That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 21, 2022

Frustrated waiter bombs painting of couple who still haven’t ordered.

first one to blink pays the check…okay? go!

Waiter sees his sister being hit on, the next scene is unprintable.

Ok, it’s time for the pepper spray.

Why was this happening? It wasn’t even a full moon!Jonathan casually hid the hand that was transforming into a claw behind Melinda’s back before she noticed.

Actor/Waiter about to get fired for sexually harassing the patrons.

/// At their table she’s frozen in dread.

Was it something the younger man said?

“You’ve got nothing to fear,

but, please, hold still, my dear,

for a pigeon has perched on your head.”

/// Now the waiter has noticed it, too,

and he’s tempted to wave and shout, “Shoo!”

Dining under the sky

allows birds to fly by,

and at dinner a squab may choose you.

Paul McCartney’s grandfather, the suave Frenchman in the family.

“What’s a girl like you doing in a nice place like this ?”

Is he using his youthful appeal/

In an effort to “close the deal”/

Or so lacking in tact/

That he’s trying , in fact/

To get her to pay for the meal ?///

The day is so gorgeous and sunny/

and you gotta admit, she’s honey/

But you got it wrong, Mister../

She’s only his sister -/

And he’s trying to borrow some money.

“I’ll point to the sky and yell Hindenburg! When he looks up you slip under the table. Then I’ll throw silverware up in the air and when he looks up again, I’ll join you.”

“I’m sorry Mr. Serpico, but I do not want to say hello to your little friend!”

Meanwhile, back at the ranch……

The first photo … er, painting bomb.

“Hey beautiful, my doctor says I’m missing vitamin U.”

“How’s about we ditch this joint?”

“OK, I’ll met you at your place in 1/2 an hour for some wild sex. If I’m not there start without me.”

“You’re right, Mary—it does look natural. The doctor who performed your uvula tuck really is a miracle worker!”

The original name for this painting was, The Hussle, The Bustle, and the Bristle

Look, he’s hanging around cause I told him you might do both of us. How bout it?

♫ I’m just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the part I’m playing Paid for every dance, selling each romance Ooh, what they’re saying ♫ (Songwriters: Irving Caesar / Julius Brammer / Leonello Casucci)

“Of course you can wear a frilly neck kerchief and not worry about your masculinity. This is France, mon ami!”

“Dear Marionette – you wouldn’t believe the things I’ve learned since I made the change! For instance – Men’s Restrooms are generally disgusting…”

So how do lesbians have sex? It’s too complicated. I’d have to show you.

As his boss fumes in the background, preparing to storm over and fire his little…wait…this is a painting…no one is actually MOVING! Unless this is Hogwart’s or something…

My name is Desi and I love you Lucy!

Probably Manet’s family. They were probably shiftless and he could get them to pose for free lunch.

But mademoiselle, I get paid extra if you order the luncheon special…please?

At the Père Lathuille Restaurant: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"File:Edouard Manet 031.jpg" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Yandex, Yahoo, Bing, Duckduckgo, and Ecosia search engines) in the address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and click first link for info and links that point to more info (best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this painting.

Again, a slightly larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: 2/21/11 (MASTERPIECE #480) (April 20, 2022) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu. I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. So far 18 works, by this artist, have been used here (20 times total, including this Throwback Thursday, and a prior repeat), the July 4, 2012, strip being its first use (the 19 hyperlinks in my comment there have been deactivated, and the line breaks removed, but perhaps the text remains informative, though somewhat outdated). The February 24, 2021, strip has the prior (my comment there has the artist info URLs pointed to by the here links in my blog entry comment).

The waiter is about photo bomb Walter’s big chance.

That french man is obviously falling much to easily for the fascist female politician he has unwittingly taken to dinner.

Really! I mean it! Would I lie to you?

Please mademoiselle, you must help me! I must have a saying for the mornin’!

For Friday:/// There once was a Dutchman named Urban/

who insisted on wearing a turban ../

Though he looked quite superb in /

his magnificent turban/

the Dutch found him somewhat disturbin’ …