That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 20, 2020

D’Artagnan in the Musketeer Little League.

“Would you like to see my vuvuzela, officer?”

Ok, I am having a hard time coming up with any caption that won’t be completely inappropriate.

So, he is called Lance a lot?

The early days of Inigo Montoya… before he realized that a little kid with a too-big sword was not going to win him many sword fights.

carol burnett rehearsing for the virgin prince skit (before opting for the blonde wig)…

“One Day At a Time” star Mackenzie Phillips being awarded the souvenir blade with which she was cut from the show.

“This is my sword. This is my gun. One is for killing. The other’s for fun”

“Compensating? No.

”Why?"

He just got off his high horse.

“It’s called a lance. Helloo.”

Wow, look at this gift! I wonder what it is!

I thought his name was Paige.

No more "air sword " for me. And, I decided to go big.

Is that a sword in your pocket or are you….

Little Johnny believed in being safe – he always wore something over his sword when he played with the other boys.

That ain’t no knife. This is a knife

Okay, you’ve raised it over a dozen times this week. Take a hint; that hot chick is not interested.

Dude, that is NOT going to impress the other guys on Folsom Street…

“Ooooh. Is that a Gladius in your scabbard or are you just glad to see me?” Mae West – the very early days!

(ignoring the obvious)…..Miss Quant, I think it would look better if the sleeves were tight and the bottoms were belled.

“Here, pretty boy, pretty boy. Come to mama…”

“Feel lucky, Punk ?”

The Kite Runner was surprised to learn upon returning to France from the Middle East that the French boys had never had to wear makeup, girly clothes, long hair and assless harum pants.

Rebel rebel, you’ve torn your dress

Rebel rebel, your face is a mess

You’ve got your mother in a whirl ‘cause she’s

Not sure if you’re a boy or a girl

See my new microphone stand? The audience will love it!

Although his appearance belies/ the fact that he’s one of the guys/ his makeup suggests/ that he’d rather have breasts/ and the broadsword is just a disguise.

O, this? I just pulled it out of yonder stone.

LGBTQ, the Early Days…

Young Page in Florentine Garb or Page or The Sword-Bearing Page: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandre_Cabanel_-_page.jpeg 

has info and links that point to info about this painting.

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

https://www.wikiart.org/en/alexandre-cabanel 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/c/cabanel/biograph.html 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/5 

http://www.all-art.org/history400-1.html 

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

https://www.askart.com/artist/artist/9000018/artist.aspx 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71022934/alexandre-cabanel 

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/index-of-works/resultat-collection.html?no_cache=1&zsz=1&zs_r_2_z=3&zs_r_2_w=Cabanel%2C%20Alexandre&zs_ah=oeuvre&zs_rf=mos_a&zs_mf=21&zs_sf=0&zs_send_x=1&zs_liste_only=1 

https://www.pictorem.com/profile/Cabanel 

https://prabook.com/web/alexandre.cabanel/2565391 

https://rehs.com/eng/default-19th20th-century-artist-bio-page/?fl_builder&artist_no=486&sold=1 

http://www.thearttribune.com/Alexandre-Cabanel-1823-1889-La.html 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, Google Chrome can automatically do any necessary translation, and askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 3 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2018/07/19?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included 6 – first 5 and last – of the artist info URLs).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2518 (August 19, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Young Mario prays: “I hope that one day, I’ll grow this big.”

Just between you and me, I don’t think this is a sword.

Hooray! Not one person posted the usual comment!

It is a sword, and I am not happy to see you.

Silvia, practicing for when she actually has something this big in her hands, so far she hasn’t come close.

Bill had tried to gift-wrap it, but everybody still guessed it was a sword.

Deleted scene from Rocky Horror Picture Show

I’m holding it for a friend. The privy’s very narrow.

SM – catching up today. ICYMI, a lance is a spear used in charges (instead of throwing) from horseback in war. They have blunt tips for jousts in peacetime.