That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 03, 2024

Please, accept this. I have to maintain my reputation as the Bon Chevalier.

No, it’s not prostitution if pay the whole fee up front.

Mom, why is that man wearing my middle-school dress?

“I offer this exotic food from far lands. It’s called McNuggets.”

Dinner is served.

/// Pierre T., Chevalier de Bayard

was a French knight and true superstar.

Called “the knight without fear;”

had in battle no peer;

unreproachable— set a high bar.

/// Loyal, moral and wise, tales relate.

Even enemies viewed him as great.

The epitome of

selfless chivalric love,

(you would think he’d be easy to hate.)

/// In this painting Boyard famously

displayed how generous he could be.

Badly wounded, Pierre,

needed medical care.

He was nursed in their home by these three.

/// The mother with gold coins had paid

him a ransom to come to their aid

and provide them protection.

As he fought off infection,

her two daughters sang, charmed him and prayed.

/// Healed, he heard of a nearby attack.

Before leaving, in thanks he gave back

to the daughters the gold,

and Bayard was extolled

for largess by their Mom dressed in black.

I put my heart into this omlette. It’s what’s for breakfast and no amount of pleading will excuse you and then we’re going to slam.

Honey, the cat was up on the nightstand again. And just look what he left behind.

The curtains come with the deal?

Bayard’s generosity: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:1827 oil on canvas paintings in France" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia 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 PDUT1733, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using the Google Chrome browser, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this large painting, along with the museum’s Description. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3298 (April 3, 2024) 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 info about this artist I used to point to here. Only work by him used here so far.

All this, for both of them!

One thing may be said for Bayard:/

No damsel will Bayard discard:/

He will make room for Ma/

In a ménage a trois:/

In adversity, Bayard stays hard..

“Can you explain why all of my armor was out on the drawbridge for the garage sale? And our daughters fought me tooth an nail till I paid the all this gold to get it back. I mean, ……….. IT’S MY OWN DARNED ARMOR FOR CHRISSAKES!!!"

“How will I ever use all my brown paint?” wondered Henry-Joseph Boichard before he began this work.

“They’re called Krugerrands. And although they fluctuate slightly in market value — trust me, they are overall a bouillon investment. Would ‘le bon chevalier’ lie to you?”

I’m sorry, m’lord, I didn’t hear a word you said, I’ve been staring at your knobby knees. Ughh.

And that is why you should never assume, because it make a … out u and me.

Twenty gold doubloons each, or sixty gold doubloons for all three at once.

“And with this bounty of tokens, you may win great prizes at yon David & Buster’s.”

“If you don’t fancy all these dirty old gold coins, Madame, I’ll take them off your hands and give you some nice, clean, and shiny bit-coins in exchange.!

“Ta Da! For my next trick…”

“Well, that’ll get you her hand. But the rest of her is extra. A lot extra.”

“Everything comes out cleaner with Dowry.”

“But Momma, he’s offering twice as much for the both of us!”

“At least they’re not from Chuck E. Cheese.”

A carwash company had discount tokens stamped. The problem was that they worked in any quarter slot. We would get angry calls from all over to come and redeem the counterfeit coins.

“The Generosity of Bayard”, 1827

yes! ladies i do have nice legs, but try my meatloaf.

With this money, I propose you buy a servant to take care of your needs.

Who will later attend a ball and leave a glass slipper behind.

Mother was Skee-ball addict and a pile of tokens got him two wives. Everyone got a thrill that evening.