Buster aka Scooter has been planning this for a long time. He is particularly targeting gentlemen of a certain age who are under the delusion that they look good in shorts, white soxs, and boxer shorts that peek out from under their shorts.Way to go doggie !
Red, that one was really good for dancing (even without any shoes right now) but I’ll be goin up to bed as soon as I finish my tea. They had a real Big Band sound (for such a small group) with a little black flair too. I think I saw a comment that Louis Prima did that arrangement, not surprized!
My dad directed the Uof I band while he was still in school, and even got Souza to give a lot of his original music. He had a Hollywood contract right before he and mom married in ‘34 but it fell thru when Fox merged with 20th. I’m really glad I did NOT grow up in Hollywood (got into enough trouble on my own).
I agree with Scooter about the shorts for outdoors. I once dated a guy in his 40s who wore jeans when he took me to dinner. Did not see him again. A man should try somewhat as hard as a woman to impress by dressing well. You see my man at that white party in a proper Guayabera (his white tux was a little too tight and in July outdoors too warm). We found some nice white pants to match the shirt and I made my dress and sewed on the CZs all around the neck of the silk chiffon layer.
I think I’ll get Elvis and drive you home….I don’t mean you have to go now…just that I don’t want you driving yourself.With Fenton and the Fireman here, I can leave for long enough to run you out to he farmhouse….Just say when.
Yes, Susan the leak was XTI Glitter and has been contained. Good thing it’s edible cus I see some of the ladies of the Ballard St First Response To Glitter Spills Team cleaning the glitter off of the firemen.
X!! Did you leave?I know sometimes you’re lurking when I think you’ve gone….and your earlier post offering me and Bev a drink never showed up for ages….very stealthy….
But just look what I found!Thanks for giving me clearance…. I had to watch hours of speeded up digital imagery….but this is the best screenshot from security cam 23 on the northern edge of the XTI perimeter fence…..
Susan, FYIThe rupture of the XTI Glitter line was caused by an inadvertent (we hope) cross connection to the Brain Bleach pipe line at your salon. If you have any information regarding this matter please contact us immediately.
To all concerned parties please note that the glitter is coated with Brain Bleach Ultra Strength.
We will repeat this message hourly in case you have consumed any of the glitter.
Unfortunately the crew that did the installation quit and went over to Ballard St Pipe and Bong Makers. We’re a little concerned about the installation.
Leon is having second thoughts. Apparently Rusty Boy has taken his patrol training to the next level. His first lesson on common everyday neighborhood weapons and crowd control was successful beyond all imagination. Rusty Boy’s self-assured attitude is only surpassed by the effectiveness of his abilities. Uh-oh Leon, I hope you’re happy now.
Morning Ballardeers ! I am staying aboard my galleon, The Irish Rover, until XTI gets the Brain Bleach coated Glitter mess cleaned up. I’ve sent some of my trusty crew in Haz-Mat suits over to assist in the clean up.Hopefully, we can be back to normal ( or whatever passes for normal on Ballard Street ) by this evening.Thanks to the prevailing winds the glitter eruption was contained in one area of Ballard Street – unfortunately that area is where the majority of businesses and fine homes are located. I am sure that there will be wide scale repercussions when the air clears – although, since the glitter is coated with Brain Bleach Ultra Strength, perhaps people will just forget about the whole sparkly incident.
Just about to take my vitamin set after breakfast, but heard on the news that the Duke and Duchess are in Glasgow and my SIL is there (skyped me a message last night-missing my daughter). He likes to chat more than she does, so we Skype.
@StelBelre: "Sheriff… please get my merchandise back… please??? BatPug is all set to go with you over to Nina’s house…’-—————————————————-I have successfuly retrieved your mechandise Ms Stel….A search warrant was not required, as I made a personal visit to see Ms Nimmers at her home, and through a lengthy discussion discovered that although she did in fact remove the mechandise from your store, she confided that in all her years working in the garment industry she could never hope to obtain any of your products that she has admired from afar as unobtainable due to her limited means…. while sobbing she related teh story of how she has always wanted to be able to let her few remaining fans of eras gone by one last curtain call before she hung it up. Being of humble and limited means she was too embarassed to ask to borrow them and humbly begs our forgiveness… since Claudius passed several years ago in that tragic accident with the Ballard County Circus Hi-wire Troupe, she has been lonely and has buried herself in her work, making maiquinns for which the profits go to the Ballard County Animal Shelter… (cats included)She desperately needs friends and I assured her that we would be honored if she would perform in the upcoming Ballard Street Memorial Day Parade… and maybe even be invited to other BS Ladies Auxiliary functions…. As giving citizens it is our responsibility to ensure that all our residents are cared for, looked after and accepted within our community and hopefully personal activities….so I ask, Ms Stel… and all other kind citizens to come to the aid of a lonely woman, in need of companionship, friendship and acceptance… ~Sherif Munky
now ahm off tu find Scooter…. hes bin last seen headin for the BS High School track meet, with a pipe in his maw… where thars lottsa exposed sockless shins…. sigh*
I don’t really understand all the glitter-chatter, or the Tiki Room, etc., but a lesson that I learned as a kid 70 years ago may help. I would walk home from school in a windy snowstorm at zero F and could hardly get my breath. So I turned around and backed up against the wind and THAT made it bearable. So using that technique on teertS drallaB may keep the glitter out of your eyes, nose and teeth. Best wishes, folks!
