This ‘ere is Digger MacBream/ big an’ fast – every coach’s dream/ but he wears pretty shoes/ and he’s scared of tattoos/ so they don’t want ’im on the team.
I can assume this artist was well known, but I gotta say: this painting depicts the subject as having tiny little feet, a rotund core, and a head a size or two too small for its trunk. One hopes for the subject that the artist’s work was inaccurate.
has info and links that point to info about this roughly B2 paper size painting.
Other than what’s pointed to by the title URL, I could find no online information about this artist, who from auction listings, mainly did equine or other sporting paintings. This is the first work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2255 (July 31, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Last effort: His complexion was “pride of the team”/ his arms were like peaches and cream/ but he drove the Coach bats / he refused to wear “flats” ! / Sometimes things ain’t quite what they seem..
So…hold the ball in this way…and now?…run?…run with it you say? How odd! Whyever would one run with it? No, no…not my goal in life. Ha ha ha ha, quite a jape, my friend! C’mon, chum, time to quaff an ale and flap the flappers! I’ll fire up the old flivver!
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
“Ok, mate, this is what we call football in Australia. Not that pansy stuff you play in Europe.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 5 years ago
After Biff stopped to pose for the painter, the rest of the players just went for a beer.
Strob Premium Member about 5 years ago
Maybe time for a new shoe contract.
Papared25 about 5 years ago
“Yes, I am wearing one-inch heels. What’s your point?”
Bilan about 5 years ago
The down-under version of the Marlboro Man, the Marlboro Mate.
juncarlo about 5 years ago
Hey, does this outfit make my butt look big?
hans Premium Member about 5 years ago
It wasn’t “sleeveless”. It was his right to bear arms!
orinoco womble about 5 years ago
“Pardon me—do you have any Grey Poupon?”
garcoa about 5 years ago
Okay, but why are those big guys running full speed at me?
ccomebacktour about 5 years ago
Couldn’t decide if playing shirts or SKINS !
J Short about 5 years ago
That look you give when you blew the hand off, and 4 guys, in excess of 300lb, are thundering toward you.
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
Although ‘e was "losin’ ‘is figger"/nobody would trifle wi’ "Digger/ The Beast o’ the Squad/ ‘e was ’eavily shod/ an’ meaner than God – only bigger.
Buzzworld about 5 years ago
“I don’t know. This ball feels a little under inflated”
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
This ‘ere is Digger MacBream/ big an’ fast – every coach’s dream/ but he wears pretty shoes/ and he’s scared of tattoos/ so they don’t want ’im on the team.
PO' DAWG about 5 years ago
I’ll trade you two Spencer cards for the Nigel rookie card and $300.
Linguist about 5 years ago
In Australian rules football, a sleeveless shirt was part of the uniform, but high heels were optional.
Holden Awn about 5 years ago
I can assume this artist was well known, but I gotta say: this painting depicts the subject as having tiny little feet, a rotund core, and a head a size or two too small for its trunk. One hopes for the subject that the artist’s work was inaccurate.
mabrndt Premium Member about 5 years ago
Geoff Moriarty, 1901:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geoff_Moriarty_1901.jpg
has info and links that point to info about this roughly B2 paper size painting.
Other than what’s pointed to by the title URL, I could find no online information about this artist, who from auction listings, mainly did equine or other sporting paintings. This is the first work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2255 (July 31, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
Last effort: His complexion was “pride of the team”/ his arms were like peaches and cream/ but he drove the Coach bats / he refused to wear “flats” ! / Sometimes things ain’t quite what they seem..
jbrobo Premium Member about 5 years ago
Wow! This is the biggest suppository I’ve ever seen!
Malcome1 about 5 years ago
Before instant replay there was instant reenactment in water colors.
pcolli about 5 years ago
If you touch the ball with your hands it’s “hand ball”.
Kind&Kinder about 5 years ago
So…hold the ball in this way…and now?…run?…run with it you say? How odd! Whyever would one run with it? No, no…not my goal in life. Ha ha ha ha, quite a jape, my friend! C’mon, chum, time to quaff an ale and flap the flappers! I’ll fire up the old flivver!
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 5 years ago
Nigel thought bubble: “Gender assumption. GENDER ASSUMPTION.”
the1951hapster about 5 years ago
When the opposing team failed to show, Freddie Mercury got the inspiration to write “We Are the Champions”.
anomaly about 5 years ago
“I know I gotta kick the ball, mate. But my neck’s got a friggin’ kink in it!”
d1234dick Premium Member about 5 years ago
footballer Freddy mercury in his butcher days.
tracybsmith about 5 years ago
Sears pose #37
Another Take about 5 years ago
Did you just call me a sticky beak poofter Bruce?