That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 23, 2022

Half-a$$ attempt by the local schools to make their student body look diverse.

Aren’t they a little young to be getting married?

/// Wearing clothing from lands overseas

is a practice that will, some, displease.

You may think, “What’s the harm?”

And yet, look at each arm.

If unbent, they would reach past their knees!

It took the older brother several more years to finally have her deposed from the throne.

if mom catches you with the colander on your head Walter, you are in big trouble!

“When we grow up, let’s get married.” “But I’m your sister.” “It runs in the family”.

“Darling costumes, Marge, but worse than a snowsuit when it’s time to change the diapers!“

Firemen and nurses used to be much more fancy!

billy always insisted on wearing his favorite lampshade for these portraits with sis…

“…and then you tuck your right shoulder under his arm and flip him over your back in one quick motion.”

Trick or treat!

The boy’s hat looks like a Moe’s Haircut Guide™.

The kiddies are rather robotic/

but the parents are downright despotic/

(they could not be more white);

and they couldn’t look less exotic .

So what’s happening when a Middle Easterner wears Brooks Brothers? Ah! Colonialism! Got it. Thanks.

Halloween comes early to the Smythe-Jones family.

Next week on the reality TV show, *8 and Married" She likes Sesame Street and he prefers Barney, will it work out?

It was a momentous day / As they dressed in a ‘comic’-cal way / She, an Arabian Princess / He, a Mongol warrior, no less / And so the beginning of cosplay

And the boy is wearing sneakers.

Boy in the worst pumpkin costume ever.

“We’ll never score enough Halloween candy to justify all the time it took Mom to dress us up like Ming The Merciless and I dunno – are you the Pope???

The costumer almost fell over when the kid showed up on stage in his Adidas.

Baby Face Nelson and his wife, Mrs Baby Face Nelson, after a shopping spree following their most recent bank heist.

These children, in dress Oriental / Are cute and quite ornamental / The sneaker, a Nike / Gets some people cranky / If Keds, would you be less judgmental?

“Ok kids, after we are done in the Ukraine, guess where we’re going next?” exclaimed Uncle Vladimir.

/// Something odd in this painting is showing,

(though, at this point there’s no way of knowing).

That cute turbaned child

seems peaceful and mild,

but I’m sure that’s a gang sign she’s throwing.

I dunno… seems to me the only two things that qualify as cultural mis-appropriation are actually stealing things from a culture (a lot of relics qualify) or using stuff and claiming it’s original when it’s not. I certainly never felt guilty about wearing Nehru jackets.

Portrait of two children in eastern costumes: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tilly_Kettle_-_Portrait_of_two_children_in_eastern_costumes.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

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

https://thatispricelessblog.com/2022/02/masterpiece-2884 

and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). 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.

Let’s us hope that they do not sing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unveuZ-aRqA

Boy, I really got off on the wrong track with this one. I thought it was a poster made by an early “bikers rights” organization, titled “HELMET LAWS SUCK”

Posing for this painting sent the Farkington-Farnsworth children into years of therapy. Some issues were never resolved!

Ying and Yang seemed in good spirits after their facial reconstruction surgeries.

It’s one of those “Find the hidden objects” in the picture!

I see a colander. A curtain. large tweezers. A feather duster.

It’s hot. Can we do the stripping dance now?

It’s an interesting family trait/

Atavistic- but clearly innate/

They once swung through the trees/

With arms such as these/

And at times they still brachiate..