@ Baldeagle, I’m still fairly new here too but everyone has their own little mixed use businesses on Ballard Street and the cartoon itself is the local tavern where we wander in and out. Marg and Susan have been making Brain Bleach for ages (started for Jerry’s speedos over at DS (Dinette Set) Susan often prepare special snacks or cakes as well as being the quipster and Stel is great at mixing photos. The comradery spills to many other ‘toons and makes it more fun. I don’t have a business here (still new) but I often post some of my own photos and anything else with relevancy that I find online.
Daiquiris for all!Very special Friday Happy Hour price (Happy Hour at the Tiki is pretty …er… very flexible)….
And of course…. the first one is included in the Yak ‘n’ Dak Platter, which is on special again tonight…
And in about an hour, we’ll have my own yak noodle soup….Have a cup with your special, or it can be substituted for the slaw at no charge…
Or have a bowl with your roast yak sandwich….or the giant bowl, with bread and salad, as a whole meal.
And if you’re hungry, and unable to afford any, just give a whisper to me or Sheriff MonkeyBlues…. NO ONE goes hungry on Ballard Street while I have vegetables, and the Monkey has yak bones.
By the way, Bev, you may not remember this, but right after I ordered 500 hats, I contacted you to order an additional 500, since there was so much interest in them from the square dancing conventioneers. So just a reminder…..for tomorrow night’s opening ceremony????
I had to restore to a point on 4/2 (been having all kind of PC problems today) and already restored sucessfully to this point but went to update my Norton (at their prompt) and got that nasty blue screen again. I will have to contact them before I touch that again. If I dissappear for a few days soon- just KNOW I’m OK, it is just my PC. This Inspiron with Win7 will be out of warranty in June. If I were allowed to drink right now – believe me I’d have a couple of big Beefeaters on the rocks. I don’t need this aggravation! Going to use my HD foot massager and my Resperate (to regulate my breathing) now and try to relax.
Susan! Someone let me out. There’s a dog and cat here with pipes.Rather expensive looking mahogany pipes with ebony mouth pieces. Unfortunately, I can’t abide smoke of any kind! sniff
I think you’re not at the Tiki… did you wander into x_tech’s picture of the Ballard county jail???So hard when you’re in a carton place cos the pictures become part of the scene….try to stay right here.
Lt. Horatio was very polite. Didn’t snicker at all. Hardly. Humph. But that persnickety cat snickered. It looks a little like the cat at bev’s house. No wonder he’s missing a tooth. Smoking a pipe broke his fang!
Evening everyone ! Hey Munky good to see you behind the bar and Susan at the Grinder. Glad you got everything worked out today. These last couple of days have been wild ones !I see Fenton’s enjoying his night off. The boys sound great !I’ll have a large Redbreast Irish and a pint of Guinness. Get X_Tech, Shika, Storm , Dazz ( if she wants one ), Susan ( if she’s ready ) whatever they want and have one yourself – On me !
It has been pouring rain all day and night out on Ballard Bay, and promises to do the same tomorrow, so the BB Glitter never reached the galleon. I’d have been here sooner but I had to drive in the teeming rain, an hour and a half each way, today, to attend a four hour meeting of the Ballard County Parrot Protection Planing and Zydeco Zebra Zoning Board. These meetings go on forever, and accomplish nothing. The worst is the thirst. There’s not a drink to be had anywhere near the County Annex and Soup Kitchen !
Hope you enjoyed the yak soup I sent out there with Bev…..
Thanks, Linguist…actually I’m drinking the leftover bits between batches of daiquiris…there’s plenty to keep me going…the problem is noticing when there’s too much plenty… and slowing it down.
Hey! I might just make it to the turnover. But no promises. I think I dozed off in the corner there.Hi munkey. I’d love to hear you play the slider guitar with a yak rib. That’s R in B music, or RIB for short. Short Rib.Uh, I think I drank too many dikirararys Dakirarys Hickory Dickory Docks!.
