That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 08, 2022

Franz couldn’t figure out why he didn’t get replies to his Tinder profile.

Captain of the Swiss Guards relaxing at home.

This? No, it is not a Pride flag.

Josef figured that the robe would detract people from his cheesy mustache.

/// Florian longed to look cool; couldn’t hack it.

(Though he was in a high income bracket.)

To express his gay pride

rainbow hues had been dyed.

“Smokin’ hot in my hot smoking jacket.”

Does this pillbox hat take focus off my parasol?

So that is where Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ended up!

Isn’t he just darling? snicker

He searched to the ends of the globe/

Enduring the tortures of Job/

Now he’s happily preening

For his life has gained meaning !

He’s discovered the perfect robe !///

So -it isn’t the source of the Nile/

(Let others that myst’ry beguile..)/

Or write novels, or dramas../

He has matched his pajamas…/

It has been HIS life’s mightiest trial ! ///

In triumph he stares us down/

A clown in a silken gown/

Who looks down his nose/

At us – in the throes/

Of pursuing some far lesser crown…

As Timothy packed his pipe for the third time he anticipated that he was going to give out with a smile. Glassy eyed he thought about it and decided ‘nah’.

Looking for a hookah.

The court jesters off-duty loungewear.

I don’t understand why everyone’s making fun of his robe; it looks just like my — hey! Where is my robe?!!!

The artist’s works didn’t sell very well, but that was all right because his eye bleach company did a land office business.

When JP came to believe Leopold was overcharging for the painting, he dressed to make him earn it.

Look closely, kids. This is what happens to you when you smoke hash!

Phalic portraiture anyone?

What is that in his hand?

You can’t really rock those mideastern styles unless you have the face for it.

“It can be hard to live the Bohemian lifestyle in your mom’s basement, but I’ve made it work.”

Are you lookin at me? Well, I’m the only one here!

He stole that cap from some organ grinders monkey.

He: As you can see I am a man of many colors and I am color blind!

“I wear the hat to cover the odd shape of my head, if you must know.”

Young Man in a Smoking Coat: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopold_Fertbauer_-_Junger_Herr_im_Rauchermantel.jpg 

(best viewed using Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this roughly B5 paper size, oil on panel painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2956 (July 8, 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 pointing to some info about this artist. First work, by this artist, used here.

This is giving me an idea for all that old curtain fabric I saved…

Laugh at him and he won’t share his hashish!

Runner up for the actor to play the sixth Doctor.

Having a coat of many colors can be a magnet for trouble.

Finally, I understand the source material for “The Man in the Loud Bathrobe” https://www.gocomics.com/eyebeam-classic/2021/11/23

crown prince Fredrick, didn’t think his father would ever die. so, he is trying to scare him to death with his new bath robe. daddy died.

Tardo had just been told by HR that he had to clock out during his umbrella breaks.

He is trying to remember … hat leaning to the left, looking for a gal; hat leaning to the right, looking for a guy.

Or is it the other way around?