Close to Home by John McPherson for January 20, 2025

it’ll be mistaken for a cue ball

Great gag. Eye love it!

Why would you dump human ashes onto a walking path? That’s probably illegal!

Before I read the narrative, I thought she was trying to get a favorable ‘advanced’ drop after her golf ball lodged on the bridge.

Here’s looking at you kid.

Clark Kent?

I’ve had two fusion operations on my neck, so I’ve got four rods and fourteen screws in there They’re all made of titanium, which has a melting point of 3034° F, and the temperature reached in cremation is less than 1800° F. So if my ashes are scattered off a bridge over a road, there’d likely be a flat tire or two resulting. People with hip and knee replacements likely have even more titanium than I have. Since these are precious metals, some crematoriums will “harvest” them for recycling (hopefully with permission).

We’ll keep an eye out for it, Carol!

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard?

I’ve always wondered about that. Also, replacement hips and knees and whatnot.

It’s a good thing that Clark wasn’t the Six Million Dollar man or she would have needed a wheelbarrow.

Always keep your eye on the road.

Whole new meaning to “rolling your eyes”.

Immediately after this she went to the bar in Loose Parts.

She throws his ashes on a road? Nah.

Clark’s seeing the world.

She’ll have to keep an eye out for it.

The eyes have it.

Would a glass eye not melt in the heat of a crematorium?