X… I read the Magic Christian…. very short book…even before the movie came out…a wicked satire by Terry Southern…. one of the funniest books I’ve ever read….by comparison the film was watered down (though still funny.)
There’s still visual imagery in my head from Southern’s written descriptions that even seeing the film, with its very funny and talented cast, can never top or erase.
Mmmm. I think I’ll turn over and sleep now. Thanks for the pint Ling. Perhaps after the daiquiris, it made me sleepy. Or maybe the excitement of getting locked up in a fancy room. I wouldn’t mind going back to rest. That’s if the pipe smokers are gone.
I’m so glad you’re still seeing her!Go Brian!Save the Glenlivet for your birthday… or a… um… special date….
When IS your birthday?Soon?Do I already have it on my list?(I’ve gotta get that better organised…. I don’t lose them but I don’t have the whole list in one place.)
Oh ! Bri and bev ! I didn’t see you guys when I came in. Brian, save your Glenlivet for your 50th , try some Balvenie PortWood 21 Year Old Single Malt from my private reserve that Munky keeps here for those times when I want a very distinct and suprisingly subtley smooth scotch.Bev, what are you having ? How about a Rusty Nail on the Rocks ?Munky, you remember how to make one, don’t you ?
1 1/2 oz Scotch whisky1/2 oz Drambuie® Scotch whisky1 twist lemon peel
And yeah…. I hardly know what it is to date a guy who’s NOT wearing jeans…Though a suit is nice for some occasions … like weddings..the men I know wear mostly the same clothes to everything..Plaid shirts and leather belts and jeans have been the unofficial Northern California men’s uniform for 40 years.
@bevI wasn’t a total slob. I wore my good jeans and a nice shirt. She sprung for a large ice cream at a place called “Sub Zero”. They mix up your ice cream in liquid form and zap it with liquid nitrogen to instantly freeze it. @ SusanI don’t know where this will lead. She and I are just hanging out as friends right now, which is probably the best way to do things. We’ve both been burned by the opposite sex. Taking it slow is a good idea.I hit the half-century mark on June 2nd. I share a birthday with both Tarzans (Weissmuller and Ely), and the Marquis de Sade. i’m probably the youngest resident on B St.
@ BevWhen I go to the Symphony, I’m there for the music, not to show off be seen.It’s a little hard to get together with our work schedules. We go out when we can.
Sure thing, Bev…. the little monkeys will bring them right over…
I’m making them do it in pairs, and it’s pretty busy…. I’ll send four of them with the first two, and they’ll bring the others when you start getting low….Don’t worry about Happy Hour ending… it ain’t over till it’s over, you know?
Bri… thanks for the birthday info… I put you on the calendar…
You are one of the youngest, of those whose ages I know…
but not the youngest…
50 isn’t a kid, and we’ve had a few of those…
Of course you have to define “resident”.But Number Three has stopped by a few times…once was for her 18th birthday..There was (briefly) someone even younger than that, too…Of the more regular posters… there are some whose ages I don’t know…but at least one or two a few years younger than you, and a lot who are in their mid to late 50’s….it’s not like very many could be your mother or father.
I take any chance I have to dress fancy. Best if not for a long time as standing in 4" heels without dancing hurts my feet (dancing I can forget them). I’m fine going anyplace with him before dark. After dark is the best anyway!
I need to get myself up to bathe and go to bed, so I have time to dream before dawn. Very late for me now. Night, All!
I must observe that this is in fact a cast-iron-pipe retread of an extremely old Neighborhood strip (which featured a tree branch instead of the plumbing). What?!?! Doesn’t EVERYONE have all those old Neighborhood strips memorized? Hey, cool jacket… how come th’ sleeves are so long? :)
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 11 years ago
Scooter’s pipe dream came true.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
…. pant…. pant….
OH…. everybody’s here!
I was stuck on the wrong side of the turn.
I had just offered you a margarita back there, Bev.
Wow, Fireman…. you’re very early for your Thursday night shift!
And lookin’ mighty spiffy, too.
Yes, don’t worry, I’m sure Ms. Beviek is impressed.
Linguist about 11 years ago
Buster aka Scooter has been planning this for a long time. He is particularly targeting gentlemen of a certain age who are under the delusion that they look good in shorts, white soxs, and boxer shorts that peek out from under their shorts.Way to go doggie !
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Aw Brian…. I wish!
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
That’s a great idea, Bev, about Stormy…
What say you, Storm?I remember you easily cleaning up a huge feather mess.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Bri— did you see my post about brain bleach?
