Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 07, 2013

I so disagree, unless the colorist goofed today.

Thank you. I was a bit befuddled by this one.

Whoa… I just got back to Ballard Street…..hi all!

And I could see Glenn all the way across the street!

Maybe Sandy is the one with the problem….a timely visit to Dr Odenhammer’s Optometry and Smoked Oyster Shack should tell a tale….

Huh? How did you know I was coming here? Am I leaving a trail of glitter dust again?

Bev…. maybe you and I should go too…..Cos I don’t see Shika…. and you do….And one of us probably shouldn’t.

There she IS!!

OMG Mme Beviek really CAN see the future.

Sure. Why not? I can’t sleep tonight.

And she posted a link that says “Hot blooded” but it leads to a cool daiquiri….

Susan! It’s a miracle! I’m on at the same time as you and bev. What is next? Red?

Hi Shika….

I know, Shika! You’re late and I’m early, I think.

Sandy’s glasses need glasses.

margueritem said, 13 minutes agoI so disagree, unless the colorist goofed today.++++++++++++++++++++++++The colourist was supposed to paint the house and chair magenta plaid. as well. He forgot.

Shika! You can always get a banana daiquiri at the Tiki!

It’s the house drink, the one that comes on all the specials….

We have a giant grinder-ful most of the time!

Suddenly I… need to put my robe on or something….

I was having the same problem, Bev….

When you said that about X’s song I realised I hadn’t read the end of yesterday’s forum….

Tried to refresh and suddenly nothing on the comics pages would load!

Anyway…. we’re back.Wonder what they did to the site in that ten minutes…

Seems like outages are often cos they’re loading “updates.”(Quotation marks cos some seem s step backward.)

Anyway… yes…. but I was joking…about you watching me when I go to bed….

I’m perfectly decent here at the Tiki, of course.

And yeah…. nice work X….

Thanks for including me…. and making me look like a lush, and all…

G’night Bev….and I still don’t know where your link was supposed to lead.

i warned her against bargain taxidermy

Time to head off to work.

Darn! I’ve missed everybody again, even Grog – the other early riser.

I’m with everyone who thinks the colorist got something wrong. Or that there’s something wrong with Sandy’s eyes, although I doubt red-green color-blindness. It’s rare enough in men (7%), less than 0.5% in women. (Long ago I worked for ophthalmologists – glaucoma and neuro – and picked up all sorts of eye-related info.)

Fenton? Monkeys? Could you find me another cuppa? …Thanks, keep the change.

Sandy is now re-thinking her decorating scheme…

@Paco, I thought mostly men got that red/green color blindness. As I’ve mentioned before, I greatly value all my senses (and never endanger my taste buds with hot chilis or such). Have to LOVE Stel’s version of the coloration. That way it would make perfect sense. Susan, it can’t be chilly where you are (though it was wonderfully breezy here last night after my bath). I had to tie back my curtains to keep them in place (so glad my screen is back on). Just 67F at 7AM but it will be warmer today.

Well he is a member of the Hide Really Good So Your Wife Can’t Find You To Make You Do Stuff club. Called HRGSYWCFYTMYDS for short.

Back in February (about February 22nd, I believe), Sandy had just put the finishing touches on their bedroom…

Don’t move Glenn!They can’t see you if you don’t move.Their eyesight is based on movement.At least till she decides she wants to go shopping and he must come along.

Morning everyone.

(I’m amazed that she stood right there to watch the transformation! That’s got to be one cold cup of coffee!)

@Happy

I’d never seen that one before, but I’m not surprised. I was thinking before that it certainly looked like something Dali would have done.

Does she want to pick him out of his surroundings, or just get his sorry butt out of the chair.

Where’s Waldo?

Bev , where’s the Gotye link???

Thanks, Bev!

OK…. I’ve been fighting my way back to Ballard Street for what seems like hours….

Oh! Maybe cos it’s been hours…..

Last night the site quit working, then as soon as I posted that it was back online….it quit loading again and wouldn’t come back.

I was really tired so I went to bed.

A couple of hours ago, while I was captive on the phone, I was …um…. taking a picture …..with my….. Ballard Street camera….. And when I tried to “develop” it…. that program shut down…. I thought without saving it….

But I finally found it, saved but untitled….

So finally, an hour ago, I posted a good morning, with two (count ’em TWO ) pictures….

And then Ballard Street wouldn’t refresh…..

and now I see that it didn’t post…..

And my pictures aren’t here at all…..

Sigh…..

I don’t believe I’ve seen that one, bev. I do have a few Gable movies in my collect, but I wouldn’t say I’m a big fan. I do like Cary Grant though….and Spencer Tracy.

First, I invited you all to the salon for coffee, cos I just bought a new coffee pot…I mean, I’m always inviting you to the salon for coffee…But now I shouldn’t have to make some people wait for a second pot.I hope it’s large enough for now.

Oops… um…yes Monkey, I’m bringing the cup back right now!

I’m watching The Last Of Sheila right now.

And then…. a reminder to Stel…..

It’s not just green tea…. it’s chameleon tea….

I admire her devotion…. but if Sandy keeps giving him chameleon camomile and then standing there….soon he will blend with HER….

