Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for September 12, 2013

I didn’t realize that the finger was considered an organ.

I really enjoyed today’s Reality Check.

The left side of his stomach? Must be gas.

Actually, he’s checking the yak and daiquiri level in his stomach….when he’s a quart low, he visits the Tiki Bar.

As for his hard-to-reach organs…. whatever he can’t bring himself to put a finger on (or…um…in….)… he gets checked at the Ballard and Main Drive-Thru Gas and Gastro-Intestinal Clinic…. they have a new Innards Imaging Island.

Hi Susan, buy you a drink?

Oh, Hi X!

Sure, thanks…. I was going to ask you how your yak rib level is.

Bev…. LOL…. truebut he’d have to swallow a lot of that contrast stuff before the trip.

Yak level seems fine but I’m about two fingers down on my Tequila level.

Gosh X…. do you have to wear rubber gloves for that test?

Bev…. ribs? I know you never turn down tequila.

G’night Bev!

Well, X … the Tiki always stands ready to rectify that situation!

Kinda quiet in here….

Let’s lively up!

Unless Nelson’s organs are in complete disarray, he won’t find anything in that area, except maybe a gas bubble.

tying the shoes will require a bit of warmup

Tom is worried about his body, as well…

<He will also be stopping by the Ballard and Main Drive-Thru Gas and Gastro-Intestinal Clinic later on this morning….

(thanks for the “heads up” on the new clinic in town! How are the gas prices?)

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Your liver is on the otherside dummy.That is your tummy.Yes, the cheeseburger and fries are still there for now.Next he does his proctology self exam.

Mornin’ Sherif ! Yes, we’ll do almost anything around here ( as long as it’s legal, of course. ) As you know, there are a few denizens of our fair city that have glass navels – which considering the position of their heads is a good thing.

“Yup, still there.”

………..Censored………………..

I got a new one

BBBBBEEEEPPPPPP!

OOooh, Stel! I hope the new issue has a nice zipline! I really want to get up there and fly like the eagles!

Seriously, there is one in Colorado that looks like fun (and I may even try it without my kids) but my oldest boy and his family live in Boulder (still a ways from the site). Both of his sons have finished 4 years of college.

Stel…. the gas prices are surprisingly competitive….And if you qualify, they give you their own special credit card that you swipe through a reader on the pump.

Six fill-ups earns you a free upper or lower innards scan at the Imaging Island….. If you care to wait till you’ve had ten fill-ups, that gets you both.

That may seem like a lot of gas…. but it’s way cheaper than you can get just the scans themselves at Ballard General’s Gift and Gastroenterology Shoppe.

Happy!

That looks like the big sign on the wall in the lobby of Ballard General, near the elevator….You touch the pointer to wherever it hurts, and the correct floor and room number light up.

Monkey!

I’m really surprised you didn’t know that….I always thought it was a traditional simian hobby, in the Tiki or elsewhere.

Susan nice story about your avatar that you told over at Agnes. That’s really cool! And BTW, I always thought your avatar was cool. Now I will wonder what you DO look like, LOL!

I have a nice autographed color framed drawing from Theresa Shepherd of Snow and his kittens from Snow Sez. She sent it to me some time ago and it is proudly sitting in my living room on the top of my corner stand

Time to take my Bengal Spice tea up and have evening soak. I would really rather have that Presidente & Kahlua that I had in the Tiki last night (but I know I shouldn’t, so NO!)

I really DO behave most of the time !

Bev…. very ill…. if you mean in your margaritas!

Happy…. OH! Are those the 6 foot statues standing in the Ballard General lobby?

Here’s what we use for medical exams at the Tiki:

Bev…. I knew that!

LOL.

Just couldn’t resist, cos I’m…. you know…. I’m ME.

Nurses???We don’ need no steenkin’ nurses!

Oh… and Bev… for now you get your very own Monkeymometer with every exam…. If you bring it back so we can use it again (only for you!) next time, you get $3 off.

The Monkey bought 3 gross of them cos he got a great price in bulk. He thought they were drink stirrers that measured the temperature in your glass.

Guess he didn’t realise we’d found a use for ’em.

Night all

That’s Dr. Nelson to you, hoss.

Watch out for wet autumn leaves!

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!