Monty by Jim Meddick for December 23, 2022

He who laughs last

Payback

https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2020/12/23

When I was a teen, my sister’s boyfriend gave me a package wrapped as a coffin – it was a tube of lipstick on top of its box. Sadly he marked it as Petey’s coffin. My budgie who died a couple of months later. Not funny.

My nephew is getting about 30kg of weights. Only after it was wrapped did I think it should be in more than one package. An inability to shift it might give some idea what it is before it’s opened.

My kettle bell is broken. It doesn’t ring at all.

Can one really tip-toe, on wheels ?

Then, again, maybe it’s a round lump of coal with a Kettle Bell handle glued on?

EB3 is sparing Monty some suspense.

One year my brother wanted a CB antenna for his car. The package was a bit too obvious, so I formed a circle at the top and made it look like a tennis racket.

There are no truth in gift wrapping laws and I exploit that to the full.

I’m going to assume that the bowling ball has not yet been drilled, unless EB knows exactly where to drill the finger holes and exactly what size to make. I’m assuming that the blowing ball I had thirty-forty years ago will no longer fit my arthritic fingers.

Ha! I did that once with a vinyl LP. My sister never did figure it out.

Monty thinks he’s so clever. . . :)

With only two days left, EB didn’t have a moment to spare. Inspiration struck at the perfect time. Whether Monty will be bowled over remains to be seen.

Years ago at a work party they played the gift exchange game, where everyone bring a gift, you draw a number and get to pick a gift or ‘steal’ from previous person, but we weren’t allowed to unwrap until the end. Mine was the most stolen gift as it looked like a bottle of wine, but the guy that finally got it unwrapped a bottle of champagne bubble bath and a box of chocolates.

All this time I thought EB3’s nose was his mouth

Monty the mark. E.B. the grifter.

The only one here who gets my sympathy is the puny Christmas tree….