That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 20, 2020

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    BE THIS GUY  over 4 years ago

    I’m surprised he is not using his hat.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Right after losing all his money on the stock market, Jeorg took up panhandling.

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    Strob Premium Member over 4 years ago

    A ventriloquist so creepy, dummies refused to sit in his lap (and who can blame them?)

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    Papared25  over 4 years ago

    Dick Nixon was a natural politician, which he often proved by being able to squat as low as a snake’s belly.

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    Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 4 years ago

    We’re not seeing his sign, “Will do Russian dance for spare change.” For him, it’s a real nutcracker…

    For these guys, not so much … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBqlfKtqTgc

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    syzygy47  over 4 years ago

    “Chairs? We don’ need no steenkin’ chairs!”

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    Buzzworld  over 4 years ago

    Stephen Douglas taking a dump in Abe Lincoln’s top hat.

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    DATo  over 4 years ago

    Bertrand, who was idiomactically impaired, took the expression ’Don’t forget to duck.’ literally.

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    markmoss1  over 4 years ago

    No way could he have held that pose for hours. There must have been a chair, which the artist omitted.

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    coltish1  over 4 years ago

    Martin Van Buren, on his first day as New York Customs Collector.

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    WoodstockJack  over 4 years ago

    So, even in 1825, cartoonists had trouble with feet.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Bend down, a little more, good. Now you’ll fit in the frame.

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    Bookworm  over 4 years ago

    “See? I told you I just have a wide stance. Now, put the stall walls back!”

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    Call me Ishmael  over 4 years ago

    He was known to be prone to squat/but, when asked why he squatted a lot/ he removed his silk hat/ on a “chair of air” sat / and replied"To be frank,I know not!"

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    Kilrwat Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Be honest, does this make my legs look fat?

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    J Short  over 4 years ago

    First day at the gym. “Hell yeah, I feel the burn!”

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    prrdh  over 4 years ago

    “Let me show you this cool dance technique I picked up in Ukraine.”

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    Linguist  over 4 years ago

    Portrait of Nathan Detroit, proprietor of the Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York!

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    lagoulou  over 4 years ago

    Getting ready to pull a bunny out of the hat…

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    WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago

    At least he didn’t have to sit that way for a painted portrait…

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    Another Take  over 4 years ago

    “Hello Followers of ‘How To Crap In A Hat’. Today we cover the positioning of the hat. First we’ll take a look at a common mistake made by beginners…”

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    Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Having made Penn disappear, Teller allows himself that first tentative smile.

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    MissScarlet Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Go ahead, laugh all you want. But wait till you see me schuss down those slopes!

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    jel354  over 4 years ago

    Baseball umpires back then dressed in a more upscale mannger but had less protection.

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Self-portrait

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tominz_Autoritratto_1.jpg 

    (best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting. Other versions has strip coloration.

     

    https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=5284 

    https://www.portovenereart.com/Artists/3038 

    https://www.askart.com/artist/Giuseppe_Tominz/11198520/Giuseppe_Tominz.aspx 

    https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi707561/ 

    all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, Chrome can automatically translate as necessary, and askart.com can be read for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. First work by him used here.

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2388 (February 19, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    Impkins  Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Rabbits are a “dime a dozen” and I’ll just get another! THIS is what I think of your Ransom note!! :>)

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    d1234dick Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Gordon has bad Eyesite, as he is seen pooping into his hat, just a few feet off center.

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