That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 31, 2022

Mabel hoped she could avoid having sex with the “old fart”… sorry… her husband by acting catatonic.

/// Mrs. Skeffington wed by arrangement.

Loveless marriage would lead to estrangement.

All the critics applaud

actors Bette and Claude,

(she was so good portraying derangement).

Howard finely bored his wife to death by retelling the story about how he found an onion ring in his order of fries.

Brett Kavanaugh takes a girl upstairs at a frat mixer

Henry became concerned that the Laudanum may have been too potent when when yet another of his patients passed out. But on the bright side, her ‘female complaints’ weren’t bothering her any more.

Now that the lady of the house was incapacitated, Roger could retrieve the incriminating letters that his master had sent him for.

/// The Argument lead to a deadlock;

they were joined, not by love, just by wedlock.

If he swallowed his pride

and knelt down by her side,

he knew he’d end up in a headlock.

Last time I date someone from the steno pool.

and just like that, the evening was over…

“Well, Bill said it worked for him…can’t say I see much fun in it though.”

So, you found my magazines! I wouldn’t need them if you would do Those Things for me.

Passed out? Passed away?

/// She craved laudanum (it was was reputed).

That he peddled it was undisputed.

If to him she had toadied,

the girl wouldn’t have O.D.’d;

he’d have made sure that it was diluted.

“but we’ve only watched mamma mia 10 times so far this month…”

The original title of this work was ‘Necrophiliac in Waiting’. When she had told Ignacio that she wouldn’t have sex with him as long as she had breath in her body, she had no idea that he was willing to wait.

A real Tour deforce, sol !

Sometimes the bitterest tear

is also the least least sincere

for what he does not know

is that one hour ago

her boyfriend got outta here !

“This handkerchief smells like it has Chlorafo..”

Roger was a unique assassin, he had the ability to actually bore his victims to death

Dorothy, like all the women, found Harold the Hypnotists mesmerizing.

After chloroforming his wife, Charles lit a small fire in the corner – mind you, they haven’t a fireplace.

He’s visibly somewhat older

And she knows that she’s certain to smolder

For he’s always bedeviled

By beauty disheveled

And the sight of a silken shoulder…

Taste the difference?? It seemed to taste like rohypnol.

Sweetheart, DON’T tell me why Lexus is a better buy than Toyota AGAIN.

She derives a strange satisfaction

from observing his troubled reaction

To the sight of her flesh

so young and so fresh..

She’s driving the man to distraction..

Of frustration he’s certain to tire

And the battles they’ve fought

will all come to naught

When she dies in a hail of gunfire..

She’s dead! Get over it.

But the journalists all will rejoice

at the husband’s unfortunate choice

And they’ll never uncover

The name of the lover

But (let’s face it) – it coulda been “woise”.

Carl couldn’t remember whether he’d slipped her Rohypnol®, GHB, or ketamine but it dawned on him that it might have worked a little too well.

He makes me dress up and look pretty while he pays the bills so he can remember why he spends so much money. It’s a pain in the arse but damn he is rich.

Take a moment while looking a this. / The young lady is in quite a fix. / It’s a common situation / Across our great nation. / She couldn’t care less who’s in Super Bowl Fifty-six!

Every weekend has been just the same. / Game after game after game. / She just quietly damns / both the Bengals and Rams / For her hubby’s attentions they claim.

So for now, she’ll let him ignore her. / In two weeks, it all will be clover. / She’ll have her revenge, / On that, you may depend, / As she makes him binge watch “The Notebook” over and over and over.

Decades ago my darling brought me a drink for a morning by a Palm Springs hotel pool – it was a vodka martini – (his vice was different). Best day of my life!

Velma thinking: “Sometimes when I do this, he just goes away”.

“Oh, crap. Time to start thinking of England again.”

But seriously folks, this is a fantastic painting. Their respective facial expressions are so eloquent. Their character is evident in their high highs. These are twoSpoiled, rich, and willful individuals, who have never made a serious compromise in their lives, and are not prepared to. The artist has conveyed all this with brushstrokes. He has also rendered the hands incredibly well. This may be a “mere” genre painting, but to me it is hey small marvel. This is why I come to priceless. This stuff really is priceless! Thanks Steve Melcher For making my morning!

The date was so boring that she chloroformed herself.

“…of COURSE Santy Claus can stay with us!” (sorry, flashing back to Miracle on 34th Street.)

“I’d LOVE to have Santy Claus come and stay with us. It would be simply charming!”

Male version of “Arsenic and Old Lace”.

Gladys found Henry’s company to be soothing, and obviated her need for Ambien.

“A Guide For Young Ladies,” chapter 6: “Swooning.” ….a vital skill…

A clear case of the “vapors“.Nothing to do but wait it out.

The Argument: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Beck_Wenzell_-_The_Argument.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this painting. Other versions has the strip coloration image.

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

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2022/01/masterpiece-2869_30.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.

@Call me Ishmael

I thought I’d seen his works before, so I did a little research on the artist. He was born in 1864 to a wealthy family in Detroit, Michigan who paid for his art studies in European academies, such as in Munich and the Academie Julien in Paris. There he learned from Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre.

His work as a portrait painter back in Detroit wasn’t exactly a roaring success, so he moved to New York, City where he made a name for himself as an illustrator and was a frequent contributor to Life magazine. He was famous at the time for his beautifully-rendered women in elaborately staged settings ( Wenzell Girls ) and for his capturing the manners and fashions of the rich robber barons and their equally ambitious wives and families.

He died in 1917

Cold shoulder ennui.

sir Archibald, trying out the new fentanyl on madam Bovine. just might have given her an ounce too much.well, no sex for either of them till he gets the dosage right. NO LOSS

If you are trying to look sexy…I must say you failed!

Not strong enough ACTUALLY……

She didn’t react well to losing her bet that she could make Calvin Coolidge say more than two words.

I’m having to play ’possum sooner!

he dosent look like B. Cosby

Hm, seems I wore her down, or out…Does this mean I win? Why don’t I feel triumphant?