all religions are insane. they have crazy practices and rituals. why must i stand up and sit down every time the priest raises and lowers his hands? why must i touch water and make the sign of the cross? and, the crazy dietary restrictions. not to mention, the fear of science and medicine. plus, their doctrine that everything will be provided in the afterlife, so their members shouldn’t have retirement accounts, insurance, savings accounts, etc…
Click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Smaller enlargement can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.Alain Chartier (link shows his Wikipedia page, Google translated French Wikipedia page is longer) sold for $441,438 (non-inflation-adjusted), 11/28/01, and is privately owned.No, the artist didn’t come back from the grave and paint it 86 years after his death. It is shown, with a different coloration image, and described by its auction page (see LOT NOTES).Another different coloration image can be found here. The artist’s Wikipedia page and collection.Tenth, of the 13 works, by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.For reasons known only to Mr. Melcher, it is listed as MASTERPIECE #1, even though it appeared over a year after he started his blog — the first one there is MASTERPIECE #3.
Bill Maher suggests that we cut the Scientologists and the Mormons a little slack. It’s not their fault that they came around so late that all the “good” myths were already taken.
Having said that- I don’t get this joke. What does it have to do with Scientology?
margueritem over 11 years ago
Scientologists must love drapery…
Newshound41 over 11 years ago
Leighton did this painting after he died?
bluskies over 11 years ago
Long train running.
tattooedcyberidiot over 11 years ago
Medieval RBT
pcolli over 11 years ago
“Oh, for goodness sake, man – sit up straight.”
Linux0s over 11 years ago
It’s the ’ol awkward lean-in kiss avoidance.
Snoopy_Fan over 11 years ago
Looks more like a sorority initiation to me…
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
all religions are insane. they have crazy practices and rituals. why must i stand up and sit down every time the priest raises and lowers his hands? why must i touch water and make the sign of the cross? and, the crazy dietary restrictions. not to mention, the fear of science and medicine. plus, their doctrine that everything will be provided in the afterlife, so their members shouldn’t have retirement accounts, insurance, savings accounts, etc…
mabrndt Premium Member over 11 years ago
Click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Smaller enlargement can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.Alain Chartier (link shows his Wikipedia page, Google translated French Wikipedia page is longer) sold for $441,438 (non-inflation-adjusted), 11/28/01, and is privately owned.No, the artist didn’t come back from the grave and paint it 86 years after his death. It is shown, with a different coloration image, and described by its auction page (see LOT NOTES).Another different coloration image can be found here. The artist’s Wikipedia page and collection.Tenth, of the 13 works, by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.For reasons known only to Mr. Melcher, it is listed as MASTERPIECE #1, even though it appeared over a year after he started his blog — the first one there is MASTERPIECE #3.
Chief Inspector over 11 years ago
@mabrndt Tired of art snobs and their stuffy old museums? So was Steve Melcher, so he created That Is Priceless —
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
never spare the chintz!
MrsSnape over 11 years ago
With the size of that hat, the bride needs to watch out for low flying planes!
Linguist over 11 years ago
Let me get this “clear”, this is a picture from John Revolting’s wedding ?
Fuddy Duddy over 11 years ago
Before there was Facebook . . .
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 11 years ago
Teresa B. is back.But F. Blog is still in limbo.
Thehag over 11 years ago
‘In other words, a perfect wedding for Tom Cruise and John Travolta.’-——————————
Well, yes that would be an interesting wedding.
MissScarlet Premium Member over 11 years ago
Bill Maher suggests that we cut the Scientologists and the Mormons a little slack. It’s not their fault that they came around so late that all the “good” myths were already taken.
Having said that- I don’t get this joke. What does it have to do with Scientology?
TileComics over 11 years ago
It is an atheist dogma that all religions are insane. The irony.
mabrndt Premium Member about 11 years ago
Here is another work by this artist.