It was before the turn.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 11 years ago
I have early errands tomorrow, so I’m calling it a night.
vldazzle about 11 years ago
Red, that one was really good for dancing (even without any shoes right now) but I’ll be goin up to bed as soon as I finish my tea. They had a real Big Band sound (for such a small group) with a little black flair too. I think I saw a comment that Louis Prima did that arrangement, not surprized!
vldazzle about 11 years ago
My dad directed the Uof I band while he was still in school, and even got Souza to give a lot of his original music. He had a Hollywood contract right before he and mom married in ‘34 but it fell thru when Fox merged with 20th. I’m really glad I did NOT grow up in Hollywood (got into enough trouble on my own).
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Bri…. me too.I rarely miss a post here, though I get to some too late to respond.
Meanwhile, good night…and g’night Red….
Are you still here, Bev?Ling?
Linguist about 11 years ago
I’m on my way, as well Red. I’ve instructed my crew to have your cabin ready and to make sure you get to work on time…
vldazzle about 11 years ago
I agree with Scooter about the shorts for outdoors. I once dated a guy in his 40s who wore jeans when he took me to dinner. Did not see him again. A man should try somewhat as hard as a woman to impress by dressing well. You see my man at that white party in a proper Guayabera (his white tux was a little too tight and in July outdoors too warm). We found some nice white pants to match the shirt and I made my dress and sewed on the CZs all around the neck of the silk chiffon layer.
x_Tech about 11 years ago
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Bev…. um… I hate to say anything…. but….
I think I’ll get Elvis and drive you home….I don’t mean you have to go now…just that I don’t want you driving yourself.With Fenton and the Fireman here, I can leave for long enough to run you out to he farmhouse….Just say when.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Oh X…. thanks for bringing in the paper!
It explains so much!
( Psst…. Hope you got the pipeline under control! )
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Meanwhile…. good to see you!
Can I buy you a drink?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Y’know… before everybody pointed out that was Scooter….
I really thought it was Mugsy….He used to work for the Ballard P.D. but moved to New York and worked (I thought ) for the NYPD….
But he was the subject of an exposé on today’s Brevity
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Fenton…. a pint of the dark for X, please…on my tab.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Hmm…. well, I didn’t take any pics on purpose….but I do have several hidden security cameras….
Oh! There may be footage on the XTI security cameras…you don’t mind if I run that film to the lab?
x_Tech about 11 years ago
Yes, Susan the leak was XTI Glitter and has been contained. Good thing it’s edible cus I see some of the ladies of the Ballard St First Response To Glitter Spills Team cleaning the glitter off of the firemen.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Well, X …you know…First Responders have a dangerous job…
and people who work hard in dangerous jobs sometimes play hard too!
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
But wow…. I just got a call…I hear that when it blew…it was a sight to see….
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Mornin’ Dog!See… the Tiki never closes!Did you get the Fireball I ordered you last night?
Bev… I’m not finished scanning the footage…so I’m not sure…. you have to ask X when…or check that Bugle… it might say…
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Ohh Dogsniff…
I didn’t see who you left with…I just turned around and you were gone….
Next time just ask, and I’ll drive you in Elvis, my dog car….have you seen him?
pcolli about 11 years ago
Maybe it was one of Linguists “pirate” crew.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Hi pcolli!You haven’t been around here much!
What’re you drinking?
x_Tech about 11 years ago
@StelBelThis ones for you…
Shoe
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
X!! Did you leave?I know sometimes you’re lurking when I think you’ve gone….and your earlier post offering me and Bev a drink never showed up for ages….very stealthy….
But just look what I found!Thanks for giving me clearance…. I had to watch hours of speeded up digital imagery….but this is the best screenshot from security cam 23 on the northern edge of the XTI perimeter fence…..
13:57:24:13 pdt
x_Tech about 11 years ago
Susan, FYIThe rupture of the XTI Glitter line was caused by an inadvertent (we hope) cross connection to the Brain Bleach pipe line at your salon. If you have any information regarding this matter please contact us immediately.
To all concerned parties please note that the glitter is coated with Brain Bleach Ultra Strength.
We will repeat this message hourly in case you have consumed any of the glitter.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
x..tech….glitter?….wha… glitter?….
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Just joking, if course…Really though……The glitter storage is those huge tanks you installed out back of the salon…with small pipes into each station.
The brain bleach is piped in directly from XTI…
Not sure where they could cross… but it certainly isn’t intentional on my part.
Hope your crew can examine the set-up in detail tomorrow…meanwhile, sorry all, but tomorrow’s appointments will have to be rescheduled.
x_Tech about 11 years ago
Unfortunately the crew that did the installation quit and went over to Ballard St Pipe and Bong Makers. We’re a little concerned about the installation.
x_Tech about 11 years ago
If you’re still here, check out Daddy’s Home
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
X…. are you sure that pipe installer never worked for the phone company?
