Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 11, 2018

Are they French?

The Carlisles must really have had considerable experience with surrender to keep a white flag handy at all times. I wonder if they live next to a golf course or a driving range.

I see they both are proponents of cardboard inserts.

Cynthia’s comes with 3 fetching pleats .

I have to say I am waiting with baited breath to see this film. I love a tour-de-force as much as anyone. And any film that can coax a glowing review like that from the Himalayan Herald has got to be a keeper. They’re brutal!

They gave up on the last book, too.

I give up. What is their problem?

Winston Churchill they are not.

A surrender flag? The Habners must be at it again…

Well, one of them is…

Probably in anticipation of door to door yam sales people. Yams can be quite disarming. They have butter at the ready also.

I started waving mine years ago…

She sings “Baby it’s cold outside…” and he surrenders.

So sad when a man needs a surrender flag when sitting next to his wife.

Mr. Carlisle seems to be the one willing to surrender.