Monty by Jim Meddick for November 08, 2020

My son stopped trimming his beard when the pandemic began. He looks like a mad trapper now. Luckily, he keeps it clean, although is doesn’t act like a bib at times. :P

I have had a short beard all of my adult life. About a year or so ago, I decided to grow it long. I didn’t like it. Not only did it not look good on me, like Monty, it was also a bib. Eyuck.

Well… I didn’t think he could look worse…

What else is he doing with that dust buster in his lap?

A shaggy beard full of kid’s cereal and a small appliance in your lap?! Why, yes Monty, “gravitas” is exactly the word I’d use to describe you! lmao Well at least it grew out ok this time! lol https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2014/05/26

Back in the day, the slang for a long mustache was a ‘soup strainer.’

I’ve had a beard for over 40 years and I’ve learned that you don’t need a dust buster if you keep the soup strainer trimmed. It also maximizes the lip surface contact when I’m smooching with my honey.

I know a year-round Santa with an immaculate white beard. He drinks coffee through a straw.

My grandpa liked soft-boiled eggs. I’ll just stop there.

Sigmund Fraud… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Yup, Monty is “loaded” with something, but it ain’t gravitas! :)

So I’m guessing trolls don’t have beards?

This isn’t leftover breakfast, it’s lunch.

“Full” beards are yucky per se. But even the neatly trimmed ones (which is a lot of work) do catch food and drink, which definitely undermines the effect.

For a really ghastly effect, guy in my grocery store has a full beard with a hairnet on it. City ordinance, I think. Half again as ugly.

Basically, I haven’t shaved since last March. My first beard ever is all grey-white rather than dark, but it does enable me to testify to brother Monty’s travail. —Although I do not have a daily Dust Buster….

Unless they are going to keep it trimmed, don’t bother. I hate scraggly beards.

I eat at my desk, and to keep my shirt and desk nice I made a bib out of a hand towel and a test lead (wire with an alligator clip at each end). I got the idea from my dentist’s bib. It looks silly, though; perhaps growing a beard will solve the problem.

Is that a Hoover or are you just glad to see me.