Already his green is fading to her colors….and when they go for walks people will be confused.

bev, I haven’t seen that one on the tube in quite a long time. When it finally came out in VHS, I snatched up. It’s a good little who-dun-it set up in the form of a game by James Coburn after his wife is killed by a hit and run driver.

HAY SuSun…!!! Yer HERE…. an AHM HEAR tew!!!! At teh same TYME…!!

Lemme buy ya…. uh… wuttever ya wants… Ah gots teh shelvfs stocked up now…

Bev…. yew juss hep yerseff…. ah nose better tehn tryin ta mix yew sumpn…. ah never seams ta git teh mix rite…. so yew go on ahed an dew what yew do best…. impervise..!!!

Oooh Monkey!

That should hold us for a few days!

I’d love an Irish coffee…..thanks!Gotta have caffeine to stay awake for my shift tonight…the little monkeys are working alone…

AWRITE….!!! HOO wuz teh lass wun outta teh TV lounje lass nite…!!!???

(looks lak Happy’s brand… er meybe Shikkamuse..)

ya laks teh liddle munky faces…???

Oh Monkey!

What a talent!

Among your many, of course…

Sounds lak Dazz bin watchin lotta late nite movees… thems problee HER cans a layin about…. in teh TV lounje….

No sheriff, I don’t drink anything that comes in cans now. Just have my teabags and envelopes from Koolaid. I also go to bed before 10 (TiVo picks up the late stuff for me- TMZ live recording now)You sure have a well stocked bar (mine’s not quite so big)

Why tahnk ya SuSun…. (he he..!) Altho ah aint got no prehensile tale…. mah feets can open beer bottles an car doors an such….!!!

Welll…. ah dont no Dazz… ahve heard things… yew aint so inosent…. gonna keep an eyeball on yew

Wanna do sump’n FUN…???Step into X-Teks WAay back mosheen…. take a trip back a year ago….

http://www.gocomics.com/ballardstreet/2012/05/30

Ah thinks it wuz one of teh best days of comments….How many yall member this…???-———————————————————@Stel….“Potroast said, about 9 hours ago:“What are you people?”

beviek said, about 9 hours ago@Potroast:

“Why, we’re the denizens of Ballard Street.Are you cooked or raw?

You’re not going to shoot us, are you?”-————————————————————….Thar ya go…. teh best comeback line of the year!!!!

Monkey….Did you get into the machine, or do you actually have those new XTI WayBack glasses on?I know they’re still in beta, so X may have said not to tell….But the machine is never so easy for me to navigate.

@Sheriff, no one should be so “Innocent” by the time they reach my age (I enjoy life!).

And yeah, Monkey….

of course that’s what I meant…he he….

And you can play four-handed guitar and stuff….

Just noticed on my homepage that Ray Harryhausen (one of the pioneers of stop mothion) just died at 92. From what I see, he also enjoyed! If my man and I are lucky we’ll both make 90 without meds.

Sandy, let’s be honest. You are doing it again. Countless encounters, therapy, in and out of treatment, taken the cure, chocked down the meds and looked for the lasting remedy….and you’re still looking right through Glenn. Sandy, he’s there, he’s real…by the way its 4:30 in the afternoon and you’re still in your robe…

And at five cents a can “deposit”, I don’t leave that many cans lying around long.

And, as happy suggests, those are TEA cans. Yes. That’s right! TEA CANS.

Depending on the temperature, what needs doing in the house and whether I have someplace I need to go – I may spend the whole day in a swimsuit, nightgown or even less (never sit naked on furniture tho’) LOL! Today I went to fill 10 gallons of purified water and stopped at the grocery for a few items, so I have silk slacks and a sleeveless top (even makeup and earrings). No one should HAVE to get dressed just because! Nakedness is nice!

I’m taking them in for a refund now, since I see it is upsetting to you munkey, to see them stached there. I’m sorry, truly, I am.~ happy, you can have half, if you help me.~

Cans are wasteful and make stuff like veggies taste nasty! I just micro my tea in a quart pyrex measurig cup that pours.

Yaaaawn. I think it’s time to saw some logs.

Me too Grog. Although, I don’t saw logs, but I may sleep LIKE a log. :-)

Good Night Groggy!

stelbel, You are the master of disguise. Whatever will you think of next?

X-Tech, that is a great poem. A keeper. I can’t wait to see your next installment of “It’s My Party, and I’ll Party if I Want Too”!

On that note, Good Night Ballardeers!

I agree, G’night all!

Doo de dooo…. just got here….and I’m straightening up the Tiki a little ….

I don’t always know WHO messes this place up, especially after I go home….but it’s not just the humans, Monkey!

Good thing Dimitri (the night maintenance guy) is an ape… maybe he can do something about this…

Missed you again, Shika!

Bev… are you here?

Would you like a Yak ‘n’ Dak platter tonight?

I’ve got a couple of new little monkeys in training…So I showed them how to fill the back bar daiquiri grinders….

I didn’t load up the gia…n..t….Little monkeys!

I think you’d better look again at the one I filled!It’s the insides we want!I know, I know…don’t get all in a tither…no, no…. don’t cry….it’s easy to make a mistake…

No, sweetie, just leave those bananas in the trash…we’ll just start over.(…. excuse me for a minute….)

Shika, if you need some help moving those Tee Cans I can swing by with my pick-up. No need to move your car unless it’s a SUV.

I wonder what the oats are…

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!