That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 17, 2021

“Damn! It’ll take me at least 2 days to get a new one from Amazon”

Cecily’s pet swordfish had survived the operation, but hated wearing the protective cone collar.

Will Lilly fall for the carnivorous sturgeon’s parasol bait?

Hannah’s parasol fell in the water, / and she did as her father had taught her. / That she’d die was his fear, / so she shouted “Come here!” / She was always a dutiful daughter. /// Hannah stood on the shore looking down, / so he’d be assured she wouldn’t drown. / Pa said, “Do not get wet — / you’re in Jeopardy, pet!” / She said, “What is ‘Come here!’?” with a frown.

Gwendolyn found evidence that they were just downstream from the restaurant they were seeking — “Jimmy’s Buffet: Home of the Ten-Gallon Piña Colada.”

Said her feckless young swain, “Annabella, / why should getting wet harm an umbrella?” / He knew nothing at all, / ‘Twas a silk parasol, / so she kicked him hard in the patella.

The planned reunion of Jane and Michael Banks with their former nanny was marred by a tragic freak lightning strike over the Thames.

Why did that bloody Englishman have to paint my parasol out there instead of on my shoulder???

But I am impressed that Melcher could get this strip into GoComics on such short notice.

Although she was bereft on shore and not royalty, the Lady of the Lake fielded her ex-parasol anyway; now it would shade some being on the way to Avalon.

when in doubt, resort to potter humor…

“Gwendolyn, if I were you I’d take off all my clothes and dive in and get it.”

“Well, don’t just stand there Reginald! Retrieve my parasol!”

“First they cancel my manicure /then I tread in some horse manure../ Now my parasol’s gone/ I’m alone on the lawn /0 the horrors a girl must endure !”

Sounds like Biden’s speech

Ouch.

Are you in some poor taste contest?

The man in the background is waiting to see if Hannah is going to strip down to get her parasol. No, he is not a gentleman.

Down stream from the Gay Pride parade.

Reginald finally saw his way clear – just the slightest nudge should give Clarissa the Ophelia moment she always dreamed of, with the added bonus of eventually putting an end to her off-key singing.

I’d help you Ma’am but I am allergic to umbrellas!

Not funny, especially for all those women and children that will be abused and the men that will be executed.

DIANA: “YOU WERE RIGHT, FERGIE – IT DOES FLOAT!”

FERGIE: “NOW WE’LL LEARN IF YOU’VE JUST REPLACED THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST CHIGGER BITES !”

DIANA: “Huh?” FERGIE: heh heh

“Vickie, you daft bint! There is no connection between paraSOL and paraSAILING!”

This isn’t the That Is Priceless that I received in my email this morning. Mine was about a fresh, pink salmon sculpture of a young lass.

Oh well, whatever floats your brolly, GoatKomixs…

Don’t worry miss, the alligators don’t come that close to shore.

Man: “Here, let me help you lift that skirt…”. [hint for the woefully naive: see dictionary definition of a light skirt…]

I know a lot of people who are like this though. “Oh, no! They are out of French Vanilla creamer. Could this day get any worse?” Well I actually estimate that there are over 6 billion people whose day was worse.

Online art by A. Hacker…… Hmmmmm

She was having a pee in the river and lost her umbrella.

I can only just imagine what’s next……

“Oh, dear, Cyril! I’ve dropped my parasol in the water! Please turn your back while I disrobe to retrieve it. There’s a good chap.”

One might ask why this lady’s so fond / of a parasol dropped in a pond / that she’d ruin her dress / just to get it. I guess / that she knows it conceals Hagrid’s wand.

gopher gofer, Is this what you meant by potter humor?

Twenty years ago, Afghan soldiers took a few dollars and let Osama bin Laden walk out of the mountains. This time, Afghan soldiers took a few dollars and let the Taliban walk in. People of both political persuasions have been high on dope because they thought it would be any different.

To Ysolde’s dismay, she couldn’t relieve herself while being watched even if the watcher was a goose.

In Jeopardy: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Hacker_-_In_Jeopardy.jpg 

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

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

https://victorianweb.org/painting/hacker/index.html 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/arthur-hacker 

https://www.chrisbeetles.com/artist/672/arthur-hacker-ra-ri-rp-neac 

http://www.maasgallery.co.uk/british-pictures-2019/british-pictures-2019/british-pictures-2019-19-2493 

https://www.askart.com/artist/Arthur_Hacker/9000528/Arthur_Hacker.aspx 

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

I usually point to the blog entry at this point, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. As of this writing, it is missing (why my comment is a bit later than usual, its blog entry might be there tomorrow).

I must say I was confused by all the comments and how they related to the picture. Once I saw the title and looked at mabrndt’s link, I saw that it wasn’t the same picture. I am seeing “The Potter’s Courtship” by Arthur Hughes, not “In Jeopardy” by Arthur Hacker, so I don’t know when the picture changed. Comments made more sense once I saw the correct picture.

http://preraphaelitepaintings.blogspot.com/2011/07/arthur-hughes-potters-courtship-c-1886.html

Oh my!!! My Kingdom for a boat!

Oh look Henry! I found the scavenger hunt item! What’s next on the list?

The strip has been changed, why nearly all the comments don’t make much sense for this strip. Unless Mr. Melcher changes it, the

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/08/masterpiece-2773.html

blog entry shows the strip that was here when those comments were made.