And why are we still up?
Dogsniff at least has the sense to be doing this at the other end of his day….well, I mean the beginning, not the end.LOL
jack fairbanks about 11 years ago
you wanna pretend to pitch? how ’bout i pretend to fetch?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
pcolli…. almost 4am here…I am rarely on the computer this late but I admit, I fell asleep….gotta get to bed!
Ponies, eh,…you don’t say….
And… single malt, or blended? Not sure what’s in the well cos I always drink Glenfiddich here.Fenton will know.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
G’night, all….
I’d stay up but…..
Lefty2 about 11 years ago
Leon is having second thoughts. Apparently Rusty Boy has taken his patrol training to the next level. His first lesson on common everyday neighborhood weapons and crowd control was successful beyond all imagination. Rusty Boy’s self-assured attitude is only surpassed by the effectiveness of his abilities. Uh-oh Leon, I hope you’re happy now.
Vet Premium Member about 11 years ago
Dog:I move for no man!!!!!!
Linguist about 11 years ago
Morning Ballardeers ! I am staying aboard my galleon, The Irish Rover, until XTI gets the Brain Bleach coated Glitter mess cleaned up. I’ve sent some of my trusty crew in Haz-Mat suits over to assist in the clean up.Hopefully, we can be back to normal ( or whatever passes for normal on Ballard Street ) by this evening.Thanks to the prevailing winds the glitter eruption was contained in one area of Ballard Street – unfortunately that area is where the majority of businesses and fine homes are located. I am sure that there will be wide scale repercussions when the air clears – although, since the glitter is coated with Brain Bleach Ultra Strength, perhaps people will just forget about the whole sparkly incident.
Storm F-1/4 about 11 years ago
Has anyone seen the pipe that goes to the Tiki bar sink? It is getting…uh…damp in here.
Happy, happy, happy!!! about 11 years ago
Scooter is tired of being blinded by the glare…
vldazzle about 11 years ago
Just about to take my vitamin set after breakfast, but heard on the news that the Duke and Duchess are in Glasgow and my SIL is there (skyped me a message last night-missing my daughter). He likes to chat more than she does, so we Skype.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 11 years ago
I tend to avoid high maintenance women.They aren’t much fun to be with.
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
@StelBelre: "Sheriff… please get my merchandise back… please??? BatPug is all set to go with you over to Nina’s house…’-—————————————————-I have successfuly retrieved your mechandise Ms Stel….A search warrant was not required, as I made a personal visit to see Ms Nimmers at her home, and through a lengthy discussion discovered that although she did in fact remove the mechandise from your store, she confided that in all her years working in the garment industry she could never hope to obtain any of your products that she has admired from afar as unobtainable due to her limited means…. while sobbing she related teh story of how she has always wanted to be able to let her few remaining fans of eras gone by one last curtain call before she hung it up. Being of humble and limited means she was too embarassed to ask to borrow them and humbly begs our forgiveness… since Claudius passed several years ago in that tragic accident with the Ballard County Circus Hi-wire Troupe, she has been lonely and has buried herself in her work, making maiquinns for which the profits go to the Ballard County Animal Shelter… (cats included)She desperately needs friends and I assured her that we would be honored if she would perform in the upcoming Ballard Street Memorial Day Parade… and maybe even be invited to other BS Ladies Auxiliary functions…. As giving citizens it is our responsibility to ensure that all our residents are cared for, looked after and accepted within our community and hopefully personal activities….so I ask, Ms Stel… and all other kind citizens to come to the aid of a lonely woman, in need of companionship, friendship and acceptance… ~Sherif Munky
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
now ahm off tu find Scooter…. hes bin last seen headin for the BS High School track meet, with a pipe in his maw… where thars lottsa exposed sockless shins…. sigh*
imbaldeagle about 11 years ago
I don’t really understand all the glitter-chatter, or the Tiki Room, etc., but a lesson that I learned as a kid 70 years ago may help. I would walk home from school in a windy snowstorm at zero F and could hardly get my breath. So I turned around and backed up against the wind and THAT made it bearable. So using that technique on teertS drallaB may keep the glitter out of your eyes, nose and teeth. Best wishes, folks!
vldazzle about 11 years ago
@ Baldeagle, I’m still fairly new here too but everyone has their own little mixed use businesses on Ballard Street and the cartoon itself is the local tavern where we wander in and out. Marg and Susan have been making Brain Bleach for ages (started for Jerry’s speedos over at DS (Dinette Set) Susan often prepare special snacks or cakes as well as being the quipster and Stel is great at mixing photos. The comradery spills to many other ‘toons and makes it more fun. I don’t have a business here (still new) but I often post some of my own photos and anything else with relevancy that I find online.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Ah…back on Ballard Street at last….
