Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 23, 2022

Clean off his rocker

a ritual with such a pose, cannot yield a graceful result

That’s the same ceremony he conducted at Mulligan’s Bar and Pet Shop the night before his wedding to Enid Dribbens. I often wonder what ever happen to Enid after the honeymoon.

Aaaargh Doug Butt…my eyes!

Who helped him? He could not have lit the candles himself.

Hey, it’s worked 5 out of 6 times so far….

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme…. incense and peppermints, the color of time….

Or Douglas could simply have someone proofread it.

Peer review.

Yea, l don’t trust spellcheck either

After those candles fall and set the entire office ablaze, Douglas will wonder if the workplace is the ideal venue for practicing the dark arts.

In the end, the only area of the report “cleansed” was the “Signature Page”…

(ಠ  ͜ ಠ)

Hope it works after all that!

Be gone! Begone, I SAY‼️

That is one powerful cleansing ceremony.. Douglas himself might come out a different man.

I always wondered what went on in those “outside consultant” meetings.

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

If he can manage to have some flaming candle wax fall on the report …

The guy is a blooming square………….

Umm.. The candles are supposed to be perched on the thumbs. So much for the cleansing.

Are the jingle bells a seasonal touch? :)

Douglas discovers ‘curative symbolism’!!!

I"m just thinking about the difficulty of getting that pose with the thingy draped over his feet and a lit candle on one finger of each hand!

HARPH!