That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 06, 2021

Somebody has to keep the home plate umpire supplied.

Giant Lady Selling Brooms

The drought killed all of the Tulips in all of Holland, so Mila had to sell fake ones made from straw.

Mary had overheard that kindling was in high demand in the gay district.

This Tampa Bay beach babe vendor took a bath on her unsold merchandise when the Canadiens beat the Lightning in game 4 last night.

“And I’m gettin’ up in the mornin’, I believe I’ll dust my broom…”

(Robert Johnson, 1936)

The only people who made a profit from building the city on swampland were the flyswatter salesmen.

In Berlin, burghers sat on their porches, / to avoid the hot sun when it scorches. / But when it went down / they’d march through the town, / having purchased these girls’ Tiki Torches. /// You could see them through windows called casement. / Even hear them from deep in your basement. / The words that they chanted / were never recanted, / and had something to do with “replacement.”

Iron Man’s great great great grandmother…

The Fourth of July weekend was over, but Gerta still had a few sauce mops to sell.

They stood back-to-back with grim faces. / A dueling ground, that’s what this place is. / The weapons? Hand brushes / (from plaited bulrushes). / And now? A brush-off at ten paces.

Edwina was a cinch for the Salesman Of The Year. She outsold everybody else, but nobody even knew what they were buying.

A brush with fate.

“Yes ! We have no bananas…”

This is corny !

Geraldine Hoffensmeir…The founder of the Fuller Brush Company. Years later, her sister Penelope, shown here selling brushes in the background, would become Amway’s Number salesperson for five consecutive years.

One ugly piece of art

Although she is three storeys high/she’s praying that someone will buy/ lest she anger her Dad/(he’s a VERY large lad)/ and we’ll find out that big girls DO cry…

before the roomba there was the broomba…

They used to go door to door/ but they don’t do that any more/folks would look out and see/ two immense feet and knees/ – they caused six heart attacks! (They kept score).

And such are the tragic travails/ of two giant ladies in sales/ but at last they found peace/ on an island off Greece / scraping barnacles off of whales.

You just keep rollin’ them out!

This painting gives me the willies!

“One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small.”

Rat on a stick! Get your rat on a stick!

After quite a dust-up, the ladies decided to sweep their issue under the rug.

Tiny brooms for tiny rooms!

Before cameras, upskirting was just a way to find out who’s ticklish.

How General Kala put herself through school.

So here we are with The Handbroom Seller of Berlin, in that crazy outfit that dusts your doolies like nothing else!

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eduard_Pistorius_-Berliner_Handbesenverk%C3%A4uferin,1862.jpg

Where Jeff Dunham got the idea for one of his characters, On a stick!

" Tiny brooms for tiny witches! " Betina the Broom Seller cried.

Johnny was voted Queen of the Calla Lilies.

Early “Tampon With Applicator” prototypes could only be bought from street vendors.

There’s nothin’ in creation, like a giant German Mädchen, in the mor-or-ning!!!

Inspiration of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Match Girl”.

Little West Pickerton decided to try only tallest women as their new chimney sweeps.

Berlin hand broom saleswoman: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eduard_Pistorius_-_Berliner_Handbesenverk%C3%A4uferin,_1862.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image at 

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/07/masterpiece-2742.html 

I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.

June is busting out all over.

Mistress Anastasia decided to sell her handmade BDSM switches to the general public. The populace gasped in anticipation.

At first everyone in town came around to admire Bessie’s four-meter-tall mannequin of a seller of hand brooms. Then came the complaints: “The clothing may be custom made, but it doesn’t fit the dummy.” “Why is it in the middle of the street?” “It gives me the willies.” Worst of all, Bessie had spent her advertising budget for the next decade and hadn’t sold one additional broom.

When Teletubbies take growth hormones.

When “The Nevers” resumes, HBO / in a teasing new trailer will show / how Primrose Chattoway / is attired in a way / that evokes a time long, long ago.

(OK, I realize that few here will understand this obscure reference, but nevertheless I persisted in the hope that somebody might get it.)

Attack on Frankenstein’s castle tonight! At midnight! Get your torches now!

That’s right b*! This is MY corner! You just keep walking!