That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 09, 2020

The most boring toga party ever!

Frank had a Giuliani moment while giving his speech.

No matter how hard they tried, nobody could get Doug to understand the concept of ‘no shoes, no shirt, no service’

Hey dog, you don’t want to lick that bowl.

“Anyone got a match?”

lycurgus really hated spartan surroundings…

Lyndon Johnson did that!

“I’m gonna say it one more time! Keep your dogs in your own backyard. I’m tired of cleaning up after them!

Vespasian, tired of being teased about his skinny calves, assembles the best “calf men” in the Empire for training advice.

His swagger stick poised, the Emperor extolled the virtues of the Whippet as a scheissehund.

The artist was definitely a leg man. That’s why they had chosen him for this early ad campaign for Nair.

Why is the guy on the far right wearing his sister’s dress? I’m a fairly open minded guy, so I have no problem with the cross-dressing, but it CLEARLY doesn’t fit him, and his sister is going to be pissed when she finds out he tore the seams.

Gracchus:”If the strippers don’t show up soon, I’m outta here !” Publius:”Take your damn dog with you- he just tipped over the chamber pot, and it’s stinkin’ up the joint.”

The assembly was breathless with anticipation. A member (the gentleman on the far left) had announced his discovery of a new joke: " Thou shouldst pulleth my finger."

The fact is not commonly known/ but recent researches have shown/ that the Senators tremble/ yet swiftly assemble:/ the tyrant hates pooping alone.

The artist captured the moment the man on the far left correctly guessed the emperor’s #2 winning himself what is apparently a well trained cleaning dog. Bravo man, bravo!

On top of his mansplaining, the women were complaining about his manspreading.

Bony knees vs bulging calves contest..

Guy on right…”Well, I do declare! What do we have hare?

What? no nominations for phallic portraiture?

Don’t we all?

The Royal Counsel trying to convince His Lamemess, Lenny the Laughingstock, that really and truly, cross-our-hearts-and hope-to die, he’s lost the election and is no longer Lord of the Lies.

No, I don’t have the toilet paper, Flavious was supposed to bring it today.

Another Great Moment in the History of Underwear: “Does any else feel a draft in here?”

Man on the left: “No sire, this is the finger of cleanliness, not the middle one.”

…even if it was the only throne they had.

Things would get especially tense when he got that “faraway” look in his eye and began grunting.

But then he would say “the falcon has landed” and we would all move back to the big office down the hall.

Crippled Cassius listens intently as one of his stone-chair bearers suggests that chariot wheels could be employed to substantially reduce the number of stone-chair bearers required to get him around.

…….Or is he just pleased to see them.?

No, I do have two swords!

He said to meet him on the throne…

Jack was a little too casual that Friday.

Lycurgus Demonstrates the Benefits of Education: 

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

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

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/everdingen_cesar_van.html 

https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/931/cesar-van-everdingen-dutch-about-1617-1678/ 

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/everdingen.html 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/e/everding/caesar/biograph.html 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about the artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2014/10/23?comments=visible 

has the prior, which while my comment is still there, with the line breaks removed, its 15 hyperlinks remain inactive, ?&@#!#%&!, but the text may be informative.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2595 (December 8, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Lycurgus Demonstrates the Benefits of Education: and Mandatory Conscription

Larry wanted to make the point that his well trained dog was a good hunter. Everyone else decided that if the stew was already in the pot, there wasn’t a lot of need to run off and hunt.

The life of the Spartan nation/ is a subject of fascination./ It may seem absurd/ but they gladly concurred/ with “deferred gratification”.

T’was a matter of Spartan pride/ to ignore the pleasures denied/ disregard the diversions/ cause here come the Persians/ and Darius must be defied.

You will address me as Sir Crapper!

The Spartans took much of the heat/ off the skillful Athenian fleet/ but the outcome was dire/ at the Gates of Fire/ their most famous heroic defeat .

Nobody’s pointed out that this is the first historically documented case of manspreading.

Though history has denied us/ a photo of Leonidas/ were the Spartans to see/ how degenerate we/ are, it’s certain that they would deride us.

Wasn’t that a scene with Martin Balsam in Catch 22?

The final contestants in the “Mr. Pretty Knees” pageant.

This comic strip is pure genius!