Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 05, 2016

Hey! If someone was dangling me outside a window, I might bark too! Especially if there was treats involved every time I barked!

I got nuthin. Is Russell being cruel to Barky or his neighbors? Barky does not look happy.

Russell should be arrested for wilfully deploying a long range omni-directional canine of mass distraction.

I was going to say what Dogsniff said.

I don’t think Prince Michael looked too happy at the time, either.

Or maybe he’s annoying cos he makes the same stupid joke every time:

“I have a dog and I know how to use it.”

We can tell he knows how loud Barky is,

by the fact that he’s wearing ear muffs.

As for Barky…. yes, it looks like he’s only an agent of annoyance…..

being used to make trouble when it isn’t his own idea

But believe me…. that little thing can bark the paint right off a new Chevy.

Redkaycei…. if you drop by…..

In re Fenton….

I wanted to answer you last night but I fell asleep and didn’t post.

If you meant that Fenton might be jealous cos

I left him out of my choices to patrol the neighborhood…

Fenton is not only my coworker but a dear friend,

I was talking about trained Sheriff’s department dogs…..

A field in which I know he takes no interest……

being a dog of refined taste who vastly prefers a smoking jacket to a bullet proof vest.

It never Raines but it barks…

You don’t have to dangle dogs like that one to make them bark, just let them outside in the yard instead of walking them. Of course little dogs just bark because they’re little nervous insecure rats.

I thought barking dogs were annoying… then my next door neighbor got one that wails – and I do mean WAILS, like a banshee. For hours. Any time they leave.and they are gone a lot. We live way out in the country so there’s no noise ordinance. My other neighbor complained, threatened and finally recorded the dog wailing.

Then played it back using a stereo speaker to make sure they got the full effect.

Believe it or not the jerks just laughed, dog is still wailing.

Even though this IS Ballard Street, let’s look at this logically for a moment. Barky and Russell do not share the same surname. This implies that they are members of different families. Russell is INSIDE the house, so we may also assume that it is HIS house. Why, if Barky is not a willing participant in this recurring performance, does he permit himself to be in Russell’s presence, let alone Russell’s house? Methinks there is a back story to which we are not privy.

Ahem! We interrupt these comments for an important announcement! (Thanks Bev, for checking up on me)

Hey everyone! I was out of town for my birthday, and didn’t know about my party, well, I didn’t think you would remember, er, Gee, I feel terrible. The cards, the Cake(s) and all those cats , Lynx and Caracals (Is that a cat too, Susan?)Belated Happy Birthday to Richard, Veteran Richard!!

And thanks to all who dropped in, sniffle, (tears of happiness).

Thank heavens Bev thought to ask me after all this time if I knew about the party. It took me ages to scroll back 4 months…Thanks, Bev.Thanks Stel and Susan for the joint effort. And Happy, Dry and Dusty, Grog, Six, Three, Last Rose, JP Steve, Dennis in Seattle, Mr_Sherman, Richard, X_Tech, Munkeybluz, and, and… I’ll have to go through again. I am just overwhelmed. Food, drinks, cake, cats and dogs and Glitter too! Sigh. You guys are just great. <3 Love you to bits.

Russell is too lazy to walk Barky and instead tries to scare the crap out of him.

Shika…. I’m glad you finally saw your party…..

And you’re quite welcome.

But I have to admit it was very confusing at the time.

We thought you might be out of town, like you were the year before.

but we also thought you’d check back later,

cos we’ve celebrated your birthday every year since we started doing parties.

This one went all weekend,

so it started late on Friday night,

right after the “turn”, when the new Saturday strips arrive.

I remember being surprised to see that you posted on Friday’s Cleo, right before the turn ….

ie, just minutes before the party started……

Then you commented again on the Saturday Cleo…

when the invitation was already posted on Ballard Street.

So when I answered you there, I said “Go to Ballard Street!”

Then for days afterward we mentioned it….

But alas, you never checked here at all,

This got posted on Frog Applause this morning

Alexikakos said,

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WARNING ABOUT THE BETA SITE!!!!

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If you make a comment there to test it out be aware that it is not your avatar that is assigned to the comment, but the email address you used to sign up to GoComics with.

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I don’t know who made that mistake at GoComics but I’ve sent an email to them through the feedback to let them know. I’m presuming it is a mistake.

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Too, the “Delete” button is gone. Replaced by a hidden-on-the-right-side icon of a garbage pail. You have to move your mouse around to find it.

Susan, it is coming back to me. I travelled North in stages. Not Stage Coach, stages. I first posted at home, with WiFi, then and a friend’s house with WiFi, then arrived in Midland with no WiFi for the week.I am afraid that visiting family at times wipes all memory of parties and such out of my mind. Long story there, but let’s say, my family is disjointed, at best, God love them.Anyway, soon afterwards, I got sick, soon after that we had the longest heatwave in history. And no airconditioning. Any computer was too hot to handle. And my comic reading dwindle to one or two before I wilted.My whole summer was like that. I think I am fighting something all the time, and lack energy for much else.BUT, I did finally get to see the party, and wish so much I could have been there. I am so glad that the cards and cake were still up. Well, one piece of cake, well-preserved…very tasty.Thanks again everyone for a great party!! <3