That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 06, 2022

“The least you can do is help me move the couch back in after I finish bathing the kinder.”

Pandemic twins itching to escape quarantine!

/// It is bath time on Saturday Night,

these three’s overworked Mom’s weekly plight.

In the tub the kids plunge

‘til one throws in the sponge,

thereby ending their long water fight.

I’ll make you a deal. Two for the price of one. I’ll throw the other one in for free and head for Monte Carlo.

“Hon, I’m heading out to the pub. Since you’re not too busy, could you wash the carriage. I’ll be a little late for dinner.”

“Hello, Martha. I just heard the funniest joke from the Dr. regarding the secret DNA testing I had done on me and the kids. Wanna hear it?”

“Got a minute ?”

wasn’t das bad in der stube an electronica group…?

It’s a scene of domestic bliss/ And it’s clear that there’s nothing amiss/ he’s as free as the breeze/ while she’s on her knees/ Surely Nature intended this…///

Bathing children is “women’s work”/ Pub-crawling? An exclusive male “perk”./And they shall have sex/When his Lordship elects./(His Lordship’s a bit of a jerk..)///

If you’re viewing this scene with disgust/ If you view your “Supremes” with mistrust/If you crave birth control/Just remember your role../She’s a womb, doing what a womb must.

3? Oh dear. I left Little Gabe at soccer practice – 5 hours ago.

Of course, this scene was back in the day / When moms did the best they could, come what may. / So I wish to share / To all Moms everywhere, / My Best Wishes for a Happy Mother’s Day!

Honey, I’m bored, how do you feel about coming upstairs with me and making one more of those or should I just read my book?

“No, dear, I’m not in the mood. Why can’t you get a mistress like everyone else’s husband?”

Looks like he doesn’t need any oil on his wood.

HUBBY: Got room for me?

“How much for the children?”

Oh goody. Something to look forward to besides death…….

“And you can keep that thing away from me from now on.”

The Bath in the Parlor: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"File:Josef Eggl Das Bad in der Stube 1879.jpg" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and chose the first File: link found for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1452 (May 16, 2016) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. 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 (2 times, including this repeat). The May 16, 2016, strip has its first time (the 13 hyperlinks in my comment there have been deactivated, and the line breaks removed, but perhaps the text remains informative).

Seventeen years from next Saturday, they will be celebrating kicking the last eighteen-year-old out of the house.

issack, still not knowing of how children are made, wonders how many kids Virgina is going to pop out.

We need a larger tub? Why sir, what are you implying?

“What’s for dinner, you say? Whatever you want, as long as you cook it yourself! I’ve got my hands full getting your kids ready for bed!”

Well, too bad! I have my hands full at the moment!

You can take those dreamy eyes and smelly pipe outside and put you hands in both pockets for company!

Keeping your knees together may do wonders toward addressing your problems, dear; just a thought.

That’s the third one today…when is this going to stop!?

My original post in 2016:

“Next time, get an apartment with a real bathroom.”