That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 13, 2022

For their 60th anniversary, Margaretha gave her husband a portrait of herself — at the artist’s recommendation — with her clothes on.

“The washroom is too your left and down the hall.”

/// Mildred Natwick had talent that stuns.

She portrayed mothers, Snoopers and nuns.

Here, she brings “Marg” to life

(plays a rich Dutchman’s wife)

with an odd acting choice— finger guns.

I don’t know who this is but damn, she’s ugly!

sally was proud of her status as the original “Butterface”

Don’t tell me about prairie dogging/

Or claim that you’ve taken up jogging/

I know what’s the matter/

that’s not sweat – that’s pee spatter -/

so much that my glasses are fogging..///

As of now, I’ve embarked on a mission/

‘Gainst your peeing o’er the partition/

twixt your office and mine./

and it’s more than a mere imposition.///

I sympathize with your condition/

And appreciate your deep contrition/

But poor bladder control/

Is taking a toll/

Now get the hell out of my kitchen.

“Just a peek, my naughty monkey, and then you must escape out the back before Bruno gets home.”

I had to Google “prairie-dogging” in order to figure out Melcher’s joke. Back in my cubicle farm days, that was the term we used when heads would pop up above the walls whenever somebody shouted out (usually creative cursing after ending phone calls with particularly annoying customers or vendors.)

huh?

helga flashing the crips hand sign…

Inventor of the “I’m with stupid” t-shirt.

Yes, I’ve had Dupuytren’s contracture for some time. So I got a job at my local pub, pointing the way to the restrooms.

When the model refused to come back for a second sitting, the artist convinced his butler to pose for the face.

You’re a door to door sales man, well there’s the door!

God broke the mold when He made her… and said “never making that mistake again”.

Johnny liked to play "dress up " in his Grandmothers clothes.

okay, prairie-dogging is my new word for the day

Johnny Dillinger’s mom showing him how to use a finger gun to escape from jail. “If you need to sell it, point to the ceiling and yell BLAM BLAM!”

" The bar is that way, gentlemen. My ladies are waiting to attend to all your needs. "

Here’s your coat, what’s your hurry?

Chico Marx’s piano teacher.

“Stop staring at me, you dolt! Your model is over there!”

Portrait of Margaretha Trip, Wife of Hendrik van de Poll: 

Paste 

Margaretha_Trip_(1699-1778)._Echtgenote_van_Harmen_Hendrik_van_de_Poll,_SK-A-1269.jpg site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Duckduckgo, and Ecosia search engines – Yandex currently finds different coloration image with same information, and Yahoo and Bing both find Category with 4 images including this) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and chose the first File: link found for info and links that point to more info (best viewed by Google Chrome which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2912 (April 13, 2022) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, 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 him used here.

Pull my finger!

I don’t see the connection between the portrait and the punchline.

“Finger Bang” (probably have to Google that too. Ha)

You know she is right, she is always right, but not to pretty

People agreed that Norman had finally gone over the edge when he started posing his mother in different positions …