That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 31, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  about 2 years ago

    The Count wanted to be seen as double fisted fighter. The truth is that he couldn’t decide which weapon to use.

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    Solstice*1947  about 2 years ago

    /// The famed Flemish Count, Baldwin the Second,

    never spoke his wife’s name; he just beckoned.

    Ælfthryth was his mate,

    (born to Alfred the Great).

    Unpronounceable, but she was fecund.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 2 years ago

    The Count misunderstood when he was invited to play poker.

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    ronaldspence  about 2 years ago

    Apostle Pow!

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    Tyge  about 2 years ago

    A bullet head, rooster spurs, club and sword. Cletus felt ready for the weekend in Chi-town!

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    Hi, I’m Al. This here in my hand is Sammy. Sammy Slugger. Say ‘Hello Sammy’. Sammy is dying to make your acquaintance.

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    You feeling lucky, Punk?

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    Cletus misunderstood a little when he was hired to clean Mrs. Dorsey’s clock.

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    Jayalexander  about 2 years ago

    It’s not the size of the sword but how you swing it. Of course if it’s ‘This Big’, we just let it dangle. However, this other what-cha-ma-callit, daaang it’s heavvvvey!

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    jbrobo Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I got nothing

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    Pocosdad  about 2 years ago

    Entry #23 in the Double Phallic Portraiture contest.

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    jdculhane46  about 2 years ago

    Is there where I get the application for the I.R.S job?

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    Egrayjames  about 2 years ago

    I believe this was on the cover of GQ Magazine, September 1889.

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    MS72  about 2 years ago

    I’ve got my Amazon Prime video, some chips and dip. I’m ready for “The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power”.

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    lagoulou  about 2 years ago

    The stuff of nightmares….

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    PraiseofFolly  about 2 years ago

    A punch-press worker in Monticello

    By coincidence named Punchinello

    Once most greatly did mind

    When co-workmen unkind

    Would bring up that short clownish fellow

    .

    He took to carrying a sword

    When someone made remarks untoward

    He’d wave the sword at them

    And swear bloody mayhem

    If they once more mocked that name Mom adored

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    If swordplay seemed a bit too intense

    Punchinello would downgrade the offense

    To afford a sharp slap

    A merely appropriate WHAP

    To punish the rude impudence.

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    By the time Punchinello retired

    His name no more mocking inspired

    He became a gentle mild fellow

    And was actually quite mellow

    A example toward which all men aspired

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 years ago

    “You talkin’ to me?” The early years..

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    Anybody else think it’s creepy that the Count has a matching little helmet on his club?

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 years ago

    The rigors of life monastic/

    With its rules, (which are quite inelastic)/

    Have started to bother/

    The beneficent father./

    His intentions are (dare one say ?) “drastic”///

    It’s the “chastity vow” that galls/

    And the swelling that troubles his b@//$..

    But he finds some relief/

    In distributing grief/

    To those whom he skewers or mauls..///

    He’s looking for someone to smite/

    (If you’re wise, you will promptly take flight)/

    He’s a warrior monk/

    In a bit of a funk/

    Beware when he feels Divine Right ! ///

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    Reader  about 2 years ago

    What? They left for the Crusade without me? (sad Baldwin II noises

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    GreenGiant  about 2 years ago

    Okay, off to war. But then I’m going back to sleep

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    Bookworm  about 2 years ago

    He was a foe that few dared to face / Because of his skill with a sword or a mace. / But along came the gun / And rather spoiled all the fun, / He became obsolete losing that “arms race.”

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    wincoach Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Dentistry – the early years.

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    Hi, I’m here to sell you car insurance.

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    Rev Phnk Ey  about 2 years ago

    Got his shoes at same store as Colonel Rosa Klebb.

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    Buzzworld  about 2 years ago

    “Felonious Monk”

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    prrdh  about 2 years ago

    Sure he’s not on the PGA tour? Although it looks as if he would have a wicked slice.

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    Linguist  about 2 years ago

    " He Is My Shield, My Rod, And My Sword " – make up your own lyrics!

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    Linguist  about 2 years ago

    Even Alec’s ancestors were considered dangerous when handling props.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I must ask myself…why did I leave the monastery?

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 years ago

    “And if the right one don’t get you then the left one will “ -

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  about 2 years ago

    “The mace is for when I’m feelin’ merciful.”

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    Calvins Brother  about 2 years ago

    Bats Right, Slices Left.

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    rugeirn  about 2 years ago

    Oh, but this has possibilities. “Thor — cleanup hitter for the Valhalla Vikings”.

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    Another Take  about 2 years ago

    Baseball looked a lot more interesting back then what with deadly heel spikes and arguments about a called strike decided by who won the fight to the death – the ump or the batter.

    I’d buy a ticket.

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    davanden  about 2 years ago

    The weapon on his shoulder is called a goedendag: “Good Day!”

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    anomaly  about 2 years ago

    The mace was considered a good weapon for churchmen because it killed quickly instead of letting you linger with blood loss and infection.

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    schaefer jim  about 2 years ago

    Looks like a power slugger!

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    raybarb44  about 2 years ago

    He’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame. His card is worth a fortune……

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    Bilan  about 2 years ago

    Stab softly and carry a big stick.

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 years ago

    There thurely ith thomething amith/

    When a king nameth hith daughter Aelfrith/

    But Alfred wath Great/

    And tho Baldwin’th mate/

    Wath thaddled thereafter therewith.

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    mabrndt Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Baldwin II of Flanders

    Paste (including the quote marks) 

    "Category:Albrecht De Vriendt" site=commons.wikimedia.org

    (syntax supported by the Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckgo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string Baudouin, and click its link for info and links that point to more info 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 #2987 (August 31, 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 the blog entry with my comment containing some artist info links. So far 3 works by him have been used here. The September 3, 2021, strip has the prior.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 2 years ago

    “I wanted to pose with an AR-15, but I failed the background check.’

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 2 years ago

    A pioneer in the “yellow-screen technique,” de Vriendt handed his canvasses off to Preindustrial Light and Magic (Marin Duchy) for the finishing elements.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Vlad finally gets his promotion from Bludgeoner to Impaler.

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    d1234dick Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Count Issack, when he stoops down to pet a puppy he sits on his spurs, and it hurts him, but he is always nice to puppies.

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Coneheads would not be popular for another 100 years.

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