That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for September 28, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  about 2 years ago

    Starting Ishmael would have to wait for another night.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 2 years ago

    The Salton pays a lot of money for a snuggle.

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    ronaldspence  about 2 years ago

    So much for Netflix and chill…

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    Solstice*1947  about 2 years ago

    /// Sultan sleeps on a large leopard pelt.

    Hugs his concubine, silk-clad and svelte.

    To the girl’s knees he clings,

    but what are those strange things

    that are tucked in his wide leather belt?

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    Helen didn’t dare move for fear of waking Hal, but her leg was in excruciating pain from holding the same pose for the past hour. But such was the dangers of being the favorite harem girl.

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    Whenever the sultan came to visit, Fido had to sleep on the rug.

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    orinoco womble  about 2 years ago

    My first thought was Judith and Holofernes. But I’m weird.

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    PraiseofFolly  about 2 years ago

    It’s Scheherazade, I assume. A clever girl can keep her head about her:

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    Night after night, she told a cliffhanger story

    About adventurous heroes and Arabia’s glory

    She did not do it lightly, she had a plan

    To outlast the vengeance of the jealous sultan

    That toward women angrily swore he.

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    The stories as translated by Sir Richard Burton

    (Not Elizabeth T’s husband, that is for certain)

    Come in three volumes, unexpurgated

    As Scherzi herself at the time related

    To read through them all is somewhat a burden.

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    Well, Scherzi’s plan worked, it was clever,

    And the sultan kept her as wife forever and ever.

    But to tell the truth, it was not love that clinched it

    It was to at last shut her up that finally cinched it.

    And her head was too much trouble to severe.

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    Egrayjames  about 2 years ago

    Reminds me of a Moody Blues lyric:

    Between the silence of the mountains

    And the crashing of the sea

    There lies a land I once lived in

    And she’s waiting there for me

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    garcoa  about 2 years ago

    That is a very dark painting.

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 years ago

    Say- who is this bald headed chap/

    With his head in the young lady’s lap ?

    Believe it or not/

    It’s the Sultan of Squat -/

    And he’s taking a much-needed nap …///

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    Reader  about 2 years ago

    Favorite concubine? She may as well be his wife of 15 years if he’s going to fall asleep on the couch like this every night after dinner.

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 years ago

    The Sultan is “hors de combat”/

    He ends every evening like that/

    Not with one concubine/

    But with eight- even nine !/

    Before he’s removed his hat..///

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    Tyge  about 2 years ago

    It’s good to be Sultan! 8^ )

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    Tyge  about 2 years ago

    Some Sultans are prematurely grey. This one appears to be, sadly, premature.

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 years ago

    What are those two things in his belt ?*/

    Are they used to compel her to melt ?/

    Are they one “double-header”/

    That works even better/

    Than the natural “cards” he was dealt?

    *danged if I know!

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  about 2 years ago

    “So, enough about me, honey. Tell me about your day.”

    “Well, I-”

    “Zzzzzzzzz….”

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    Calvins Brother  about 2 years ago

    Not exactly the Energizer Bunny, is he?

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Portia when I lie on your lap for some reason I think of a fish market?

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    Another Take  about 2 years ago

    I need a better monitor. It’s just a dark mess of a painting to me.

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    mabrndt Premium Member about 2 years ago

    (Interior Scene with Sultan and Concubine)

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Buchanan_Read_-_(Interior_Scene_with_Sultan_and_Concubine)_-_1976.36_-_Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum.jpg 

    has info and links that point to more info about this painting. The parentheses used in the title are what its museum included.

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3002 (September 28, 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 info about this artist I used to point to here. First work by him used here.

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    anomaly  about 2 years ago

    With the pain in her legs, his exposed neck was getting very tempting.

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    6turtle9  about 2 years ago

    This certainly NOT the Sultan of Swing.

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    Bilan  about 2 years ago

    The Sultan fails again at his Guinness world record attempt. but he still enjoys trying.

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    d1234dick Premium Member about 2 years ago

    the two ducks in the basket did help count Herin Finnish off Gertrude but it took so doing.

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    raybarb44  about 2 years ago

    Whoever said Old Men finish last didn’t know what they were saying…..

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Scheherazade was the master at verbally counting sheep jumping over a fence.

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 years ago

    Foot tomorrow:

    “ Well, I guess it’s good enough to hang on the refrigerator.”

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