Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 18, 2016

Oh, this old thing? It’s just what I wear around the house.

Neal is only here because he was thrown out of the No Frills Club.

Neal would fit in unnoticed at most of the parties I’ve been to . Halloween Parties :D

Bev that looks like the guinness I just had mmm Yum!

Maybe closer to a nitro brew? Those are some very fine bubbles.

Life and soul of the party

Coor’s Lite!? Bev, we may have to.

Bev, re: bunny at computer. I can identify with that bunny!. When I really want to go to bed but I can’t stop posting on GoComix! It has happened.

Bev… I’m confused….You said “I like Coors lite.”

And then you mention “the very rare occasions when I order a beer.”

What does ordering a beer have to do with Coors Lite?

Psst….. I hate to gossip…. but….I heard that Lillian Frowbusch over on Elm Street had left her husband, Chuck…( you remember, he’s the mechanic at Frowbusch and Faulkner, Fine Florists and Piano Movers) …

and taken up with a “fancy man.”You don’t suppose it’s Neal?

Mornin’ Ballardeers !

It came to my attention, over the weekend that several of you mistook Hurricane Hubble’s ugly visage for me !

I was too busy pirat liberating some fine rums to smuggle import to Ballard and was unable to reply to this calumny.

Let me set the record straight….Tweren’t me, Mcgee ! I have better things to do than standing in my front yard spinning yarns – I can do that at the Tilki ( and on occasion, do ).

Those of you who know me also know that my “business” requires a certain amount of stealth discretion and secrecy silence, so I rarely boast about my adventures.I reserve the ( highly self-censored ) tales of the bounding main for my grandchildren.

Whereas I am a seasoned salt and almost constantly at sea – just ask my First Maite – Hurricane Hubble is really a landlubber ! His years in the Navy were spent sailing a desk in Naval Supplies. The closest he came to a ship was the one time he entered a dingy race in Norfolk . His little dingly came in last !

That gob talks a good game but as we say on my galleon The Irish Rover®, " He’s all wind and no sail ! ". He couldn’t find his aft with both hands on deck !!

BTW On a happier note… the rum is in and safely stashed stored at the Tiki, so drinks are on me today ! Drink hearty, me hearties !

Well, he figured since his last name wasn’t “Hing”…

Neal thought the sign said “The Fancy Nothings Club!”.ps I like Coors Lite too, Bev.

One man’s “nothing fancy” is another man’s, um…Halloween costume?

@Bev your rabbit falling over, see yesterday’s Marmaduke http://www.gocomics.com/marmaduke/2016/07/17

Neal saw it in the window and just had to have it.