That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 25, 2021

“Do you mind if I join you? I hate eating alone.”

“Ha! You thought I couldn’t join you because there was no chair for me. Well I’ve learned to bring my own.”

When I said I would chair the meeting I was thinking of something completely different!

As Louis explained yet again how he had invented a game he called “Musical Chairs,” his bored wife and the others stared across the room at the small TV behind him.

“Hi, friends! I just got back from my vacation at this fabulous time-share! Let me tell you about it.”

Everyone who’d been there would recall, / years from now, that it all started small. / Muttered insults. A swear. / Then he picked up a chair. / Threw it— starting the first barroom brawl.

“Ladies and gentlemen, let’s have a big welcome fooor…Sonny and Chair ! ”

He would boast of his criminal spree / and of being a jail escapee. / Causing pain and despair, / that’s why he got the chair. / (Also, murder in the first degree.)

They come in all shapes and sizes/ and some of them even win prizes/ but they’re all the same asses/ and as the time passes/ there’s not one the chair recognizes.

Can’t top that.

The day Fred met Ginger…..the dance floor was all theirs.

Paladin’s cousin Freeloadin; “Have chair, will travel”.

clint eastwood, practicing his chair duet…

Sorry I have to go although I chairish my time with you.

“Thanks for this chairty donation.”

Poirot, the little Belgian detective, about to question suspects…

Hi, can I join you? So what are you talking about? Are talking about overthrowing the government? My brother’s friend once was into that.

Louis demonstrates one of his invention’s – the Chair-Cane – many uses. Well, one of two uses truth be told.

He’s the Chairman of the Bored, and they were by the time he was done.

Cabaret scene with trophy from the Battle of Waterloo: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Vervloet_-_Cabaret_scene_with_trophy_from_the_Battle_of_Waterloo.jpg 

(best viewed with Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

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

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/10/masterpiece-2814.html 

I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.

Are those giant lobster claws on the wall?

“Has anyone seen my alcoholic son? He’s about this tall and has a white dog.”

“He’s right behind you, Caleb.”

“Hey, folks.”

“Do you have a reservation, sir?”

“What are you eating?”

“Pickled goat testes in brown cream sauce with bleached peanut husks.”

“I have serious reservations, but I’ll pull up a chair, anyway.”

Stone, the one who cut the cheese>

“I’d like some kielbasa sausage, please.”

“Are you Polish?”

“Yes, how could you tell? Is it from the sausage I ordered?”

“No. This is a drugstore.”

“You mean I can’t take it home?”

“No, I sit you not.”

Slowly standing erect, with a grip / on the back of his seat (lest he slip), / through the window, Clyde peered / at three lions which neared. / “I’ve a chair. Anyone got a whip?”

He’s confronting the girl just to mock her, / so it isn’t that much of a shocker, / or even a stunner. / He broke off each runner / and stands— clearly off of his rocker.

No, really! I can balance a chair on two legs and sit on it! Here … let me show you …

Well, ever since the blacksmith hit my hand with a hammer; it is pretty useless. So, I’m trying out other objects to see if they will work as a replacement.