That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for September 25, 2024

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    Solstice*1947  about 2 months ago

    /// Four Sournoise sisters gather to gaze

    at the pictures one found on The Vase,

    which boldly portrays

    a nude satyr who “plays”

    with nude nymphs and the lust he displays.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 2 months ago

    “The marking here proves this is genuine kitch.”

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    DATo  about 2 months ago

    OK Ma, that’s the last of the stuff in her pocket. Let’s get the hell out of here.

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    Call me Ishmael  about 2 months ago

    Before she said “let them eat cake”/

    Marie Antoinette s worst mistake/

    Was taking her turn/

    To pee in the urn/

    That everyone knew was a fake..

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    Jayalexander  about 2 months ago

    It says right here, I get to play post office every afternoon, Want me to deliver some male?

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  about 2 months ago

    “And this is my magic nose goblin collection!”

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    Buzzworld  about 2 months ago

    “See right there, a number 6, they missed a spot.”

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    ekw555  about 2 months ago

    times like this, I wish I knew what West Elm was.

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    Slowly, he turned...  about 2 months ago

    What’s a Greek urn? Oh, minimum wage…

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    aerotica69  about 2 months ago

    I do wish Mother would stop styling our wardrobes around her latest vahze.

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    Steve Melcher creator about 2 months ago

    Hi all! Remember when I took those 3 weeks off to help produce that game show in Ireland? Well, it’s called “The Floor,” and the second season drops tonight (9/25) on Fox at 9ET/8CT, if you care to check it out. (BTW, I’m also the judge behind the scenes hitting the dings and buzzers for right and wrong answers, which was pretty intense).

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    Linguist  about 2 months ago

    Jeanine, pointing out to her sisters where Papa hid the spy cam.

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    Calvins Brother  about 2 months ago

    “That’s my gum.”

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    prrdh  about 2 months ago

    “Or a label saying ‘Made by slave labor in Xinjiang’.”

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    KEA  about 2 months ago

    Had to look up West Elm… I learn more stuff on the comics page

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    anomaly  about 2 months ago

    “See? ‘Made in China’. Like all the best stuff.”

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    mokspr Premium Member about 2 months ago

    “The Vase Earth Society” inspecting their new line of globes.

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    mabrndt Premium Member about 2 months ago

    The vase

    Paste (including the quote marks) 

    “Category:Paintings of vases” Wikimedia 

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

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3381 (September 25, 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 .jpg from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the info I found about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here.

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    mistercatworks  about 2 months ago

    It reads: Caution, oversaturated colors can cause seizures and difficulty reedling.

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    d1234dick Premium Member about 2 months ago

    See, it’s real. it has “made in china” right there is small letters.

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    6turtle9  about 2 months ago

    Rabbit glue works wonders. You can’t even see where I broke it in two.

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    PraiseofFolly  about 2 months ago

    As they stared much amazed upon the vase

    The girls each saw a view of her own face

    The surface seemed so smooth and opaque

    But then the colors swirled dizzily to take

    On strange shapes within that space

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    The eldest girl saw a firm scene to resolve

    Into what she thought she wanted it to involve —

    A godlike man would take her hand in marriage

    And off they would ride in his fantastic carriage

    But riding into the Earth they did Dis-solve

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    Girl number two had a similar fate

    A bit more complex and hard to relate

    In meeting the man she had meant to wed

    She began to ride on the journey but instead

    Fell from the horse and in dying met her Fate

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    What magic was this in the elaborate urn?

    And why was it hidden away, for what concern?

    Young ladies, remember the Ode by Keats

    That ancient Grecian, this one in age far beats

    Oh, nothing good from it would you learn

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    An Imp, as suggested by Stevenson?

    Or Jinn from Arab Nights, another one?

    Your True Love is not within to be seen

    Turn away from that Vase, your eyes do screen

    Fate is fickle and seeing now the truth’s not done

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