That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 08, 2024

I am seeing… that you will have another cup of tea

“Sorry, I can’t read coffee grounds.”

Yes, the tea leaves show great fortune if you conceive a child within the next month.

…Because your Mother-in-law wants grand kids, and will pay me $10,000 if I make it happen.

“No spoilers!”

/// Though her readings of tea leaves are stellar,

before marriage she just couldn’t sell her

true predictions. And this is

because now she’s a Mrs.

(No one pays for a Miss Fortune Teller.)

Groannnnnn…

I don’t really believe in this crap, I just like tea.

For some reason the Mooncup® home parties never catch on as well as Mary expected.

“I see you need to extend your warranty.”

The embarrassment of being caught using the cheap offbrand dish soap

“The tea leaves in your cup tell me you need to stop using that cheap tea ball, and get a high quality tea infuser.”

“I see a darkness creeping into your life this very day. You must be stout of heart, for though the day feels dark as the blackest night, it shan’t last. If you can keep your spirit, the dark will pass before the evening comes”.

It says, ‘Dogs will lead investigators to your corpse if your check for this tea reading bounces’.

With her crystal ball in shop repair, cracked

And her secret ‘magic toe’ with gout wracked

Madame Annabelle was forced to use

The old standard tea dregs Bambooze

To make up for the tricks she now lacked

.

The young ladies wished Madame to relay

What men would wed them an upcoming day

Annabelle was of course a cynic

But thought it a rather mean trick

To pretend that one was named ‘Earl Grey’

.

She was tempted to bring up the name

‘Thomas Lipton.’ But figured that was too lame

For even these poor naive girls

With the likely IQs of squirrels

To believe and with glad cries exclaim

Given that that’s a virtual certainty, it’s hardly a good test of her psychic powers.

I can see a young lady on a futon, It appears she is eating a bonbon, But as I analyze the text, I’m confused what comes next, The only word that stands out is UConn.

It was bad enough that Edith picked her nose, but then she wiped it on the inside of her teacup.

No, not enough for artificial insemination…….

“Look at this Johnny. It says she goes commando!”

“Gawd, I’m so embarrassed.”

“Wait just a moment for the popup ad to finish…”

Dregs in the Cup (Fortune Telling, the Fortune Teller): 

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(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 Dregs, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3300 (April 8, 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.

Powerball or Mega millions. Your pick. And no, you don’t have to split it with him!!

It says … Lipton. You’re supposed to use loose-leaf tea, not a teabag!

Will those people who approve me for a credit card also pay my bills?

I think it would help to lower her bodice, if you want milk.

look Marybeth the cup is as big as your breast.

watching the eclipse reflected off of the bottom of a teacup

Oh! There are my teeth! I wondered what happened to them.

The fortune teller is seeing what’s going to happen that very night. He’s excited and she’s blushing.

A musical soirée at the asylum: Matron keeps watch while Gertrude taps out a rhythm on her teacup and Miranda plays her imaginary flute.