That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 09, 2022

You better pay Señor Montoya for that sword and do him no harm or his son Inigo will come after you.

Blacksmith, watching in quiet horror as D’Artagnan ruins another of his swords trying to duplicate the latest TikTok craze.

/// While the salesmen stand by, looking bored,

Cavalier makes his Choice of the Sword.

He thrusts down with strong grip,

blunts then breaks off the tip

of this weapon he cannot afford.

“I’m just not sure. I just spent a ton of money on my clothes and hair. Do you take layaways?”

when you said you had something in a rapier I thought you were referring to your whit. Can you actually defeat your enemy with THIS?

Sometimes a sword is just a sword…or is that a phallisy?

“You need to change your jacket, it’s hell getting blood out of velvet.”

You just voided the warranty.

Yes, I suppose you could surprise your opponent by stabbing his pinkie toe

“Touché! Signor Flea!”

At first glance, the sword placement and their posture suggest it threatening to be used as a “lower head guillotine.”

Well, technically, yes, it is an assault weapon.

Mervin, my Lord Botherhay / Dressed up like a proud popinjay / With laces so white / He’ll put up a fight / With washerfolk on laundry day!

I wonder how it would rate against a claymore

From the posture that he’s displayed/

It’s difficult to evade/

The painful conclusion/

(There can be no confusion)/

That D’Artagnan is one gay blade..///

Portly Porthos looks on in dismay/

At this rather unseemly display/

Aramis and Athos/

Will smirk at the bathos/

All three may be “blown away”///

How little they realize/

That despite his diminutive size/

And his ringlets of gold/

The kid they behold/

Is a killer in foppish disguise.

Sorry, we don’t have anything in a Unisex model.

2 LGBTs accessorizing their new outfits.

Forged In Fire – the strength test – pilot episode.

Zorro’s dad takes him to buy his first sword.

It’s just a jump to the left and then a step to the right….but it’s the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane!

Sir, this is not the floppy sword I was wanting to see..

Hey, you break it — you buy it!

“Sir, I would remind you of our store policy: You bend it, you bought it.”

For the ‘toon of 11/07 I posted: “This painting is part of the ‘Memorable Day In Transgender History’ collection”. Today’s is another from that same collection.

“Foiled again!”

That’s funny, you don’t look like a mohel.

Practicing for Mumbley Peg.

Ah, the fond memory of your Father going with you to buy your first sword. “But Dad, all the guys have the fancy high tech Rapiers!” They go well with the trendy lacy collars and cuffs. Is it is a bit matchy matchy for your plume to be echoed by your boot lining?

“So if you let it out, it would hang this low???

Choice of the épée: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Antonio Ermolao Paoletti" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, 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 szpady, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size, oil on board painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3026 (November 9, 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 this artist used here.

“…and it has enough spring to deliver a heckuva spanking, if that’s your thing. Not judging.”

“Choice of the Épée”

Tis very sharp, be careful Lad as you wiggle waggle that sword near my jewels!

lord Fauntleroy sort of liked the sword even since it had a bent end but he wasn’t going to be using it much in the gay bar.

I’m heading to a place called the OK corral. I was recommended to bring a knife or sword, or something like that.

hooooray