Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 10, 2013

Well, we’ve arrived at yet another birthday to celebrate… Dry’s 60th birthday!

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of” ….. GoComics’ vanished members.

It is an area which we call …….. “The Banishment Zone”.(with apologies to the late Rod Serling)

Join us in celebrating Dry’s birthday, and in letting her know how much we miss her!

click here for Photobucket copy of the invitation

Happy, happy, happy birthday, friend!

Coming soon to the Ballard Street Theater and Livestock Auction.

Happy Birthday DRY!Click for larger poster

Happy Birthday, Dry!!

A little something useful…..

Beautiful, Stel!

And great job, X!

Happy! You put letters on!

That’s all for me.I’ll see everyone in the morning.Save me some of that cake. I need a little more iron in my diet…

Happy Birthday Miz Dry. We all miss you.

Dry , did you disappear to Cincinnati?click here

Happy Birthday, Dry!

Wow, Bev…. you’ve outdone yourself!

To Dry:

some escape tips:

Here comes my cake…..

I thought it would brighten the drab prison atmosphere….

but I see JP Steve was thinking along the same lines…. LOL…..

Bev,,, just a little something I had on file….

Not true, of course… I just made it, so it’s quite fresh.

But resisting a bad joke is like resisting cake. LOL

to SusanSunshine and JP Steve :

So…is that the fashionable way to present a cake nowadays…with the cake serving utensils sticking out? I like it! No more groping around the kitchen drawer at the last minute, looking for the cake knife! And, if the cake is a little overbaked, you can SAW your way through it…very practical!

(Certainly, the guards can’t be suspecting anything…!)

Well, they both look yummy, so I’ll have a small piece of both whenever they do get served. Oh! Susan…can I have an extra pink flower, too? They’re soooooooooo pretty!

Stel…. Suspicious of what?

I’m sure I don’t understand.

Sigh…. and here I thought the pretty colors would hide any…um…. you know…. discrepancies…..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRY!!! It’s my husbands 65th today(tomorrow, the 10th) We should be celebrating together. Preferably here, he’s in Wisconsin on business where it’s 10 below. AAAARGHHH! I hope it’s nicer where you are. Have a GREAT one.

A little birthday present for Dry….

(I’ll hide it till you get here, Dry…a little bird told me you like this stuff…)

Bev… are you really leaving?

Good night, Dry! (I’ll be back later today…)

Good night, everybody!

Goodnight, you guys…..

Great job!

How come nobody ever posts THIS SONG for Dry?

JPSteve and I aren’t the only ones tying to rescue Dry with a cake full of files ….I found a superhero to help…..

And I even found this cake…

Someone brought a flash drive to a bakery, and asked them to copy a picture from it for the top of a cake.

Instead, they made a cake with a picture OF the flash drive on top.

I guess you could say this cake is full of files too!

Bev… when you get back here…Somehow I forgot to answer you about Edna’s friend’s….

>br>But yes…. very nice of them to come along with Edna to celebrate Dry’s birthday ….

And the good thing is, they don’t even mind drinking leftover wine that’s gone flat.Wasting it goes against their grain.

Also forgot to post a link to Dry’s cake…. in case it disappears or you’d like to see it larger:

Click here

HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY DRY!!I’ve known you almost 6 years. Although my name doesn’t appear on X_TECH’s poster, that’s only because he didn’t know our history GIRL FRIEND!!!We’ve been through good times and bad, and I MISS SEEING YOU!

Go Comics may have put you in the TWILIGHT ZONE but you won’t be a FUGITIVE forever, because although you seem to be LOST IN CYBERSPACE, we have the A-TEAM working to FREE DRY!!

You have all outdone yourselves with your cakes!JPSTEVE, SUSAN, and others, may I have your recipe for my FILE?

I’ll leave with a toast of BOOKERS to my LOCO friend DRY!“Here’s to looking at you, FHIG!”Someone we know is flashing her MACHETES for you!! The MOD SQUAD doesn’t stand a chance with the X FILES and your friends fighting for you.

I’ll have some Scrapple and chicken pot pie for Breakfast please. My alarm just went off, so I have to get ready to go out for some appointments. Yawn. I hope the party is still going strong when I get home.

I am asking GOCOMICS to FREE DRY so she can make an appearance at her own party.

Hi DOGSNIFF!Could you resend your link for your E to me? I botched up the process Lots of food and drink left. Enjoy!

Great work, as usual STEL, BEV AND SUSAN. I am glad that Edna and her long-standing friends could join us!

