Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 16, 2023

big number yes – though in binary

Your number is about up, George

George only pawn… in game of life.

He certainly is large.

That, or an inmate at a state ran institution.

With that suit and dour expression, let’s hope the game isn’t Let’s Make a Deal.

Actually, that was his prison intake number, in his bad old days. It makes him feel important to wear it. Pathetic…

He’s not wrong.

Most of us have won a small, probably insignificant, spot in the game of life.

But he has 007 in the middle of his number. Suggests some excitement to come!

Is it lucky for him that “77” is the only non-binary part of his number?

So cute of Marge to use the big safety pin so he doesn’t lose it.

If Alfred Hitchcock, and Richard Nixon, had a kid……

Good morning Balladeers!

Yakety Sax, love your new avatar! Quite a change from your other one. Your other one was good too! That was a great British comedian and comedy show.

George wears his number with shyness……

♪♫ “George, George, George of the Rat Race, his number you can see. George, George, George of the Rat Race, just get to retireee…” ♪♫

Think about it. When was the last time jowly-guy-with-big-hat was the winner of a game show?

When your number’s up your number’s up.

Get out there and win a few George!!

Well, George, either spin, choose a vowel, or get out of the game.

george is afraid his number’ll be up before they call his number…

George likes to play “Guess my Social Security Number” by proudly displaying the first seven numbers.

I hope that’s not his odometer.