Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 02, 2020

“We’re not home.”

What do you mean, the dinner was canceled due to Covid?

“Well, how nice! Why?”

This is very common around here, in lieu of ringing doorbells …

If you call before getting out of your car, someone can probably open the door, so you don’t have to stand around on the porch.

If you’re just picking people up, you can wait in the car …

let them know where you’re parked, and even remind them to bring the movie tickets (when we have theaters again), or tell them that they’ll need sweaters.

Doorbells are jarring…

As Farside said, they disturb pets and kids.

I prefer the sound of a phone, plus the bonus of 2-way communication.

All this, of course, is currently suspended…

waiting for the day when I can visit someone again, or have a passenger in my car.

Forgot to put out the gone fishing sign.

“I’d ring the doorbell but I’m holding my sweeties hand & my phone in the other”

What? A cook out in the backyard?

You guys have it all wrong. He took grandma out on a date; her family’s calling him, to ask when he’ll bring her back (it’s getting late, note the bugs around the porch light).

Doorbell silenced by accident. Happens at a friend’s all the time. And no; she actually likes us. Plus we bring lots of food for bbqing. :-)

“Hadn’t you heard? We moved, and oops, we just now changed our phone number…”

[♪ Tone ♪ Tone ♩ Tone]

“We’re sorry…”

Cellphone with an antenna?

And you can stay there. Good night.

It’s a bad time.. we both have headaches. Sorry about leaving the porch light on.. our bad.

“…and we’ve been watching you through the window…”