Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 16, 2014

He’d be “Rogered”?

I’m just glad that his pants are where they should be.

Roger simply must stop trying to escape. Mildred has roped in better husbands than he. There was Henry, she hog tied him to the kitchen chair and the last we saw, he was dragging it down 86th street. Louis managed to get untied and ran out right into a tornado, It sucked him up and it is presumed he is somewhere over the rainbow. Roger’s predecessor Wilbur chewed through the ropes and now lives on Cream of Wheat, it being tough with no teeth to eat steak.

Roger just likes to hang out, at least til all the blood gets to his head.

Yeah, Roger doesn’t look too unhappy to me…maybe cos at first glance he made me think of Hotei… one version of the so-called laughing Buddha.

Rub the statue’s belly for luck, the tradition goes…I wonder whether Mildred is tempted.

Probably not.Would Roger be tickled?

Oooh that reminds me…I gotta go check the back room….

Hi Susan, What’s good on tap tonight?

Hi X!…. you’re just in time…. Actually, I was looking for something the Monkey brought back fro Turdmonkestan…

He said I could drink it.It’s not on tap, and it’s lager….but the bottles and glasses are cool…

Would you like to try one of these?

You might be right, X…. I’m not too excited about Turdmunkestani lager myself.

I should just get somebody else to drink some and save me the bottle.

Fenton, could you pull a couple of pints of the dark, please?Thanks!

….down and out?…..

Stretching it won’t make it any bigger.

Rope-a-dope.

He would be over and out, 10-4.

Aw gee…. with everybody hanging around the same block for two nights…it gets messy in the Tiki…..Especially if they’re gonna eat popcorn and watch videos… sheesh…

Bev even brought in a muddy warthog!What is this… the zoo?Oh, he did?And a Yak N’ Dak platter too? I’m sorry, I didn’t know he was a paying customer.Well, what about that blazing barbecue??That looks dangerous.The Monkey would have a fit.My dress caught on fire once…long ago, but ever since then, spreading flames have worried me.I’m gonna get the fire extinguisher.

Anyhow…. Dimitri’s not coming in, so I gotta go sweep up again in the back.

Fenton…. Roger’s still back there in that booth….Please don’t let him have any more alcohol.With that bump on his head, he shouldn’t even be drinking.

You know, after studying the original picture of Roger and Mildred for the past 24 hours , it occurs to me that Roger is hanging by his knees out the window, and Mildred is offering him the rope to pull him back in…… oooooohhh……no wonder I was confused about the role of the rope, thinking that somehow she was in the process of pulling him back in when the picture was taken…

What can I say….? I’m a little slow on the uptake on the weekend……..that’s why the weekend Ballard St. stays up for FORTY-EIGHT HOURS! …..

…..for slow people, like me.

Shirley you are so far ahead of the game. Over the top. Plan B never looked so good. Roger not so much. What are you doing in your pajamas, in the middle of the afternoon? How does a grown man fall out of the house window backwards? Are you doing that walking with your eyes closed meditation again? Well cut it out. Who walked off the end of the dock, you did. Who walked into the alley on garbage day, you did. Who got lost coming home from the Rodent Pot Luck Dinner, you did. Grab the rope, do your best, good thing you got Shirley as a partner.

Something to keep in grind:

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I see now! The strip skips a day.

In the briar patch?

Elementary?

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!