Herman by Jim Unger for October 04, 2022

You could say the same thing to King Charles.

Happens with age. You don’t have to reach up as far to put on your hat, your pants waist seems to lengthen and your cuffs seem to cover more of your shoes. Yesterday, Doc asked my height and I said I wasn’t sure I knew.

Only his hat knows for sure.

Yes, I went on a diet and it didn’t go the way I expected.

No. The head was bigger.

he stayed in the sun for a long time

This reminds me of a statement attributed to Lincoln. When asked how long his legs were, he replied, “Long enough to reach the ground.”

His hat still thinks he is taller.

“Didn’t you used to be thinner/prettier/nicer?”

I’m shorter also. Interesting tidbit, people are taller in the morning than the evening. Standing all day compresses the discs in the spine and you loose about a half inch. When I first heard this decades ago I tested it and it was true

maybe his barber just decided the Elvis cut wasn’t working for him anymore

The downside of modeling for René Magritte.

“No. I used to wear cowboy boots.”

been to the shrink. got lots of stuff off my mind.

Clever!

I thought old people were always that way.

(Turns out I was wrong.)

He just got a haircut.

More than likely after years of marriage, she has finally ground him down.

He’s not too short, his feet reach all the way to the ground.

No, I wearing a floater!

I’m just not piled as high as I used to be. It’s gone to waist.

Mr. Frumble strikes again.

“And didn’t you also used to be less surprised all the time?”