That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 05, 2020

I know my cat has a huge ego, but this is ridiculous.

“Vas ist das shrecklicher gabong?” (Monty Python, as well as I can remember it)

Two days later, they finally get it to the Pharaoh, who says Hmm… maybe the Sphinx would look better if it was facing forward. And while you’re at it, make it larger

“So it shall be written, so it shall be done.”

mrs jones was quite dismayed that the mail order house had sent her the jumbo lawn ornament when she’d clearly requested the small one…

United Pharaoh Service

If you go to the Pharaoh’s yard sale, be sure to bring you pick up.

Your highness, some guy from DC offered $75 on that obelisk.

Those pharaohs were tough on the workers – Tut Tut.

So where is the nearest Kohl’s if they want to return it?

Rush hour traffic.

“Look what dragged the cat in…”

Ancient Egyptian Gridlock. I would have thought all those ancient aliens could have developed better traffic control.

They weren’t lying about the labor cost.

There’s an unusually detailed discussion of this painting at www.victorianweb.org/painting/poynter/paintings/karp2.html which even includes discussion questions for the teacher’s use.

The pharaoh actually preferred dogs, but his wife was a cat person. Happy wife: happy life!

Just a different form of slave labour.

DAMNED POTHOLES!

The wheel – developed ~2000 B.C. Decent roads – still working on it.

The principals in this procession/ are creating a strong impression/ though they’re grand and imperious/ they are perfectly serious/ with their burdensome “cat obsession”.

Israel in Egypt: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1867_Edward_Poynter_-_Israel_in_Egypt.jpg 

has info about this huge painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/poynter_sir_edward.html 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=503 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-poynter 

https://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/ashanti/ashantee_1873_74_edward_poynter.htm 

https://prabook.com/web/edward.poynter/3743107 

https://www.pictorem.com/profile/Edward.Poynter 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/311 

http://www.avictorian.com/Poynter_Edward.html 

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/poynter/index.html 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 6 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/12/27?comments=visible 

has the prior (I replaced one artist info URL with a new one, the old one has disappeared; the others are the same).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2398 (March 4, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

I’ve always hated moving day.

And this was the Express Delivery…

before the Trojan Horse there was the trojan lion, but it did not work the villagers were afraid of lions.

“Iiii…love a parade..”

“Don’t you just hate it when the cat can’t decide if it wants in or out?”

It looked so much better in the catalog, dear – they must have photoshopped it.

Isn’t amazing that they can paint something that small and in detail?

Same slaves, different day.