Orland Gelger

Orland Gelger is the garbageman who works the street the Mongleys live on. He has no need of a garbage truck; he simply makes his way down the street pouring the garbage down his voluminous gullet, and thereby doing his job and getting meals all in one go.

Orland wears a necklace (despite his lack of a neck) which, if asked, he says is the sign of his membership in a secret society. He seems unfazed when people point out that if it's a secret society, he probably shouldn't be telling people about it.