That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 08, 2021

Tetraites was disqualified after they found “sticky stuff” on his trident.

Naked, but not Afraid

The Winter Soldier takes a spa day.

Marcellus thought that his new bionic arm would make him more than a match for any lion. What he didn’t know was that Leo had had his jaw cybernetically enhanced so it could crush steel.

Remember, make it look good before you take a dive in the third round.

He slept in and didn’t get enough time to finish putting on his armored suit.

Don’t fork with me.

Finally that last olive will be mine!

Four out of five retiarii recommend Trident. Stallonicus, unfortunately, was the fifth.

Tridents are normally, but not always, quite effective against giant sea-slug attacks.

Gladiators would battle for freedom. / Bread and wine were their only “per diem.” / Some used tridents and nets / as the viewers placed bets / in this larger-than-death mausoleum. /// When he charged, all the Romans could see him / as he fought cross the great Colosseum. / His opponent in view, / shouts “Fork me? No, fork you!!” / Now his skull decorates a museum.

Terminator - the early years.

As it happens, I am reading Gladiator: The Roman Fighter’s [Unofficial] Manual The arm armor was fairly standard for a retiarii. They did not have a regular sort of shield since they had two objects to carry already, the trident and the net, So armor on the left arm instead.

‘Aw come on you coward. It’s just a flesh wound.

That’s a disturbing painting.

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase VIII: “Gladiator meets Venom — Symbioticus Rex” (the transformation)

spartacus always took his iTrident with him on his morning jog…

“Epater le bourgeois !”

The ancient origins of pole vaulting.

Suppose someone comes at you with a banana

A young Roman fellow named Marius/ trained hard to become a Retiarius/ he was sadly deterred/ by the diaper absurd/ and his teeth were atrociously carious !

“That does it ! Now I’m seriously angry!”

Winter soldier?

The Retiarius grew simply hyper/when the Secutor laughed at his diaper/but the fans were hilarious/ when a sly Sagittarius/ took them both down – he fought as a sniper./// For despite your heroic resistance/ and your courage, and endless persistence/ you must lose in the end/ (just face it, my friend)/ to the fellow who fights from a distance.

“Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant.”

Early experiments in creating the Bionic Man met with mixed reviews … It wasn’t exactly a roaring success when dealing with the beasts of the colosseum and the Emperor gave it the thumbs up!

“The Winter Soldier: 2nd Beta test”

As seltzer bottles and water-spraying lapel flowers had not yet been invented, early circus clowns relied on arterial spray to get the crowds laughing.

Cyberius really like his new smart belt, but unfortunately it failed to hold up his drawers.

Hold on I want my marshmallow!

“HOT, HOT, HOT!! The sand is burning my feet!”

Bitten by an alien, he was starting to turn into one.

If I were the lion I would bite the whole artificial arm off after a prod of that trident! And what is that around his ankles?

Montanus on the occasion of his invention of the giant leech gambit.

“Guys, this thing is rusted and I can’t bend my elbow! Guys? GUYS?!?”

“Damn it, how many times do I have to tell you? The lion fork goes on the LEFT!”

He really suspected the therapeutic benefits of leeches was over estimated.

Nuthin could be worse, though/ than to hear “pollice verso” in the mor-or-ornin’..

A Retiarius: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean_L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_-_A_Retiarius.webp 

has info and links that point to more info about this roughly B4 paper size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image at 

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/07/blog-post.html 

I have added a comment there pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. So far, 24 works by this artist have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2021/06/08?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there pointed to the same artist info URLs that I pointed to at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry).

The “profession” of Retiarius/ is entirely too precarious/ with no armor protection/ from any direction/ and the ways of dying so various…

Being Secutor isn’t much better/ you’re supposed to be the “go-getter”/ but your shield weighs a ton/ and under the sun/ your helmet feels like a wool sweater.

This is what happens when you are last in line to pick armor. You take what is left over.

Both are jobs for the kind of a guy/ who is really reluctant to die/ and who may get a thrill/ when it’s legal to kill/ so to be an accountant I’ll try…

Your mother warned you about what would happen if you didn’t stop!

Justin just couldn’t get over his love for smores, even after loosing a arm in the fire.he used his shirt to pay for trying.

He’s not really a Retiarius. That’s the guy that picks up the lion scat after each show.

So what happened to his net?

“RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!”

“Use the fork, Luke!”