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If you think your neighbors are weird, wait ’til you meet the wacky denizens of Ballard Street. Jerry Van Amerongen’s strip presents one-panel vignettes about the neighborhood. From the synchronized cell-phone users to the schemes of pets, Ballard Street’s inventive scenarios and hilarious illustrations will make you pay a little more attention to your neighbors.
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Linguist said, 6 months ago
Another hose joke ?
I’m not even dealing with this tonight ! I’m headed straight for the Tiki Bar for a large double single malt Scotch.
beviek
said, 6 months ago
Ted should find this a much safer activity than yesterday’s!
Radish
said, 6 months ago
How does he get the water to curve like that?
margueritem
said, 6 months ago
@Radish
Cartoon physics.
beviek
said, 6 months ago
I’m exhausted from dealing with Ms FiFi.
G’night all……………..

margueritem
said, 6 months ago
With all the hose use on Ballard Street, the Lawn and Garden stores will never go out of business.
The J.A.M. said, 6 months ago
And the point is…?
briatollah said, 6 months ago
@Linguist
I’ll have a double scotch neat, then I’ll have another double scotch sloppy.
Linguist said, 6 months ago
@briatollah
I’ll drink to that, then I’m off to bed. Good night all.
Dogsniff
said, 6 months ago
For a second there, I thought he was draining the hose.
pcolli said, 6 months ago
@Radish
High wind?
SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
Bev …
in re your question from before the turn….
What I posted should be the same picture you saved and then uploaded to GoComics to be your avatar.
A few days ago I started to explain how to display the avatar pictures full size….
but you hadn’t posted a picture yet, so it was too complicated.
I’ll explain again…. but not now when I’m sleepy and you’re sleeping.
Radish….
That’s what water does.
The more level you hold it, and the more forceful the jet, the farther and straighter it goes before falling…
but you know…. Ted is getting older…
and his hose is….
oh, never mind….
SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
Bri… for me, the second scotch is always kinda sloppy. :)
Redkaycei Repoc said, 6 months ago
(looks around the Tiki) Barkeep! another round of single malt for these fine BSer’s…
Redkaycei Repoc said, 6 months ago
I’m feeling a wee bit funny this eve (morn?) So what would be more fitting then Allen Sherman?…………………………………….
+When I Was A Lad
_________________________________________________
When I was a lad I went to Yale,
And I knew then that I could never fail.
For I studied very hard and furthermore,
I polished up the apple for the professor.
(He polished up the apple for the professor)
I polished up the apple so frequently,
That soon I had a Phi Beta Kappa Key.
(He soon had a Phi Beta Kappa key,
From polishing the apple very frequently.)
On graduation day I made a stop
At a very exclusive clothing shop.
I opened up a charge account and asked them for
The best grade flannel in the clothing store.
(The best grade flannel in the clothing store.)
That suit was a part of a great intrigue,
For it proved I was a member of the Ivy League.
(It was part of a great intrigue,
For it proved he was a member of the Ivy League.)
Then I got a crew cut and a sincere tie,
And for my first job I did apply.
A job in an advertising agency,
Sharpening the pencils of a big VP.
(Oh he honed a lot of pencils for a big VP)
I sharpened all the pencils so pointedly,
That now I am a member of the agency.
(He sharpened all the pencils so pointedly,
That now he is a member of the agency.)
I kept my ears open and my big mouth shut,
And I learned all the agency’s scuttlebutt.
I learned who was going out with whom,
And who had the keys to the powder room.
(And who had the keys to the powder room.)
For the key to the powder room you see,
Is the key to the structure of the agency.
(The key to the powder room is the key
To the structure of the agency.)
I worked real hard for the dear old firm,
I learned most every advertising term.
I said to the men in the dark gray suits,
“Let’s run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.”
(Let’s run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.)
I ran it up the flagpole perfectly,
So now I am a partner in the agency.
(He ran it up the flagpole perfectly,
So now he is a partner in the agency.)
Now I have a big office at the end of the hall,
With very fancy carpeting from wall to wall.
I keep my mouth open and I keep my ears shut,
And I’ve got a little palace in Connecticut.
(And he’s got a little palace in Connecticut.)
So I thank old Yale, and I thank the Lord,
And I also thank my father who was Chairman of the Board,
(And he’s grateful to his father,
Yes he’s grateful to his father,
Yes he’s grateful to his father,
Who was Chairman of the Board.)