Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 21, 2010

Yes, Pepper wants a piece o’ you!

if you’re happy and you know it flap your wings, if you’re happy and you know it flap your wings, if you’re happy and you know you really want to show it if you’re happy and you know it flap your wings, Flap, FLap

Maybe they shouldn’t have got a bird dog.

Squirrels and cats and birds better scurry.

Cleo’s comin’ for you in a hurry.

Cleo will be keepin’ you in a worry.

And she just won’t stop.

I should have got steel wings.

Hey, wouldn’t we all love one of those.

I thought I posted this before I dozed off, I guess not.

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

Cleo can be hard to shop for, but not this Christmas!

So …. Allen there is being assaulted by Pepper?

Little wonder that Cleo covets this latest weaponry. It pushes all the right buttons: airborne, an explosive armament, obliteration of the enemy. The challenge would be limiting her to using it only against “murder hornets.” (Is there a catchier name than “murder hornet?”) She would be on search and destroy missions all over Cleveland, starting with the evil cat next door.

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20201221

Put yesterday’s drones to good use.

See Claude Clifford perform some clever Christmas prognostication…

in the the Dec 21st  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY” on Sherpa.

Gee, Claude… what was your first clue?

Was it the dog plastered all over the screen?

Trouble is… well, besides the obvious trouble that the Cliffords don’t seem to notice

… the kind that might stem from giving your dog advanced weaponry…

Is that this is a brand new government grade device.

Probably too new to pick up at the Missile Giant™ Holiday Open House and Sidewalk Sale… or order for Christmas delivery from BazookasЯUs.

In fact, it may not be available to the general public for years.

However…. Cleo must have some strings to pull.

I mean, how many basset hounds do you know with any sort of weapons.

So my question is, is it still a surprise, or within reasonable limits thereof, if you have to ask your dog to finagle a way to buy her Christmas gift?

I think Cleo would say it’s all right.

She knows Claude and Clara are hopeless at the arsenal-stocking game….

and don’t know how to schmooze like a pleading, sad-eyed basset at secret-weapons-trading enclaves.

Meanwhile… I just spent hours recovering from a looong Windows update….

not that it did any actual damage.

Usually they’re so slight as to be unnoticeable.

I have to (however grudgingly) give Microsoft some credit…

This inexpensive little computer just turned seven years old, and I’ve not had to worry about the Windows software being outdated …

they update it all the time to the latest version.

It used to be that you were behind the times every couple of years when a newer Windows came out…

Windows 98 was ancient seven years later, in 2005.

Tonight’s update also may have had the effect of making the computer respond more quickly to the WiFi signal… YAY!

But ….it also changed all my colors and some of my fonts…

I can only get my formerly custom blue window borders and taskbar in black, dark grey or white… even when they say I made them blue.

It changed a few other things too… not going to bore everybody, more than I already have.

I’m telling you guys cos I’d love to know whether anyone else is having these issues or knows a solution.

I just sent some stern feedback… which will have the effect of …. nothing.

There he is again! He sure likes the tugging and pulling games.

Flamethrower drones? No, just no.

Good morning, Ballardeers! Q Date: 283.98572.14 celebrates the returning of the light.

That impromptu wing trim is gonna limit flight characteristics.

I have to think that Cleo should get her own flaming drone or buy the ACME mini torch to strap on the Amazon remote delivery vehicle she “acquired”.

(((((Yuletide Blessings and HUGS all around)))))

MAY THE SOLSTICE AND TURNING OF THE

WHEEL BRING YOU LOVE, PEACE AND

GOOD FORTUNE IN THE COMING YEAR.

WELCOME THE RETURNING SUN WITH JOY.

Boy did that announcement wake up Cleo!! Here she was gently snoozing with Ma and Pa Clifford by her side, and they had to wake her up with this announcement. Ya think Santa will comply?

I could think of a few uses for that myself. It wouldn’t include an evil cat next door, though…..I know what Cleo is thinking about.

Good afternoon Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan!

What Cleo doesn’t know is that the evil cat next door has hacked into the Salvation Army drones, or “SAD” for short and will use them to attack Cleo when she is asleep. They will also grab her kibble and dump it in the local lake. SAD will make Cleo very unhappy.

I just have to say that this C&C goes on my list of all-times favorites! Cleo is too cute, hugging the TV, and I’m not even going to pay attention to her reason why! She’s just cute!