.

Inter-Creator cooperation/promotion is just the best (yesterday from Frog Applause™)

https://i.postimg.cc/RFghGb3j/Capture.jpg

Good Snowy morning, C&C Family. I have to hurry and pick up the house. Cleaning lady day. I’ll do the puzzle and visit later.

xoxo Happy Trails

Got them all today. I will have to celebrate with a second cup of coffee (just like every morning)

I didn’t listen to Susan and quit after nine. Dang, dang,dang!

I didn’t read all the comments before I looked at the solution! I was sooooo excited because I got all 9!!! Then I looked at what everyone said, and it was too late to un-see the solution. :((

But, I’m going to humor myself and say I won because Nighthawks said there were 9 differences and I found 9 differences. :))