Monty by Jim Meddick for June 06, 2021

♫”Tall Paula, tall Paula

Tall Paula, she’s my all-a”♫

small saul

Saul…utations.

Creative design work and a recognizable storyline today!

Another missed opportunity for Monty.

Just call him “Mort” for short.

Wish I could figure out what she is saying in the panels where her speech is covered.

And Saul is going to tell you about his bunions.

oh, look – here comes raul…

I actually do this. I get so worried I’ll forget the name, I start thinking of some way to remember it, so much so that I don’t hear anything they’re saying to introduce themselves.

My super power is the ability to forget a man’s name before I even let go of his hand. Lots of people walk dogs around here and I met one who lived nearby and walked his dog by here. Named Jeff. I did a mnemonic “Mutt and Jeff” (although his pal wasn’t a mutt). I could call Jeff’s name when he came by and we howdy’ed. My one success. He moved away right after that.

At my recent annual physical I had to do the Medicare thing of drawing a clock and remembering 3 words. I repeated them about 20 times in my head – I passed!

Anyone else have to do this as a matter of routine? As a terribly absent-minded teacher I know I do, and just like w/ today’s guests, I dread when I get either 2 kids with similar names, or similar appearances…

Better call Saul…Saul.

I’m terrible at remembering names. Had to introduce my sister to a group of people that I worked with. Saw them every day so couldn’t forget their names, right? So proud of myself, I remembered all their names, then turned to my sister and drew a blank.

Paula tall, Saul is small.

It’s hard enuf remembering people’s names, and now we’re expected to remember their individual preferences for pronouns as well?

I was going to make a joke here, but it’s too easy to accidentally say something hurtful to someone. Let’s avoid body shaming for once.

This is a parody of those complicated chains of association which are supposed to make you some kind of Tibetan Memory Wizard. Of course, if your mind worked that fast while meeting new people, you wouldn’t need any tricks.

Something very strange about Monty acting normal and meeting people at parties.

lol

Let see – Saul – I’m not good at making friends…I’m going to live my life in saul-itude…

Tall Paula is a blonde. Short Saul maybe cooks meth.

I do not like tall Paul(a). I do not like Short Saul. I do like them all, at all.

So, no need to remember their names….

That’s Saul there is.

Person…woman…man…camera…