Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 22, 2017

It’s just nesting.

That isn’t a beard, that’s straw…. Norman has been filing folks for years, now we know.

Nobody could figure out how he always won the Ballard Annual Pigeon Race and Knit Off when he has no place to house them….AHA We can see clearly now.

Shoot that’s fooling not filing, stupid auto correct.

Check out 10 cats, the Tiki got a shout out!

Norman’s been bothered by whistling sounds in his ear for some time now.

I thought for a moment it was David Letterman…..

Ballard Street is the sort of place he might check out for retirement living.

So many clubs and activities….

and nobody cares how goofy you are.

I can see that appealing to him.

But anyway, no, it’s Norman.

Gosh…. I would think Helene would know whether or not it’s a real beard.

She bought him one of those fancy little beard and mustache trimming razors in my salon for his birthday…. brass, with a pearl handle, and yeah, disposable blades….

I think she was hopeful it would inspire a little more facial grooming on his part….

But alas….

Say, Rose…. those kitties can come to the real Tiki Bar any time, you know.

The only rules for all species (including humans) are that they be courteous, peaceful, and anthropomorphic enough to speak, if unaccompanied by someone/thing who can speak for them.

I suggest arriving during my shift, so I can introduce them to the Monkey….

he can be a bit difficult about cats (Doesn’t trust ’em) …

but he knows that as the proprietor and our Sheriff, he has to be nice.

In other news…..

I talked to Dogsniff today….

He wants me to thank those of you who have put his name on their profiles….

He was touched by your concern…

but also feels that they probably won’t let him come back

I had hesitated about asking people to write the moderators, cos I wasn’t sure what he wanted.

Today he said he does appreciate all such efforts, though he still thinks it’ll be futile.

The mods have said in the past that they pay no attention to forum comments or “Free Dogsniff” and such on avatars…that’s why I don’t do it.

But they DO pay attention to messages from users…

it’s better to write to

moderator@gocomics.com

instead of using the “contact us” links on these pages.

Those messages go to customer service, which only eventually forwards them to the mods.

Thanks.

Dogsniff’s comments were always glib, and thought provoking. I don’t know what he might have said on other forums to get him booted off.

Well stop shouting, Loretta, you may cause her to abandon her chicks!

There was an Old Man with a BeardRelated Poem Content DetailsBy Edward LearThere was an Old Man with a beard,Who said, "It is just as I feared!—Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,Have all built their nests in my beard.

I think it may be time for a trim.

I found out that the Ten Cats warehouse is on Ballard Streat this morning.

♫ A-well-a ev’rybody’s heard about the beard… ♫

♫ A bird, a bird, a bird in the beard is weird… ♫

Thank goodness my First Maite decided to give my hair and beard a good trimming, over last weekend. I was beginning to look like Father Christmas…or worse , like Norman ( although I have much more hair on the top of my head ! ). and crows were beginning to look for a nest.

Just a bird? That’s nothing – I found a twenty foot anaconda in mine the other day.