That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 07, 2024

James was a militant vegan.

Jacob and Esau, the modern rendition

/// In his library we find The Squire

and the Gamekeeper,

come to inquire about getting his wages.

(He’s been unpaid for ages.)

More than turnips to eat, he’ll require.

It was urgent and when I tore off the leaf it scared the buck, Here’s the proof.

James: keeping the wild turnips from running rampant.

I have a cunning plan…..

Pictured: How Euell Gibbons got his start, Stalking the Wild Turnip.

The Gamekeeper converted to ASPCA

No longer could he stand small creatures to slay

He became a devoted natural vegetable eater

Wild onions, dandelions, with honey as sweetener

He hasn’t eaten animal flesh, to this day

.

Many wild foods are around, free for the pickin’

Who needs processed beef, pork, or chicken?

Lambs quarters are a badly named common weed

Upon which people can nutritionally feed

But you must be aware some plants can sicken

.

Puffballs are delicious when young, if fried

But some mushrooms are the cause of those who died

Jerusalem Artichokes are like potatoes to parboil hot

And chicory roots can be added to your coffee pot

But nightshade leaves are deadly to those who tried

.

The games keeper thus his job resigned

And feasted on plants common countywide

The wild animals came to fear him not

Not one for many years has he shot

Since having let his ethics be his guide

Depends on what turns up.

Yeah, been using organic fertilizer… give it a try!

The wild turnip is a fierce creature when wounded.

can you get high on tubers?

He stalked it for hours, but he finally got the wily beast

Yes sir, this is your share. I’ll explain: you don’t have a gun and I do.

“But You should have seen the rutabaga that got away, Sire !”

For the painter, a problem arose/

The turnip, as everyone knows/

Is not really “game”/

In truth, it’s quite tame ../

But you can’t get a pheasant to pose…

Call any vegetable, Call it by name, Call one today, When you get off the train

Ah managed to save the turnip sah, but the blighter got away clean e’ did. Dropped he’s dentures in e’s flight. Lor, e mus be half a way to the Shropshires by now.

Great Moments in Crop Rotation: The inspiration of the 2d Viscount Townshend.

Wow, a 4 point turnip!

But sir, it was a very dangewous wabbit.

All right, You win. We will stop Snipe Hunting next season. We will hunt Snarks instead.

Lord Bentley was dubious about Jasper’s plan to get blood from a turnip.

The Demurrer or The Squire and the Gamekeeper: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Desks in art" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo 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 Lobley, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size, circa 1873 painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3387 (October 7, 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 will be adding a comment there pointing to the info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, first work by him used here.

Another painting for the category:

Couldn’t the artist come up with a better theme?

Hire a professional poacher.

Dude, you’ll love it! Put a slice between your cheek and gum, or dry and smoke the leaves!

i’ll give you a cookie if you get dressed, or a cake if you don’t.

Hunting the deadly wild turnip.

Is that Oliver Mellors talking to Clifford Chatterley? Seems Gamekeeper Oliver and Connie have been playing a few games of their own!

The turnip greens were green with envy… hello…. anyone?

“The Squire and the Gamekeeper”

“None for me,thanks. I’m driving.”