Rainy day on the Western end….. we’ve had so little this year, I know it’s a good thing…..but…. sigh…
Anyway, it inspires me to make another huge pot of yak noodle soup for the Tiki….
and I may as well be there, cos I can’t hang around the salon while x_tech’s crew tries to sort out this mess….
Oh Monkey…. you are so kind!
Your compassion for all creatures was one reason I supported you for Sheriff….an example to us all….
And you did such a good job of writing in humanspeak!I was impressed.
(And I know you didn’t…. well… you know….from yesterday,…. )
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
whew…* ahm aheddin’ to teh tiki… ah neads a drink….oar 4… bin a loooong day….. (an mah dogs foots is barkin’) SuuuuSuuuun!!!!! O..o
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
I’m heading for the Tiki…see you soon!
Gonna fire up the BIG grinder….Sounds like we all need a banana daiquiri….
And Monkey… I’ll bring my foot rub lotion there… since I’m staying away from the salon for a day…
X… hmmm…. maybe I need to commit some sort of white-collar crime… but no…. I value my record…. sigh…(And yes, since I know you’ll ask….it’s a 78.)
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
on mah way SuSun…!!!!!
x_Tech about 11 years ago
@MunkyI don’t mean to be critical but you may have gone overboard with the holding cell remodel.
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
@ XDonashuns frum pro seeds an stock vestmints in Yakbellies
x_Tech about 11 years ago
A Note To Tiki Patrons:Bar Etiquette – No NosTen Cats
Don’t mess with Chesneyor Fentonof the dozen little monkeysand especially notSusan.
I know this doesn’t apply to most patrons just a word of caution to tourists and conventioneers.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
OK!
Daiquiris for all!Very special Friday Happy Hour price (Happy Hour at the Tiki is pretty …er… very flexible)….
And of course…. the first one is included in the Yak ‘n’ Dak Platter, which is on special again tonight…
And in about an hour, we’ll have my own yak noodle soup….Have a cup with your special, or it can be substituted for the slaw at no charge…
Or have a bowl with your roast yak sandwich….or the giant bowl, with bread and salad, as a whole meal.
And if you’re hungry, and unable to afford any, just give a whisper to me or Sheriff MonkeyBlues…. NO ONE goes hungry on Ballard Street while I have vegetables, and the Monkey has yak bones.
x_Tech about 11 years ago
I hear some of Fenton’s friends are jamming in the back room tonight.The Beatle Barkers
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
OK, you know I didn’t mean the Monkey has yak bones …. personally….
I mean, he has perfectly nice monkey bones….
But I know how some of you people are!
StelBel about 11 years ago
@beviek
By the way, Bev, you may not remember this, but right after I ordered 500 hats, I contacted you to order an additional 500, since there was so much interest in them from the square dancing conventioneers. So just a reminder…..for tomorrow night’s opening ceremony????
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Shika!
Yak noodle soup?I was just thinking I should send some to Storm.
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Anyone here? Red?Susan?bev?munkey?…Anyone?
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Hmm. I wonder if munkey would make me a banana daiquiri with these red ’nanas I have left.A pretty Daiq.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
X! The boys sound good, don’t they?
Fenton is quite a music fan…he loves it when Red and the Monkey jam at the Tiki…
He’s really glad the Monkey gives even dog bands a place to practice….(they may even play here on a Saturday night soon.)
So many places are human-centric… but not this one!SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Shika… you need to refresh!
Yoo hoo! Can you hear me?
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
I think I’ll go sit in that lovely looking room with the chandeliers. clang!What on earth was that? The door shut? Let me out!
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
I can barely hear you susan. I thought I’d refesh in this opulent room, but now I am locked in!HELP ME!
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Not sure whether the Monkey is snoozing…
But Fenton is here, and I help out on Friday nights and run the giant daiquiri “grinder.”
We can make you a red banana one… if you really want…..
But there’s already quite a “grinder”-ful of regular banana daks out back….and they’re on special….
vldazzle about 11 years ago
I had to restore to a point on 4/2 (been having all kind of PC problems today) and already restored sucessfully to this point but went to update my Norton (at their prompt) and got that nasty blue screen again. I will have to contact them before I touch that again. If I dissappear for a few days soon- just KNOW I’m OK, it is just my PC. This Inspiron with Win7 will be out of warranty in June. If I were allowed to drink right now – believe me I’d have a couple of big Beefeaters on the rocks. I don’t need this aggravation! Going to use my HD foot massager and my Resperate (to regulate my breathing) now and try to relax.
