Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for April 05, 2024

Too much brandy in the tea cup?

Because he could.

It was the closest Jerome could come to putting it where people are always saying it is.

Purely unintentional, my Dear. I dropped my coffee and was trying to grab my cup before it hit the ground.

To see what was on the other side.

Because it was there.

Cause my friend Joey said he did it and had a blast.

Joey double-dog dared me!

Just so funny…

It’s a mystery for another day, Dolores. Now get him the hell outta there!

Try jumping up and down on the chair.

Dolores is jealous, she wanted to be the first to do it.

Because he could.

I’d like to know how.

A political attack ad came on the radio.

Some things can’t be explained. For Jerome, most all can’t.

It must have been the thrill of the Chaise…

( ͡   ͚ ͚ʖ ͡  )

Jerome was hoping she would not ask that question only because he has no answer!

Because.. there was no sand and remember that story about ostriches.

He’s having a private conversation with his friend Patty O. Furniture.

kinda like why people climb a mountain, only different!

Murray always dives headlong into every activity.

He was aiming for his rear end but he missed.

An anecdote, fwiw:

These folding “chaise lounge” [American for chaise longue one supposes] chairs have been rickety and so poorly built the last few decades that they barely last one camping trip with friends.

One evening, while enjoying cheese and crackers, along with an “adult entertainment beverage,” I called my slowly collapsing contraption a “cheesy lounger”… which then morphed into cheese lounger.

Seems to have caught on. Now we all do — with or without the cheese, crackers, and / or said beverages.

Happy Friday, Ballardonians!

Good morning Balladeers!

Dropped a quarter.

I have a folding camp stool with a webbing-strip seat. The first time I unfolded it, my cat spent five minutes figuring out how to sit on it without paws slipping through. She stuck with it, though, because it was the highest, most comfortable seat in siight and was rightfully hers to use.

She’s familiar enough with his mishaps to take them in stride!

Jesus Christ. Did she look that bad?

As you can see, he hasn’t had his caffeine yet. You try managing a chaise lounge when you’re half-asleep.

“Because second place is for losers”.

Jerome faceplanted on his chaise longue.

It wasn’t his idea. Sometimes, chaise lounges just attack.