Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 29, 2010

Ya think? Just watch out for that bull, Gary…

If it’s not one thing, it’s an udder.

I don’t think I want to know.

Milk it for all it’s worth.

He seems to be on the HORNS of a dilemma here……….

He looks udderly ridiculous. I hope that this doesn’t put him in a bad mooed.

This Gary is even scarier than Scary Gary.

Do you all know the difference between a

bull and an orchestra? In the case of the

bull, the horns are in front, and the a hole

is at the rear. (Musicians joke)

Man and wife decided to go to farmer Brown’s costume

party. He dressed as a steer, she as a heifer. Taking a

shortcut to the farm house, man observes a bull coming

at them. “What shall we do?” cried the wife. Man: “I

am going to eat grass, but you’d better brace yourself.”

Based on the five-point (or more) udder, I’d guess he made it himself and not very well.

Before I read the caption, I thought Gary was being attacked by a dairy cow. And that might be what it feels like to him. Maybe you should MOO for help, Gary.

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

I sympathize with Claude. Though I have learned to use scissors.

But the cardboard boxes, you are supposed to be able to open them and close then again, Hah!

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200329

“Me man! Me strong! Me not need scissors!”

…or knives or fire…

How very Far Sided of you.

It’s easy to open the packaging – not so easy to close the box.

After Gary throws himself, he’s going to tie his hands and feet together. Can he beat the record of 13.5 seconds that he set last time?

StelBel! Stel-Bel!!

STEL!

Is that your cow suit?

 

StelBel’s cow suit has been missing for years on Ballard Street…. since about 2014.

It would be amazing if it’s been going backwards in time, and turned up here in 2010,

Just when we came back here to comment on the

March th  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY” on Sherpa.

 

Talk about going back in time… this strip is from before Cleo could talk.

I bet she’d have something more sarcastic to say now!

 

I don’t know why Claude would want a prize from a cereal box nowadays…

they’re mostly kid stuff… and not great kid stuff like when we were kids…

(Pardon me, if you’re way younger than me…. though I don’t think we have many of you here.

And even in the 70’s there was still great Star Wars/Star Trek stuff.)

 

He sure used to wear that sweater a lot… I think he still has it… and Clara probably plots to get rid of it.

Though after the socks she wore in yesterday’s puzzle….

whew… I don’t think she has much to say.

Besides… I like it when Claude wears it in the puzzle… it’s kind of a shape-shifter that’s sometimes good for a difference.

 

When Costco was new, I bought some cereal there.

Today it’s in 2-packs of manageable size… but it was one giant box then.

I had the same problem … the inner bag looked like waxed paper but was tough as steel.

The seam was sealed to the edge, so I pulled it open from underneath…

and was treated to a huge shower of flakes.

 

I called the company, and the rep said, condescendingly, that you’re supposed to peel the seam open from the top.

I said they didn’t leave enough “paper” to grip… we went back and forth.

Finally she went to look at a box… came back to take my address,

and sent me several impressive coupons.

 

Sorry, Stel… I don’t think that’s your suit.

Yours is nicer.

I thought the prize in the box was that the box exploded when opened. I guess Cleo got the prize which was a tooth pick for prying out the cereal that got stuck in Claude’s teeth. And just think, only 8 more months to go till they “might” change the fix-it date to 2020.

I gave up thinking for Lent

This is why I keep scissors in the knife block.

Looks like he lost out in the bull dogging portion of the traveling rodeo.

…I’ve done the cereal kaboom…once

Yes, been there, done that. You are not alone, Claude. Cleo, however, is quite happy with your experience.

Claude, it looks like it’s time to call in the Canine Vacuum Sweeper Team!

Don’t worry. Cleo is already on the job.

Everyone’s a winner, well almost everyone!

Five?

I’ve done the same thing with bags of chips.

Good evening Balladeers, Plods, and Miss Susan!

2 confirmed cases in my county now. :-(