I think the strip is appropriate for today’s festivities.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DRY – WHEREVER YOU ARE. WE MISS YOU !!!!

Good morning Dry.

I got Dry a file, but I don’t see how it’s going to help her…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRY!!!I have 60 bottles of Booker’s for you. Better get them fast my fingers are getting itchy and I can’t hold out forever.

*marg*has computer problems but wishes you a happy Birthday Dry!

Lots of festivities here. Wow!

Happy Birthday DRY!

Happy…look through the files and see if this one is there:

click here for a larger version

DRY WINE, of course! My PC is giving more trouble- darn! but at least I can wish :

Great bunch of comments everybody! I’m sure DRY loves them all and perhaps GC will respond if we post on our other strips, too.

The cakes, the food, the drink, the magazine cover, the comments, its all so marvelous!! I had so hoped that Dry would be free by her bday…if not, definitely by Christmas…DRY we love you and miss you and hope your birthday is just as awesome as you are!!

Just for the fun of it, can anybody see me?

Ima licken’ ta free DRY fur teh big parteee…!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRY! FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF 60, IT ONLY GETS BETTER FROM HERE ON!!!

From DRY to everyone!!!….

Alright, who told that today was my birthday? You guys are AWESOME! bev, that Jailhouse Rock had me LOL, literally! And how did you know I love Salt Potatoes, a regional favorite in NY state I understand, I see you also did your homework on PA Dutch dishes, I am starving now! And Black & Tan Yuengling? You did do your homework!

x-Tech, love the post, I was able to save all these, but yours has been removed when I clicked on it. Love yours too, JP Steve! I think I will need that file!

Happy, THANK YOU SIR!

Big Bri, Susan, and chefwen thank you! You may be hiding that Bookers for quite awhile, but you better hide it good, less Shika, cleo or JFri get wind of it! :-D

Hi johnny and kindness! I feel honored! :-)

Linda, Six, Eldo, DAZZ, Linguist, cleo, Redkaycei, Gweedo, Dogsniff, afficionado, icky, Shika, and of course FELLOW BABY!

And to the Party girls, Stel, bev and Susan, THANK YOU LADIES! I am surprised! Really! Somebody has a big mouth! LOL! :-D

@Dry

Happy Birthday, Girl! May your day be filled with love, warmth and much fun and happiness. I have everybody’s birthdays on GoComics noted and I knew from yesterday that today was yours.

Does anybody else think it’s rotten that a fun, loving person (i.e our Dry) is banned and has not yet been reinstated on one of the most important birthdays of their life so they can’t physically (or virtually) celebrate with their friends?

Gee whiz!

Anyway, HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, DRY. We love you.

Well Dry since you have finally virtually arrived! I can now tap the Booker’s. I plan to have a toast for each year individually.

duly noted !

After some detective work, my PC is a little better, so I hope to post a photo of DRY that I discovered at an undisclosed location.

And, StelBel, I somehow think that Rod Serling would appreciate his phrase used there (no apologies).

Good evening Balladeers!

Awlrite… ever bunny ovur to teh TIKI…!!!Cake cuttin… whine, er…. wine toastin an beer drinkin wilt comments shortly….An after that we gots 27 racks of ribs on teh smoker…!!!(BTW, 4 of em are StELs’ sints ah got em late frum Terdmunkistan in tyme fer her burntday)LETS GO!!!!

Of course I will toast all at once. There are enough boozers that I know around here that if I don’t it will all be gone. Besides, I become much more interesting when consuming mass quantities of alcohol. At least I believe I am. I am sure Dry would agree.

The above are reposts from last year.

I think I’ll have a Bloody Caesar or two at the Tiki.

Happy birthday Dry, and may we see you here soon in person, or writing.

I’ve been telling my new friend about all of you; he’s almost as punny as Susan, so I told him he’d fit in just fine. I hope he sticks around ;-D

Time to FREE DRY Already!G’night all! zzzzzz

I’ve had to much, and I’m not even drinking.I must be getting old… : )Good night everyone. Have A Drink On Me

Good night Dry.

Um, did anyone mention there’s not a Dry eye in the house?

Time for me to turn in. I hope you had a good day, Fellow Baby

I am just having a few more shots of Booker’s. I figured why stop at 60, when i can give Dry a few to grow on. I should sleep well tonight, if i can find the bed.

Happy Birthday!

I hate those things…

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Happy birthday, Dry. Keep on keepin’ on.

Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!