Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 16, 2009

The dogs thinking, “I’ve got to find a way to escape from this loony bin, and fast!”

Naw…….he’s just thinking “Head ’em off at the pass”!

Hey, C & C Family……our youngest grandbaby is a BOY! Oh how we wish we could have been there, but…..he was born on MMM’s birthday, and they named him after him!!!!!!!!! What a day!!!!!!

Let me just say, apropos of nothing, that street krill have always given me the willies.

“Eyes peeled, ready for action, Master”

Welcome, Cleo fans and puzzle seekers…..

and CONGRATULATIONS MONTANA LADY!!

I suggest not celebrating with any “goodies(?)” from Cleo’s latest venture….

in fact, I’d call them “baddies.”

See for yourself…. and Find the Differences…

in the Mar 16th  2019 “CLEO and COMPANY”

You can get it on Sherpa….

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Or solve it using my side by side version:

https://i.postimg.cc/vmBgynYZ/Cleo-nine-differences-Mar-16th-19.png

But whatever you do….

Don’t bring any of those definitely non-treats home…

not unless you want to find yourself in the same condition as that poor fellow hanging out the window.

(Don’t worry, that’s not a hint about a “difference”…. I’d say he’s pretty much incapable of moving, cos he’s in both panels.

Pretty please…. we don’t post hints or partial answers till everybody gets a chance.)

Meanwhile, Baxter is keeping his eyes peeled, all right…. but not for varmints…..

He’s watching for Cleo’s Road Kill truck to hit his neighborhood, so he can go spend his allowance.

I hope Douglas can manage to lock the doors and windows before that happens.

Why do dogs think they’re invincible when it comes to eating horrible stuff?

The smell alone, of some thing dogs consider fine eatin’, might be enough to kill me.

I am stumped for #9. I will check Susan’s version with fresh eyes, tomorrow.

Are we there yet?

Hope you all got your eyes peeled because here comes the solution to today’s Cleo & Co. puzzle.

https://i.postimg.cc/nrr87RKm/Cleo20190316.gif

But remember keeping your eyes peeled doesn’t mean you can peek.

ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛs

sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ CLEO & CO. FACTORY REJECT STORE ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ

Saturday Non Solution Solution

   1.  Top panel: “READ” is pronounced in the present tense. Bottom Panel: “READ” is pronounced in the past tense – nighthawks got drunk and left off the “YET?” at the end of “COMPANY”.

   2.  Top: “Mystery Meat” consists of table scraps from Angela Lansbury’s secret dinners with Agatha Christie. Bottom: “Mystery Meat” consists of covfefe.

   3.  Top: “O” from Opossum stolen by O. Henry. Bottom: Cheapskate C&C producers’ budget didn’t include funds for the O.

   4.  Top: Body in window is Sherpa artist who died waiting for the 2nd coming of Sherpa. Bottom: Body in window was killed by the mysterious katina.cooper.

   5.  Top: Cleo can spell “Squirrel?”. Bottom: Hell I can’t spell “Squirrel” without a dictionary.

   6-9.  Infamous “Highly technical” Section 6-9. Only MontanaLady, whose brand new grandson must be named Jack?; Perkycat, an Unhazed Brussy; SHE MC, who we all hope is doing well; SusanSunshine, who attracts bad IT service like maggots to the Road Krill Grill; StillTheBelle, about whom I wrote something hilariously funny this week but have, sadly, now forgotten; and the mysterious katina.cooper, who continues to be a Black Hole of biographical information about herself, would understand.

I’m with Dennis. I could only see 8 differences today. The one I missed was……………… another obvious difference. What fun. A good wake-up for the ole brain.

My eyes are peeled, I can still only find 7,♡

I’ll go with majority rule and say eight (aka “Ya blew it again, Nighthawks!”) — but I’ll come back later for another look…

Got them all today……but it wasn’t easy!

See above SheMc!

And good afternoon Balladeers, and of course, MISS SUSAN! ;-)

You kill ’em. We grill ’em.

HEY PLODS! :-)