Free Range by Bill Whitehead for December 18, 2020

If he needs anything, he’ll call the “bellman”.

He’s not even a real Modo. He’s only a Quasimodo. (I stole that from some long-ago cartoon.)

That’s one serious hump Quas is sporting!!!

on vacation he humps it to the beach…

I am so glad he is not wearing a speedo.

All over the city, dogs are salivating.

But where’s Esmeralda?

No one knows he’s gone?! His darn stereo shorted out and burned the place down.

Sanctuary, sanctuary!

All was fine and dandy until his system shorted out and started a fire!

The only guy on the beach who doesn’t need a pillow….

This isn’t even that far out – there was a company (Schlumberger?) that built “electronic carillons” years ago. The bells themselves were recordings, with a big box of electronics to control the timing and sequencing.

They’re gonna realize something’s wrong, there’s no ‘dings’.

Might be a little too remote to get a signal.