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âMan-buns, tri-corner hats, and knee-high socks. Could we look any sexier? I know, letâs try buddy jumping! Thatâll have the ladies flocking around us!â
Children had a hard time amusing themselves before the invention of baseball, soccer, or frisbee (and you werenât allowed to bring your musket to the Common)
Itâs a fairly enjoyable sport/ and tâwas used as a last resort/ for selecting the judges /(no torpid old drudges !)/ who sat on their Supreme Court.
SALMON DRESS LADY: Darling, what interest do those grown men have in that childrenâs game? MR: You donât want to know my sweet. You donât want to knowâŚ
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, the last can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to whatâs pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.
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Again, a larger strip image is shown by (â- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcherâs MASTERPIECE #2340 (December 1, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Women in the background: Oh no, they donât have time to help with the laundry. Too busy at their games. Weâll just see how they like their new shrunken underwear. That should make the game more exciting.
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
All the practice was for naught. The Olympic Committee rejected leap frog as an event.
Say What Nowâ˝ Premium Member about 5 years ago
Early teabaggers.
Strob about 5 years ago
The steeplechase looked different for awhile when all the horses had been eaten after the war.
Papared25 about 5 years ago
âMan-buns, tri-corner hats, and knee-high socks. Could we look any sexier? I know, letâs try buddy jumping! Thatâll have the ladies flocking around us!â
santa72404 about 5 years ago
Hey no fair I want a piggyback ride too!
gopher gofer about 5 years ago
the boys getting a bit wild and crazy after one too many sambuca shotsâŚ
Buzzworld about 5 years ago
Itâs all fun and games until somebody loses a nut.
Khatkhattu Premium Member about 5 years ago
Early chiropractor adjusting the spine.
jel354 about 5 years ago
The prototype âEpic Rap Battles of History.â
rmremail about 5 years ago
Children had a hard time amusing themselves before the invention of baseball, soccer, or frisbee (and you werenât allowed to bring your musket to the Common)
J Short about 5 years ago
Ah yes, that old game, Kneed in the Head.
SmashedHat about 5 years ago
Although some do not like the electoral college, it was an improvement over this, the original method of electing a president.
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
In 18th -century Italy, Second Amendment issues were resolved more sensibly.
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
Itâs a fairly enjoyable sport/ and tâwas used as a last resort/ for selecting the judges /(no torpid old drudges !)/ who sat on their Supreme Court.
Another Take about 5 years ago
SALMON DRESS LADY: Darling, what interest do those grown men have in that childrenâs game? MR: You donât want to know my sweet. You donât want to knowâŚ
Linguist about 5 years ago
Landowners Luigi & Lucy Luciano looking lovingly at their lazy lads leaping and lolling on a Lanciano lawn.
Holden Awn about 5 years ago
It shows as 1887, but I would say the clothing depicted is late 1700s.
mabrndt Premium Member about 5 years ago
Game of Leap Frog:Â
https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?id=232033Â
has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.
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https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=2142Â
https://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=84676Â
https://www.askart.com/artist/Raffaello_Sorbi/11071675/Raffaello_Sorbi.aspxÂ
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, the last can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to whatâs pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.
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Again, a larger strip image is shown by (â- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcherâs MASTERPIECE #2340 (December 1, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Indianapolis Smith about 5 years ago
People laugh, but leap frog was VERY serious back in the day!
One misstep and you had a friend for life or a bitter enemy to the end!
MissScarlet Premium Member about 5 years ago
Women in the background: Oh no, they donât have time to help with the laundry. Too busy at their games. Weâll just see how they like their new shrunken underwear. That should make the game more exciting.
anomaly about 5 years ago
ââGad, sir! One is supposed to mount oneâs horsie from the other side!â
jbrobo Premium Member about 5 years ago
âRemember dear when we played that game on our honeymoon?â
Bilan about 5 years ago
Whatâs really impressive is that they were able to hold that pose for the artist.
Kind&Kinder about 5 years ago
Theyâre playing Leap-Freud.
d1234dick Premium Member about 5 years ago
colonial gay menâs âgay days in the parkâ off to a rousing start