That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 11, 2022

The young man made his proposition and waited for her response. “I shall gladly bed you Thursday for a ten Lira note today,” was her wimpy reply.

(Is this the first Melcher Masterpiece formatted as a meme?)

“My husband’s funeral is Monday, so we can get the marriage license on Tuesday.”

“Will you invite me in? You don’t have and garlic or crosses hanging around do you?”

Man has second thoughts about the price tag.

The Art of the Deal.

“i will gladly pay you Tuesday for a tumble today”

And you can make it on a bleak day, a freak day, or a week day,

be my guest,

but never, never on a Sunday, a Sunday, the one day

I need a little rest.

Stores used to have lay-away plans. This brothel had a lay-a-day plan…

And for those who wanted prayers said for them while they sinned, a lay preacher was available for a modest fee…

“C’mon in, soldier, and I’ll show ya what I’m hiding under this shawl.”

“Thursdays is when I do the alphabet people. You’ll know me, I’m wearing red socks.”

A visit to the local speak-easy.

Roy Orbison taking the first step to writing “Last Night.”

Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow

Could be Jack the Ripper

They met in a bar in Bologna/

Where he muttered “I’d sure love to bone ya !”

So they hastened outside/

Where he mightily tried/

But he failed – and they both caught pneumonia.

They met in a night club in Napoli/

Where she danced for him, “pole-wise”, then “lap-ily”/

But he ran out of dough/

Pretty quickly, and so/

The relationship ended unhappily.

They called her Salacious Sally / Whose digs were in a London back alley. / She’d deliver good value / Despite the poor venue, / To her clients of which she had quite a tally.

They met in a dive in Firenze/

Where the clientele seemed rather dense/

They wore buffalo heads/

And they may have been “Reds”/

For I heard them scream “hang Mike Pence”…

They met in a bar in Bolzano/

Where she sang while she sat on the piano/

She had mastered the lyrical/

But he needed a miracle/

For she’s basso, and he’s a soprano..

They met in a Venetian venue/

He, a roué, and she an “in-GEN-you”/

But his plans were to “bomb”/

When she summoned her Mom../

Seems that sex was just not on the menu.

They met on a set in Livorno/Where she smiled as he muttered “buongiorno !”But she couldn’t comply/With his hopes- and here’s why:/She was too busy filming a p***o..

One gets the distinct impression/

That we’re viewing the bargaining session/

Which will swiftly proceed/

To their “doing the deed”/

Then they’ll both hasten off to confession///

And there, to the ear of a priest/

They’ll confess they succumbed to “The Beast”/

Then go back into “action”/

Having found satisfaction/

Since from guilt they’ve been duly released.

Lucretia remembered her mother’s warning, “Never do business with a guy who has fur on his hood!”

With the deluxe package, we give you two punches on your VIP frequent customer card.

They met in an Umbrian setting/

Whose details they are gladly forgetting/

By good sense unencumbered/

They lightheartedly lumbered/

To an outcome they both are regretting.

“Ever get the feeling the walls are closing in on you?”

A Street in Venice: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Paintings of Venice by John Singer Sargent" site=https://commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string A Street, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2957 (July 10, 2022) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with info about this artist. So far, 6 works, by this artist, have been used here (7 times total, including 1 repeat). The September 22, 2021, strip has the prior (the repeat).

Maybe he will see you next Tuesday?

This painting makes me want to go the gallery. There’s a magnificent gallery a day’s drive from here. It focuses on American art and includes British-Americans like Sargent and Whistler.

They met in a bistro in Pisa/

He thought her a new Mona Lisa./

When when she undressed/

He was deeply distressed/

To discover a Julius Caesar..

Realtor: “This is a cozy little place with a wonderful view.”

The Emperor Diocletian/Was Roman (rather than Grecian)/Being somewhat erratic/He avoided the Attic/And also all vistas Venetian ///

Diocletian, you’ll probably find/To the Southwest was far more inclined/He eschewed the Northeast/And his “int’rest” decreased/You could call him “Venetian blind”.

Per favore, mi scusi, Amici ! Poor Ishmael was trapped by rain today in a picnic shed in a park, with his bicycle and his iPhone. Inspired by Sargent, Ishmael began to remember Italy. The deluge of drivel is the result.

John made a appointment unseen and she was best un-seen, hurt your eyes.

Why … yes! You should have taken the left turn at Albe-koi-key