That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 09, 2023

The ruff of shame.

/// Her huge network of contacts filled decks

of small cards. Finding one was complex.

Catherine somehow surmised,

“If they’re alphabetized,

we can wear them rolled up round our necks.”

(Things were ruff then, before Rolodex.)

She thought no one would notice, but the ‘red flag’ behind her gave away the fact that she ripped a big one.

First recorded case of a whiplash injury.

She thought herself Catherine the great,

But to the peasants she couldn’t relate,

There was revolution,

Their final solution,

Was Catherine’s head on a plate.

The original breed of white collar criminal.

My dog wears one of those to keep him from licking himself……………..just sayin’.

Looks like the air filter of a 68 GTO

Apparently the baker did not handle criticism very well

History was made but would later be altered. The beta testing of the first sweatband had mixed reviews.

The ruff that she wears round her neck/

Is intended to fend off dreck/

The problem with this is/

It fends off any kisses-

Hence milady is horny as heck..

It turns out, after all, we ARE amused.

Her solution is clearly “at hand”/

She hopes you don’t misunderstand

She contends with the heat/

Building up round her seat/

By keeping her nethers well-fanned.

Husband tired of her accordion playing.!

Somebody had to wash, re-fold, and starch that thing. As servant jobs go, it’s better than changing out the chamber pots, but it still would have driven me nuts.

" I you think this ruff gives me pain in the neck, wait ’til you meet my husband! "

Michelin lady?

Dunkin’s new, all-day, hands-free, Donut.

YOU WIN THE GRAND PRIZE!! Now, let’s lift the red curtain to see your prize, a brand new queen, well, slightly used and a little old, but boy, aren’t you lucky!!

Paired with her habit of sleeping with her eyes open, Katherine’s disguised neck brace meant she could appear to be paying attention while getting in some nap time.

“I know it looks ridiculous, but with all the smoke from forest fires this year, it really helps control my asthma.”

It DOES look like the air filter for a Ford 390 Interceptor.

“Someone is going to lose their head if this glass isn’t filled within 30 seconds!”

Tired of hearing complaints, the Marquess’s husband devised a sound baffle.

Dutch Noblewoman, After Tracheotomy.

That is an N95 filter to restrain the regal unwashed body odor.

Apparently, she just had surgery on her leg.

Portrait of Catharina Behagel (1597-1666), wife of Rogier Le Witer: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Portrait paintings with arches" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, 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 Behaghel, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #632 (August 8, 2011) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval, may take days while he’s away) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 4 works by him have been used here (5 times total, including this repeat), the August 26, 2012, strip being its first use. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative. The July 4, 2013, strip has the prior by him.

My original post in 2012:

Should have gone to Jiffy Lube

Katherine D’ loved cheese so much she had a wheel put around her neck, i think its blue cheese.

/// In this Portrait of Cath’rin’ Behagel,

Cathy smiles, thinking how to finagle

from her spouse, Rogier,

some French Pastry today,

but says “AACK!!” and chows down on a bagel.

Let’s play Wheel of Fortune, Vanna.

“Portrait of Catherina Behaghel,” 1635

Pardon me madam … but everything isn’t always just black and white.

/// She’d danced ballet when she was just ten.

Prayed to dress in those clothes once again.

Her waist’s no longer small

so, to wear it at all,

‘round her throat went her tutu. Amen!