That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 23, 2019

It was pink, but a masculine pink.

“Well, the kid did say he wanted the biggest piece of bubble gum ever.”

“Damn, the boss is here and the red carpet’s not ready yet.”

Howard Johnson’s business model of employing six men to make a bed was a well kept secret in the hotel industry. Luckily for him, his breakfast menu kept him afloat until he discovered chambermaids.

The first attempt at the Guinness world’s record for a fish filet sandwich.

Casino’s craps table was rooted in, “HUMBLE”, beginnings !

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqlw

“Hey,Joe, when is that pizza going to be ready?”

Tony Robbins ups the stakes; walking the carpet of molten steel.

The prototype for the pool table could certainly use some improvements.

Down the ol’ salmon mill/the lads all knows the drill/ yer sweats off yer shirt/ an’ the pay is dirt/ then the boss struts in, “dressed to kill”..

“…..right down to the orange roof on Howard Johnson’s outhouse…..”

Cleaning the carpet after one of the king’s legendary orgies required a highly skilled crew.

The captain oversaw the first plank of the Titanic being forged.

GUY ON LEFT: I lost me Beater position on the semi-pro Quidditch team when me broom broke. Can you use a fella with my skills there boss? I got me own beater…

Sure, he was good at the production of fabrics, but what he had always REALLY wanted to be was…a Lumberjack!

I always wondered how they got the salmon fillets so flat.

While the workers were going for the Guinness World Record, the owner was checking to see if it was time to go for a Guinness.

Meanwhile, the boss, on the right, holding the stopwatch, is still dissatisfied.

Another fish story.

Heckmann Copper Rolling Mill, Berlin: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kupferwalzwerk_bei_laufendem_Betrieb_(1891).jpg 

(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting, along with a Description. So far, 35 works with unknown attribution have been used here. 

http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/01/02?comments=visible 

has the prior strip.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2249 (July 22, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

This is a heck of a lot of work to go to for making pennies.

“Men! We’ll surprise our wives by knowing how to make the bed. I’m sure this is how it’s done?”

Making bubble gum destined for inclusion in packs of Topps 1952 baseball cards.