That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 26, 2020

The only thought going through the lion’s head was, “what wine goes with human tartare?”

The first job Androcles had was paw palm reading. This lion was not happy with the result.

Look, Doc, are you certain my HMO doesn’t cover anesthetic for surgeries?

♫“You can’t hide your lion eyes

And your smile is a thin disguise…”♫

“Give it to me straight, Doc..am I finished as a keyboardist ?”

“Okay, nimrod, you scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours. But I don’t think you’re going to like the outcome.”

As he plucked the thorn from the paw/ he violated the law / and he’d later be sued/ for malpractice (poor dude !)/ T’was an outcome he never foresaw .

An early scene from the wizard of oz.

“This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed at home…..”

Manicurist thinking: That breath; maybe I should offer him a mint.

“Hey, this isn’t a thorn. It’s Hyena crap”

Remember doc, you hurt me, I hurt you.

“Gramma, what big eyes you have. …”

If this image goes viral he will lose his pride.

Papa gonna fix da boo boo….

“Thistles and nettles and thorns! Oh my!”

Oh, here is the problem, you have a little bit of Christian stuck under the claw…

Briton Reviere’s last known work.

“This little piggy went to market . . . "

“Screw this up, Andy, and you’re lunch!”

Daniel, making it clear to the lion how many more people it will have to eat if it will only spare him:

“Ok, there’s the head Satrap, his wife and 3 tender children! Give me your other paw…

LION: THERE’S MORE! YOU GOTTA DEAL!

Lion is looking for the man who shot his paw.

Androcles and the Lion: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Briton_Riviere_-_Androcles_and_the_Lion_-_1915-3_-_Auckland_Art_Gallery.jpg 

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

 

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

https://www.wikiart.org/en/briton-riviere 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/419 

https://www.askart.com/artist/Briton_Riviere/9000481/Briton_Riviere.aspx 

https://prabook.com/web/briton.riviere/2479763 

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

https://artistsathome.emorydomains.org/exhibits/show/victorian-artists-at-home/briton-riviere--r-a---m-a-/riviere-the-artist 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com can be read for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 8 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2016/07/13?comments=visible 

has the prior, which while my comment is still there, with the line breaks removed, its 16 hyperlinks remain inactive, ?&@#!#%&!, but the text may be informative.

 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2564 (October 25, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Look I grooming you for the MGM logo, quit whining!

“We can’t go on meeting like this. ’Tain’t natural.”

Thank you very much, let’s eat…..

So, yeah, he said he was grateful and wouldn’t eat him, but he was lion.

As it happens, for some reason I was thinking yesterday of another high school speech contestant’s rendition of that scene from Shaw’s version, speaking to the lion in annoying baby talk, 40-odd years ago.

Hugo’s big cat manicure business lasted 2.5 seconds.

You tell my poker buddies that I have an ace “up my sleeve”, and you’re lunch buddy!

Andy’s career as a veterinarian was cut short when after the first paw thornectomy he tried expressing Leo’s anal glands.

lion says. " i got a splinter, no more hand jobs for you".