Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 13, 2023

and for hours from now, he’ll try to get his back straight again

As bad as that is, Thelma is on her way down the side walk and she tends to kick everything that gets in her way.

No wonder. He’s wearing formal cardboard inserts, not sports inserts.

Fitness level: Pulled a muscle in my behind crossing my legs…….

His cardboard inserts won’t let him straighten up. He needs to wait for rain to soften them up.

Marilynn is right. Dennis is gonna have to send someone with the cardboard bender. Let’s watch….

He’s Ted-ex.

Ted, you need to ease into your fitness program. I can provide you with inserts with a remote-activated retractor for those first few weeks.

About 59 minutes ago, Ted tried to untouch his toes.

THAT’S ME!!!

He’s pretty much gotten there, at least.

…and then he realized it would be easier if he had taken off his shoes first.

Try sitting first.

Threw out my back once doing that

Ted’s always been a bit bent.

Uh-oh, here comes Scooter!

And now he’s stuck.

How embarrassing! You can easily see he’s wearing his boxer shorts today.

Square pants Ted is stuck, on the sidewalk, in front of everyone…gasp!

Luckily his hat fell upside down and the few coins people have dropped in it may help pay his chiropractor’s bill.

He’d like to back out of this situation, but, well… you know…

Ted’s on another bender.

It’s a toss up whether Scooter or the fire department get there first. My money is on Scooter giving him a good sniff.

Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!

Well…at least he made it that far…

Come for the art, stay for the hilarity! Very funny!

Yep, touching them is the easy part.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Box Butt!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Ted’s exercise program is just a waist.

Good for you, Ted, for at least making the effort.