Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 21, 2018

Darrick is certainly dressed for his job. At least he is using the eraser end of the pencil! But Garrett, though also dressed in crossword design, seems unresponsive. Come on Garrett. What’s a four letter word for what you feel like?

George is contemplating shoving the crossword puzzle up Darrick’s nose.

This is all very puzzling.

Mr Donnelly’s picture is now appearing on milk cartons.

Darrick doesn’t know the other guy is dead.

If the clue is a seven letter word for a closed fist that starts with K, Darrick is about to get the answer.

I hope Darrick likes the taste of Crossword Weekly, cause he is about to have it crammed down his supercilious throat!

( too harsh)? Well he is a jerk of the first water, always using big words none of us ever heard of. Tsk tsk

Darrick must be the product of a parochial school.

It seems Darrick isn’t getting anything Across…..

But there’s about to be 1 Down.

Meanwhile… on Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff MonkeyBlues posted the following BIG NEWS….

but, of course, it’s only visible on his profile:

Note ta AwL BS ResidentS…. Bee Inn of SownD Mind Ah hearBy diRekt In mah Absinths, aH deLLergatE mah DootyS of SheRRif of BaLLerd Cty to SuSun an DePooty Dooties ta Rose (if’n she BehaVes herseff) an Her BackuP is BatPug an LinG, an His BacKup is HaPPy (cuz he’s gotta VAN) an hiz Backup is… uh… teh Winner of A Arm Wrasslin match betweeN LiverLipps an ExTek…

Dont Worry… AhL be Bak afTer teh TurkY Daze… GC HooseGow is Lettin Me owt fuR a Fewe Daze ta Air Me Owt… an Ahm Heddin Bak ta TurdMunkisTan… Mehbe giT a Fre$h Lode of YakBall Sammiches fur teh TIKI… Ya’ll Give Lotta Tahnks tew yer Fambilies… Cheers..!! ~Munky o.0

Gosh… I hope you’re OK, Monkey! And…. nothing, you know, personal….

But… um… airing you out is never a bad idea.

For those who have a problem reading Monkeyspeak… I will paraphrase the official part… hope you can read the rest, including his Thanksgiving greetings.

Sheriff MonkeyBlues is being temporarily let out of GC jail, to air out over Thanksgiving, and will be traveling to Turdmunkistan.

During his absence, he has appointed me (gulp!) Acting Sheriff of Ballard County, and Rose as my deputy ( IF, he stipulates, she behaves. Rose misbehaving? No!!)

Rose’s back-ups are to be BatPug and Linguist, and their back-up will be Happyx3 (with his van). And Happy will be backed up by the winner of an arm-wrestling match between Liverlips and x_Tech.

Wow, that Monkey…. he thinks of everything.

That’s why he’s the Sheriff.

Happy Thanksgiving, Monkey! Hurry home! Or… um… back to jail? Oh….

He still couldn’t figure it out; even with the hint. The word is Ticonderoga.

Eraserhead?

I am reminded of the scene with The Joker and his pencil.

marching to the beat of a different drum.

Happy Thanksgiving my friends. Be well and safe.

I might try promoting a right cross to the promoter.

A Happy Thanksgiving – one day early – to all Ballard Street residents. And a special Thanksgiving Day shout-out to MUDD AND THE SHERIFF AND GWEEDO, because we all miss you. Safe travels to Turdmunkistan or wherever else you’re headed for the day. If you’re staying home, I wish you the company of those you care about and a feast that’s fit for a King. Go ahead – have a second piece of pie. It only happens once a year.

Amateurs. They do it in pencil. The crossword also does not appear to be a proper grid.

Cross words are a comin’…

Garrett is encouraged to have some cross words with Darrick.

Derrick is practicing his drum roll.

That’s not the best way to tap someone’s brain! Happy Thanksgiving to all the “officials” of Ballard County and all the rest of us citizens as well!

About 8 hours ago Mudd said,

Hey SusanSunShine or Rose how about getting me out of the shadows? Eh. Hi ya, Happy x3 and all of the Ballard Street gang. Low 20’s here around 6:00AM. Peace.

Garrett is stuck on “Annoying know-it-all. Seven letters. Starts with D.”