Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 08, 2010

Earl’s a few bricks shy of a load….

Marg, judging by that collar I think Earl is shy more than that (now anyway).

Take him home Sparky…

Um… He took the dog to the vet, and the vet determined that the cure for the dog’s problem was for the owner to wear the “cone of shame”? What was he doing to that dog?

Sparky on the other hand seems quite happy.

A positive spin on that could be: The trip to the vet went surprisingly well for Sparky.

Sparky does look happy.

Sparky may have manipulated the vet.

That’s to keep him from eating mass quantities.

I don’t think Earl’s gonna be happy when he takes off the cone…then again, he might not be Earl anymore

Greetings, Puzzle Pals and Cleoites…. and all permutations and combinations thereof.

We’re here to solve and comment on yet another entertaining Saturday puzzle…

in the Feb 8th  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY”

You can solve it directly on Sherpa:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

But you might well prefer to use my side-by-side version….

https://i.postimg.cc/G3YbwrQ5/Cleo-nine-differences-Feb-8th-20.png

In which case… feel free!

In any case… as you probably know, I recommend downloading the image to a program like MS Paint, so you can mark ’em as you find ’em….

or at LEAST click my side by side so it opens bigger in another window.

Later I’ll post the animation solution….

courtesy of our stel hardworking semi-anonymous animation-solution-maker PERFECTIONISTA!

That cone will stop Earl from chewing his toenails. And licking his….never mind.

Susan. you are early! I might take a stab at it tonight, after all.

Nah. Stuck at 7 and sleep is calling. I don’t want to fall asleep at the computer again!

Not necessarily. It’s not exactly that red button on the wall you shouldn’t have pushed.

Should we be worried about our poor sweet Cleo?

Such a gentle doggie… right?

I know she can be a fierce warrior dog when she needs to be… and she definitely has a the size and strength advantage…

but at heart, she’s a short-legged, floppy-eared, cuddly basset hound… whose idea of getting some exercise is eating her tortilla chips faster;

while Klaude, or Klawed, is the quick, sleek, sharp-taloned, and practically saber toothed picture of feline grace and cunning.

Then again… what can we do?

We’re not in Cleveland…. and all Claude and Clara can ever muster to stop Cleo from anything is a good strong “Confound it!”

So we’ll hope for the best….

no… wait… second best.

Best would be for this Ninja nonsense to stop right now.

But it won’t.

Obviously, the vet mistook Earl for the dog. Can you blame him?

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200208

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/cscwy/2020/cscwy200208.jpg

Best of frenemies.

OK – the first 8 took me 2 minutes, but the ninth one another 3.

Binge-solving err practice makes perfect.

Still looking for all the differences. But what I really want to see is the animation so we can see who wins. Who is Claude betting on?

Don’t want to fall asleep (again) and go to bed without posting the gif… er… the animation solution.

Doing that Can bi trouble for me.

So… if you promise you won’t peek too early, you can find it right here… direct … well, almost direct, cos I’m in the middle… from our semi-anonymous animation-solution-maker PERFECTIONISTA:

https://i.postimg.cc/T3gZSnWs/FTD-2-8-2020-AB.gif

I too found some of them easy to spot, and a couple of them pretty darn sneaky.

But puzzles are supposed to be sneaky.

If they’re not at ;east somewhat puzzling, we can’t call them puzzles. Right?

ᴛʜɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ɪɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴄᴏᴍɪᴄs’ ɴᴇᴡsʀᴏᴏᴍ

Rotifer Thalweg’s alterego is in Van Buren, America helping his mother* celebrate her 92nd birthday, so there will be no Nonsolution Solution today.

* How is she doing, you ask? I’m headed to Best Buy to replace her computer – the one she has now isn’t fast enough for her.

P.S. Okay just one:

   1.  Top panel: Cleo’s opponent is Evil Cat Next Door (hereinafter, the “ECND”) in Ninja suit. Bottom Panel: Cheapskate C&C producers refuse to pay ECND’s asking price for Ninja fight – hire ECND’s best friend (the mysterious @katina.cooper) at minimum wage to portray ECND in Ninja suit instead.

GOOD MORNIN’ Balladeers!

Like Katina, I think this one would be a great animation.

Oo! A cliffhanger!

Got my usual 8….sigh. And the one I missed was somewhat obvious. Oh well, maybe next week.

Well, Perky, I only got 7 today. Yes, those last two were pretty sneaky! Loved it!

Nine here today! (I’m not getting better, I’m getting older…)

Hello everyone, Happy Caturday! I can only see 6, I guess I need practice!!! Life has been getting n the way lately!!!

I cam’t believe it. I actually got nine. :)

Psyched! First time in a while I’ve found ’em all.