Monty by Jim Meddick for August 31, 2024

Selective scotoma.

Lots of people must have this type at home, that’s the only explanation I can think of for how many people dress.

This is a ripoff of a short story by Ray Bradbury called “The Dwarf,” the first story in his collection “The October Country.” Every night a dwarf goes to a mirror maze, and the owner of the maze notices this and spies on him. It turns out the dwarf is going to one particular mirror that makes him appear tall and proportionate. The owner, as a joke, replaces the mirror with one that makes people look short and squat. If I remember right, the dwarf murders the practical joker. The end.

It’s been decades since I read the story, so I’m sure I’ve got some of the details wrong, but that’s it more or less.

I just read an article explaining how defective mirrors have been allowing folks to exit their houses in the morning actually looking poorly dressed etc.

I was wondering why I looked so good.

Hah! If Jarvis stood in front of this mirror he would look like a smooshed banana nosed string.

At 76, I can look at myself in the mirror and think “OK, not too bad; I can live with that.” Then I look at a photo of myself and think “OMG, is THAT what I look like?”

The first square is hilarious

Nice recovery, Jarvis. :)

“Why is my balloon so skinny?”

Jarvis is really clever.

Sedgie just can’t see himself, period.

Thats a schnozolla