Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 29, 2012

Make it $5, and I’ll throw in the table lamp.

Don’t do it Sheila! You know that every since you had it reupholstered at Essex’s Sausage Hut and Tannery the chair fits you like a glove.

Sheila, be sure you get a signed contract for the time duration of the lease. If you have to evict Todd it will cost more than $2 in legal fees.

No speculation as to the price of his meals?

If his pension and his greater social security mean he pays a larger share of the grocery bill, does he get a discount on dinner?

And what does he charge her when she asks him to turn up the heat?

Of course, we’re all too well-mannered to even wonder what she asks for…. you know…. extras.

Ah…Mr. and Mrs. Ferengi.

A deal, is a deal, is a deal, is a deal. Words Todd and Sheila have lived by. Other marriages are contracts, they have taken theirs to the next level. In a carefully arranged system of checks and balances, mechanical equivalences, and a commitment to each others best interests they have established a covenant which has lasted a life time. Todd knows bribes work best.

I did not realize this was a libertarian publication.

These guys might have a spare.

It’s out back, right next to the dead possum.

Wow… Mona’s Midnight Massage & Hardware, next door to Ess’s Sausage Hut & Tannery…. My little brain is swimming with conflicting images… (and smells too)

My contribution today can be seen here.

you can’t beat that price!

Nosy…

https://cleoandcompany.net/march-1-2022/

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