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Susan! Someone let me out. There’s a dog and cat here with pipes.Rather expensive looking mahogany pipes with ebony mouth pieces. Unfortunately, I can’t abide smoke of any kind! sniff
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Shika!
I think you’re not at the Tiki… did you wander into x_tech’s picture of the Ballard county jail???So hard when you’re in a carton place cos the pictures become part of the scene….try to stay right here.Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Meanwhile… I’ll call Lt. Canine…I think he’s over at the jail.
Horatio! Can you let Ms. Shikamoo out of the holding cell, please?
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Opps! Didn’t mean to shout quite that much. Now, now. Nice doggy, good doggy. Nice kitty. Put your pipes down and sit nicely, will you?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Stel….I was looking for the place I posted the chicken dancers for you….I thought they might have been the Chickendales…..
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Whew! Thank you Susan.
Lt. Horatio was very polite. Didn’t snicker at all. Hardly. Humph. But that persnickety cat snickered. It looks a little like the cat at bev’s house. No wonder he’s missing a tooth. Smoking a pipe broke his fang!
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
X_Tech. I would have waited for munkey, but I didn’t want to cut his jam session short. Thanks anyway for offering to help…
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
X! Don’t tease poor Shika like that!You know I asked Lt. Canine to go release her!I’m sure he knows she’s not under arrest.
Shika…. did you miss that post?I said it before you yelled at me to refresh!
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
I’m going to sit quietly and sip my drink now here at the Tiki. In a quiet corner….
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Oh, OK… I think we got it all sorted out.
Shika, X loves to tease….
But when he raises one eyebrow like that, it’s an obvious “tell.”
Kinda hard to see on the phone, though….LOL
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Shika have you seen the giant grinder?
Actually the Tiki has two…this is the one we use all the time….
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
Dakery UP…!!!!!
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
NEXT….!!!!!
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
Did’ja nose ah play slyde geetar wit a yak rib..??
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
Greezy Blooze cummin atcha…!!!!
x_Tech about 11 years ago
Sorry Shika, I thought for sure you’d see the sign.
Linguist about 11 years ago
Evening everyone ! Hey Munky good to see you behind the bar and Susan at the Grinder. Glad you got everything worked out today. These last couple of days have been wild ones !I see Fenton’s enjoying his night off. The boys sound great !I’ll have a large Redbreast Irish and a pint of Guinness. Get X_Tech, Shika, Storm , Dazz ( if she wants one ), Susan ( if she’s ready ) whatever they want and have one yourself – On me !
Linguist about 11 years ago
It has been pouring rain all day and night out on Ballard Bay, and promises to do the same tomorrow, so the BB Glitter never reached the galleon. I’d have been here sooner but I had to drive in the teeming rain, an hour and a half each way, today, to attend a four hour meeting of the Ballard County Parrot Protection Planing and Zydeco Zebra Zoning Board. These meetings go on forever, and accomplish nothing. The worst is the thirst. There’s not a drink to be had anywhere near the County Annex and Soup Kitchen !
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 11 years ago
My cousin hates scotch and regifted a botttle of 21 year-old Glenlivet to me.Should we tap into it tonight, or save it for my big Five-Oh?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Wow… Storm…. you did it!Thank you!
Hope you enjoyed the yak soup I sent out there with Bev…..
Thanks, Linguist…actually I’m drinking the leftover bits between batches of daiquiris…there’s plenty to keep me going…the problem is noticing when there’s too much plenty… and slowing it down.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Monkey!Grinder up!
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Aw, little monkey…. did you peel all those yourself?
Great job…. can a few of you push the wheelbarrow out back now?It’s awfully full….
The Fireman can help y…. ok ok…. yes, go head, you can do it yourselves….
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Hey! I might just make it to the turnover. But no promises. I think I dozed off in the corner there.Hi munkey. I’d love to hear you play the slider guitar with a yak rib. That’s R in B music, or RIB for short. Short Rib.Uh, I think I drank too many dikirararys Dakirarys Hickory Dickory Docks!.
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Hi bev! Ooh….glitter! Purty! So….shiny…..ZZZZzzzzzzz…..
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
X… I read the Magic Christian…. very short book…even before the movie came out…a wicked satire by Terry Southern…. one of the funniest books I’ve ever read….by comparison the film was watered down (though still funny.)
There’s still visual imagery in my head from Southern’s written descriptions that even seeing the film, with its very funny and talented cast, can never top or erase.
