Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 05, 2010

That’s cubicle! Sheesh! A grammar school dropout.

no happy thoughts tonight.

‘Morning grapfhics, he does look quite grim…

I’ll match your literalness, Joe. “cubical” is an adjective, not a noun. “cubicle” is a noun, not an adjective. Furthermore, “cubical” is derived from “cube”, which is from Greek (Κυβος), whereas “cubicle” is derived from Latin cubiculum “bedroom,” from cubare “to lie down” or “to curl up”.

And it’s not cubical because the vertical dimention is clearly longer than the horizontal dimentions, making it a “cuboid parallelepipedle”.

You’re both right.

No, they are not. Only runar is correct.

I wonder what Lowell is thinking about.

The modern term “cubicle” was applied to library carrels in 1926, making the cartoon accurate aside from misspellings.

A cubical potty chair, complete with incense!

Lowell went into his cubical for a ‘brain dump’…

Skippy’s thinking, “What do you mean, be quiet? He’s blocking the TV!”

A rare slip for Jerry. I forgive you, Jerry. Keep up the good work.

Thanks, runar!

Lowell is wishing he had gone to the bathroom before settling in for an evening of contemplation.

That is so ………………………….. Eastern of Lowell. Tasseled pillow to sit on, incense burning. Very mystical,

Aaaahh – - – rrooooo!

Back in Cleveland, Stel Bel is showing off with her talent for sparkly things!

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

These were and are the only bassets who could howl in falsetto voices!

I wouldn’t offer a penny for those thoughts.

Oh, what a night!

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200505

Here’s the human version which makes me long for pizza for some seasons err reasons…

http://www.playbillstore.com/images/Jersey%20Boys%20the%20Musical%20Broadway%20Window%20Card%20Poster.png

What a GREAT musical!

I mean in StelBel’s fine poster…

for the May 5th, 2020 “Cleo and Company” on Sherpa…

I hate to admit it… but I was around for the rise of the Four Hounds on the music scene… of course, I was only two…

LOL.

OK, not THAT young… but adolescent.

I saw them on American Bandstand…

along with a lot of other Italian singers… like Frankie Avalon, Fabian, and Bobby Rydell.

But by the time I was a senior in high school, we had folk music, and then the “English invasion”…

A fan of rock ’n roll, and various shaggy groups, I no longer cared for the pups’ slick East Coast look and smooth sound.

In fact, my sister’s name is Sherry, and I teased her with my bad imitation of Frankie Tail’s falsetto howl.

Later, I came to appreciate them, as enduring musical icons of the era.

Oh… good thing I refreshed…

I was about to post this with a link to that same human poster…

but I see Tigressy already found one, so I took mine out.

Humans! What copydogs!

Were they a real group, or just put together to make the play and movie?

Wow…. I wonder what they sound like…..

No human could possibly howl like Frankie Tail!

And of course, those plain suits….

they just can’t match the Hounds’ slick, sparkly jackets.

Dang… now I’m gonna have “Big Dogs Don’t Cry” on the brain all night.

BTW… you know what the original title was for that song… cos it’s about female dogs.

But some people actually censored it in reviews and… um… posters… so they changed it.

Couldn’t take my eyes off them.

Dang! I’m going to be singing all day long! I think I can bring out one of those sparklie spotlights, and they’ll really light up my sparklie jacket. What a show! (I’m also really glad we have no near-by neighbors to hear me!)

Good choice, Stel. Love the memories.

Good morning Balladeers, Plods and Miss Susan.

Good evening all.

I find most incense is too strong for indoor use.