Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 19, 2018

C’mon, Perry. You know better than this. That’s what your tackle box is for.

The Moon XVIII

Merry. where are you? Please rescue your husband from his delusions! He will be forever grateful.

Well no wonder, they look like they are coming for him! No doubt payback for all the fried fish dinners at their house!

Why would he be scared of fish?

I’ve known people afraid to eat them, cos of the little bones….

even a couple of people so ridiculously scared of it, they wouldn’t even eat fish sticks…. and one of them wouldn’t try canned tuna…. or shrimp!

But I don’t think being surrounded by wooden fish would have fazed even him.

 

Maybe if they were all red snappers…. but they’re mostly blue.

And they don’t look like piranhas…

It leaves me fishing for a clue….but I’m floundering.

BTW…. on Saturday afternoon, I posted a message from our banned Sheriff, Monkey Blues… with apologies for my tardiness, even then.

It was meant for Friday’s strip…. and concerns Celeste and Ted, and their chickens…

but because he also sends greetings for people who might not have come back since Saturday morning, I’m going to re-post it here…. with my reply.

Please forgive me if you’ve already seen it:

 

From Sheriff MonkeyBlues:

“KlarA FikaysHun… TeD haz uh “DomesTik ChikiN HachteriE” PERMIT… on fyle at teh KortHowse… and iz Kurrant… Cele$t on teh utter hand… haz Plied fur a “BallerD Kownty Animel Huzbandry” PERMIT and wuZ in teh ProovaL Prosess, uh.. til now… teh BallErd Codes an Kuvnants Bored will bee Direktid ta valuate wit a dis-earning Eye, cuz intill now… teh Roomers at teh Ballerd Wedding Booteek an Fishing Supply apeear ta have some Merit bout Cele$ts’ persnal lyfe stYle… or lak OF… (Gud Mornin SuSun, Mudd and Ling an HappY an LivrLipps an ROSE tooo..!!!)”

 

To which I said….. Monkey… Please don’t be too hard on Celeste. It’s not what you think. That chicken meant nothing to her.

He wonders how he got lured into this predicament.

Wooden fish be too docile to be scary?

He’s got a great perch to observe their movements.

The one lying on the ground is definitely board.

And that’s why he got them.

Free SheriffMunkyBluz !!!!

Good morning Sheriff.

Take me to the river. Put me in the water….

Perry, don’t put your little piggies on the floor.

You will be fine Perry… but try to get your flame thrower out of the tackle box. Wooden fish will turn tail at the mere sight of a flame thrower

Me, I’m beginning to wonder about this cartoonist.

Don’t you have a fireplace, Perry?

At night they come to life and exact their revenge on humanity.

Perry doesn’t like it when his collection, well, you know, collects…

So that’s what happened to Dogsniff…

Well, at least the floor isn’t Lava.

SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE FISH? iS THAT A GOOD LINE?

Ichthyophobia…it’s a curse.

Maybe he’s afraid that Roger will come by and explain various aspects of the wooden fish.