Monty by Jim Meddick for March 21, 2025

“The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. "

— Ernest Hemingway

Sometimes a box is just a box.

In that last panel Fleshy is really thinking outside the box.

Hoping Schrödinger isn’t looking for him.

Hiding is good for spying what you want to attack or don’t want to attack you.

Fleshy is a Zen master.

If his eyes are shut and his legs are moving furiously, he might be dreaming about chasing mice.

This would make a nice infinite-regress image for Douglas Hofstadter’s next book, with each box-dreamer dreaming another. Maybe even a recursive loop?

Fleshy needs to visit a dry sauna, or a rug before a blazing fire. Hairless cats get chilly.

It’s a pretty good box

Whenever I see a cat in a box, all I can think of is, “If it fits, it ships.”

Schrödinger

Live in the now, bro!!

Cats are not lofty intellects nor are they deep thinkers. They don’t think outside the box.

Hey Fleshy – time to start thinking outside of the box?

It’s his Fortress of Solitude.

Fleshy is a realist. He can use his imagination if he wants to.

pragmatic cat

It’s the simple things. That’s how he tolerates Monty. :)

maybe Fleshy’s meeting Calvin to compare transmogrifiers

“It’s a fine idea for a children’s book Mr Geisel, we just feel that a box is kind of meh. Have you considered a hat instead?”

Fleshy is the best character in Monty

I think we all need a box like that, a let it be box.