Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 10, 2021

Mediocre Expectations, A story only Dickens could write, Lenny Dickens that is of the Ballard Ct. Dickens’.

I expected as much.

I expect Edgar is about to nail that board to his leg.

Another exciting afternoon at Betty and Bill Edgers place.

The only one there with an IQ higher than 40 is the dog.

But their cardboard inserts are crisp and neat. Betty is wearing the new dress model. Only $54.31 at Dennis’s Fancy Duds and Paint Your Own Dishes Studio.

The Mrs. is fantasizing swatting the Mr. who is ready to practicing his masochism, and the dog is off in Milk-Bone Land.

I don’t wanna know what’s on the other end of that leash. The flyswatter could be SOME protection against flying nails.

It looks like Mr. Edger and the dog are keeping Mrs. Edger company while she is on Neighborhood Watch duty.

Must be the part of Ballard Street that is on the “other side of the tracks”.

Do i want to know what it is that the dog is eating?

But relaxation is the key!

Ol’ Edgar and wife Millie ain’t got much ta do these days. A little hammerin’ and a little fly swattin’ take up most o’ their day.

Practicing the “dog days of summer” .. utter boredom.

Everyone’s on Edger…

I see what he’s got there. You nail it to a door frame and you’ve got the world’s best back scratcher.

Could be worse – they could be watching the new Netflix shows…

This is what you get when you misread their mailbox. They are not Edgy.

The Edgers aren’t edgy, they are rather dull blades.