Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 26, 2010

He finds a lot of loose change that way.

Looks like the whole living room is overwhelmed by Ronnie.

That’s some serious stress there, Ronnie.

While you’re dowm there Ronnie, do you see the remote?

And to think it all started with a facial tic…

Looks like a good way to exercise.

Been there.

I have a van job next week!

Newport to Portland! Milage!

It’s late. Good night. :)

I am not sure how Ronnie got his hand around the bottom of the couch from that position. Meanwhile, It appears that the stress has something to do with Jen, who is stoically dealing with his nonsense. It appears he is trying to avoid answering a question that Jen posed to him. He probably never will.

Meanwhile, back in Cleveland:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Cleo, Woof is a word.

While you’re down in there,Ronnie see how much loose change you can find.

새해 복 많이 받으세요! (Rat)

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200126

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/cscwy/2020/cscwy200126.jpg

Cleo’s just offering to clean Claude up before Claire sees that mess.

That’s some fine fidgeting there, Ronnie. Carry on.

He deserves several words – a good chewing out, spitting out and stomping on followed by a punch on the nose and a good swift kick. And yet, after all that, he’d do it again and again!

You’re retired! What is there to get all stressed out about?

The return of the “Do Not Touch” button! I wonder what Claude would do if it said “Press here.”

That was ECE pie that came out and smacked Claude. It was Evil Cat Excrement pie. He will never get the stink smell off.

Shhh…. I’m not really here… in case you can’t tell.

I had some stuff to do, and then, I hate to admit, kinda slept through my comics time.

But since I’m awake now…. sigh….

Claude has never met a button he didn’t like.

Well… maybe excluding the one on the waistband of his pants…

I don’t think I’m giving away any secrets (and if I am, sorry, Nighthawks) if I mention that this is a rerun.

The reason I bring it up is that this is at least the second time I’ve seen Claude with his face dripping in (presumably cream) pie…

and been struck by how much that layer of goo makes him weirdly resemble Earl Pickles.

https://i.postimg.cc/hGLC25TM/Earl-Pickles.png

So maybe that’s how you draw Earl?

You draw Claude… and cover his face with pie???

Anyway… I really just wanted to stop in and say “Xin Nian Hao!”

which is more or less the Mandarin of what what Tigressy probably “said” in Korean….

“Happy New Year!”…

Though I’m told Chinese people are actually more likely to wish each other prosperity…. “Gong Xi Fa Cai!”

And around here, that’s more likely to be …. "

Gung Hei Fat Choy!" (in Cantonese)

Take your choice.

OK, another strange musing… “choy” is the word for various Chinese vegetables… some, like bok choy, choy sum, and my favorite, yao choy, are related to cabbage.

In English, "cabbage " is quaint slang for “money.”

But when you wish somebody prosperity with “Gung Hei Fat Choy” … the word “choy” has a totally different meaning…. not cabbage at all.

I wanted to think I discovered that the phrase translates to “Get a fat pile of cabbage.” But no.

Obviously way past my bedtime, right?

G’night….

I love don’t press the button Sunday!

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Cleo doesn’t have to say one word….it’s all over your face.

For sure Clara will smell the coconut cream, and see the crust in his glasses. I’ll even bet he’ll expect her to clean his clothes after this!

Yay! It’s “Do Not Touch” Day!