Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 21, 2018

Stanley and his stupid spider costume showed up again!

Not only that, Harold came as a zapper, and Robert came dressed as a candle flame. They kept calling me over all night.

Poor Errol had a bad bug night. Hope he does not have a bed bug night, tonight.

A bug that has a bee in his bonnet.

Only on Ballard Street.

Sometimes you’re the bug, sometimes you’re the windshield!

Harold needs to get off his stinger and go out and get a buzz on.

It’s getting pretty deep in here and Susan hasn’t even shown up yet!

Hope all’s well, MUDD.

Earl’s upset because the bug juice was not well received unless heavily spiked, other people (as noted above) kept bugging him all night, and then, when the party ended, everyone else said they were “bugging out.” The ingratitude!

Probably got zapped!

I guess I avoided getting to Errol’s party till kinda late, cos I’m scared of bugs.

But there was a nice little table set aside for the lady bugs…. so I’m glad I went.

It was kinda cute (if a little sad) to see Errol’s aunts Agnes and Mattie in their matching “maiden ants” costumes….

even if at 81 and 83 nobody was really buying the “maiden” part.

And Gardner Krebs looked like he really was praying in his mantis costume, when Geraldine Higglejohn kept following him around, giggling.

Poor guy only lost his wife three years ago.

And it wasn’t very nice of Stanley and Harold to make that fake announcement about a police Raid!

Half the guests ran out the door…. and half-blind old Edna Pilbourne, from next door, started spraying that real Raid at them!

Anyway….. somebody’s gotta tell JP Steve about this club!

I suppose he was expecting a visit from the SNL killer bees.

Good morning Mudd.

Yes, and stop calling me Shirley. :)

“Harvey’s son was passing out cigars ‘cause his wife just had a baby. Everyone lit up and that’s the last thing I remember…”

I’m sure it was the red shoes. Everyone knows bees don’t wear red shoes.

JUST AN FYI,

Mudd said this morning that today might be his first ride of the season. This afternoon?

I can only guess that he is talking about a bike of some kind?

Mudd is SoCal, i think.

Someone brought their little maggots and they weren’t pupae trained.