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Mmmm. I think I’ll turn over and sleep now. Thanks for the pint Ling. Perhaps after the daiquiris, it made me sleepy. Or maybe the excitement of getting locked up in a fancy room. I wouldn’t mind going back to rest. That’s if the pipe smokers are gone.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Briatollah — Meant to say earlier…
I’m so glad you’re still seeing her!Go Brian!Save the Glenlivet for your birthday… or a… um… special date….
When IS your birthday?Soon?Do I already have it on my list?(I’ve gotta get that better organised…. I don’t lose them but I don’t have the whole list in one place.)
Linguist about 11 years ago
Oh ! Bri and bev ! I didn’t see you guys when I came in. Brian, save your Glenlivet for your 50th , try some Balvenie PortWood 21 Year Old Single Malt from my private reserve that Munky keeps here for those times when I want a very distinct and suprisingly subtley smooth scotch.Bev, what are you having ? How about a Rusty Nail on the Rocks ?Munky, you remember how to make one, don’t you ?
1 1/2 oz Scotch whisky1/2 oz Drambuie® Scotch whisky1 twist lemon peel
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
And yeah…. I hardly know what it is to date a guy who’s NOT wearing jeans…Though a suit is nice for some occasions … like weddings..the men I know wear mostly the same clothes to everything..Plaid shirts and leather belts and jeans have been the unofficial Northern California men’s uniform for 40 years.
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
Gosh, susan! What a big Grinder you have. I once saw a pepper grinder that big. Seriously! In a restaurant. It took two men to grind my pepper.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 11 years ago
@bevI wasn’t a total slob. I wore my good jeans and a nice shirt. She sprung for a large ice cream at a place called “Sub Zero”. They mix up your ice cream in liquid form and zap it with liquid nitrogen to instantly freeze it. @ SusanI don’t know where this will lead. She and I are just hanging out as friends right now, which is probably the best way to do things. We’ve both been burned by the opposite sex. Taking it slow is a good idea.I hit the half-century mark on June 2nd. I share a birthday with both Tarzans (Weissmuller and Ely), and the Marquis de Sade. i’m probably the youngest resident on B St.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 11 years ago
@ BevWhen I go to the Symphony, I’m there for the music, not to show off be seen.It’s a little hard to get together with our work schedules. We go out when we can.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Sure thing, Bev…. the little monkeys will bring them right over…
I’m making them do it in pairs, and it’s pretty busy…. I’ll send four of them with the first two, and they’ll bring the others when you start getting low….Don’t worry about Happy Hour ending… it ain’t over till it’s over, you know?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Bri… thanks for the birthday info… I put you on the calendar…
You are one of the youngest, of those whose ages I know…
but not the youngest…
50 isn’t a kid, and we’ve had a few of those…
Of course you have to define “resident”.But Number Three has stopped by a few times…once was for her 18th birthday..There was (briefly) someone even younger than that, too…Of the more regular posters… there are some whose ages I don’t know…but at least one or two a few years younger than you, and a lot who are in their mid to late 50’s….it’s not like very many could be your mother or father.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
As for your friend… YES!Romances come and go… (at least in my ife, they have) much better to be friends first…or even instead…than a flash in the pan.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 11 years ago
@ SSI figure I’m still a pup to most of you.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 11 years ago
It’s 23:10 MDT. See you all on the next page.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Bri… no… not a pup.20 or even 30 is a pup.LOL
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Oh wow… Thanks, Bri…I almost forgot the turn!
Ready Bev?Hang on to your daiquiris!Anybody else here?Ling?Red, did you go?
vldazzle about 11 years ago
I take any chance I have to dress fancy. Best if not for a long time as standing in 4" heels without dancing hurts my feet (dancing I can forget them). I’m fine going anyplace with him before dark. After dark is the best anyway!
I need to get myself up to bathe and go to bed, so I have time to dream before dawn. Very late for me now. Night, All!
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 11 years ago
Zzzzzz….. Snick*…..ZzzzzxzxzWah…?…… Missed da tern agin…..Dayum……..
bhmcintosh almost 11 years ago
I must observe that this is in fact a cast-iron-pipe retread of an extremely old Neighborhood strip (which featured a tree branch instead of the plumbing). What?!?! Doesn’t EVERYONE have all those old Neighborhood strips memorized? Hey, cool jacket… how come th’ sleeves are so long? :)
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 1 year ago
Buster/Scooter has that “Make way for Buster/Scooter” look on his mug. And Shaughnessy ignored it at his peril.
Tigressy about 1 year ago
Scooter tells you how to get out of his hair!
And then, there’s this:
https://cleoandcompany.net/april-4-2023/
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 1 year ago
Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!!