That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 29, 2022

And both of them refused to take a breathalyzer test.

Put the gun down, Pablo! This isn’t America – they’ll arrest you for waving a gun around

And the Police officer just watched the riot from the bridge,

“We’re South Netherlandish!”, “No, we’re Belgian.” “Say that again and I will cut you!”

Opening scene from CSI Antwerp!

/// A white rope, stretched tight spanning the street,

marks the spot where two hurtling carts meet.

The two cart drivers fight,

both ignoring the plight

of the poor injured girl at their feet.

/// Milk and veggies spill on cobblestones,

near a white horse with three broken bones.

A dog eats what it can

while each woman and man

later grabbed all the rest and then ran.

The first laser light show in an urban area caused mayhem.

…so he says “No! Your other left moron.”

Early rave.

In an earlier life, Joe organized a wagon train

On the cross street, all the rubber-necking gawkers slowing down to stare caused a five-mile back up.

Updating the Amazon shopping cart was more intensive back then.

I’m sure Tom Cruise did this…

The O’Casey’s are real “fun” guys/

Though the lads are, at times, unwise../

They resolve their disputes/

With knuckles and boots/

(Hardly anyone actually dies.)

The O’Murphy’s are more intellectual/

But, regrettably, quite ineffectual/

Their disagreements/

Are far less intense:/

But they’re all thought to be homosexual…

And though they have Irish names/

And you may think I’m playin’ games/

The shillelaghs they brandish /

Are pure Netherlandish -/

As are also their squat, sturdy dames.///

A flurry of ethnic slurs/

From Ishmael seldom occurs/

But these brief interludes/

Of the absence of nudes/

His small sense of propriety blurs..

I’m thinking of writing a sequel/

For I DO believe “all men are equal”/

But I’m strongly inclined/

To believe “womankind”/

Are “the last, best hope of Mankind”.

“Welcome to Town Cryer’s News at Nine. In today’s headlines, following a collision by two cart owners, a fight broke out involving the twenty-seven accident lawyers they hired …”

What really goes on behind the scenes in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Nothin’ could be finer / Than to give a bloke a shiner / in the mor-or-ning!

“You put the casts of Hamilton and Les Misérables on the same stage! What did you think would happen?!”

Chicago on a typical Saturday night, 1865.

A Collision at the Porte de Hal, Brussels: 

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Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2951 (June 29, 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 some info about this artist. First work, by this artist, used here.

This is what happens when 2 carts race and try to go thru the tollbooth before the other.

Road rage in the 1800’s!

Before “Where’s Waldo”, there was “Spot the Bookie”.