Close to Home by John McPherson for June 16, 2021

I thinking the other two players didn’t want to know that.

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘running out of time’.

We figured if he was always going to make an ash of himself playing games, why let death stop him!

I can definitely see zealous fans doing something like this.

Peek-a-boo, Bleeb.

She’s still playing with him.

The word “POEMS” is in the upper left.

I hear the latest is being composted!!

Poor Tom Thumb!

Tiny guy, wasn’t he?

The mind boggles.

Oh, what a nice gesture, and still useful!

I just recently saw a news article that people are doing that now so that their missing family members can still join the game.

I think it’s time….these were the days of his life!

That would probably prompt happy memories of Stan

Maybe they could retool the Ouija thingamajig to hold ashes.

Boggle? Never heard of it, but I see it’s a real thing.

And the sands of time continue to fall.

“Wait… or was it the salt shaker… I forget.”

My recently deceased wife and I loved Scrabble, mostly on the Ipad until it was “removed” after an update. Lost the game, then lost her. :(

PS: this may have just given me fuel for a new credo:

Scream, Goat, Smell, Itch, Clobber. シ

Tiny fellow wasn’t he?…….

She just didn’t take the idea far enough.

If she’d had some of his skeleton reserved out from the cremation, a skilled craftsman could have sliced and dried and polished and engraved some nice little letter-cubes. I’m not sure there would have been enough solid bone to make a complete set, but at least a few could have been made as a nice accent to the set.

Must’ve been a small guy…

“Like Stan through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.”

Those ashes must run awfully slow, like Stan did…

That’s a cute idea!

Stan must have been 12 inches tall!

What a thoughtful idea, I wonder what she did with the rest of hi ashes.

Definitely TMI.

Hopefully his ashes didn’t wind up in some rolled up white paper with a lighter

“At LAST, you lazy bum, you’re going to WORK!”

/Old punchline, similar setup.