That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 20, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  over 1 year ago

    When the the van Pelt family went on a picnic, they did everything from scratch.

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    Solstice*1947  over 1 year ago

    /// He was stoic, the boy never smiled.

    To show joy would mean being reviled.

    Amanda, his mother,

    had a reed-weaver brother,

    who made baskets with Spock (then a child).

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    rmremail  over 1 year ago

    Yes, son, a degree in Underwater Basket Weaving will put food on the table.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “Once I’m done with this basket son, you can use it to carry more straw.”

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    rmremail  over 1 year ago

    So that Musk fellow is claiming that his clay pots are going to render baskets obsolete? I’ll believe that when I see a washer-woman carrying a pot of laundry to the river to wash.

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    rmremail  over 1 year ago

    The best thing about being a basket weaver? You can do it while blitzed out of your mind. I haven’t been sober a day in the past 14 years (that’s the day you were conceived).

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    ronaldspence  over 1 year ago

    slowest moving Tiktok challenge EVER!

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    jel354  over 1 year ago

    Not exactly a tangled web.

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    jdculhane46  over 1 year ago

    Milton is now a bit unsure that his $200,000 basket weaving degree was a good investment

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    Buzzworld  over 1 year ago

    The Weavers, Charlie and Dennis.

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    Egrayjames  over 1 year ago

    “Dad….You know, you really should make a YouTube video on ‘How to make a Basket from Yard Waste. I’d bet it would go viral!”

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    thebashfulone  over 1 year ago

    If them sideburns ‘d’ grow together, Dad, you’d be the spittin’ image of Abe Lincoln!

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    PraiseofFolly  over 1 year ago

    “In and out, and ‘round about,

    Twist here, then there, take special care,”

    The expert weaver said to Denis,

    His less than eager young apprentice.

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    “To my teaching pay attention

    And you’ll have a good profession!”

    But Denis dreamed of better baskets

    Not made of straw, but of … plastics.

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    “Basket weaving is for a fool,”

    He declared, going back to school.

    He saw no good in artistry

    He instead studied chemistry.

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    A wise choice for him, fortuitous,

    But research made by Denis led to this:

    Piles of useless plastic waste

    The landscapes and oceans defaced.

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    aerotica69  over 1 year ago

    I just got an order for five more bushel baskets. You’ll need to bring in more sheaves…..and rejoice while you do it.

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    wincoach Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Dad, I said I wanted to learn to do weed, not weave!

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Working as an artist’s model, Robert Blake got his big break when John Huston saw this painting and signed him up to be in Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

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    Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Ikea: The Early Years.

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    Linguist  over 1 year ago

    " I don’t particularly mind standing here all day, holding this stupid bunch of reeds, watching you weave, and listening to you bítch and cuss, but if I don’t get a pee break soon, your basket’s never gonna be the same! "

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    Rev Phnk Ey  over 1 year ago

    Boy patiently waiting while his father disassembles another basket.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  over 1 year ago

    “Dad, by the time you finish this laundry basket, I’ll have outgrown these clothes.”

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Just remember son, baskets will never be replaced..never…never…I hope!

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    Calvins Brother  over 1 year ago

    A-tisket, a-tasket

    A brown and yellow basket.

    Wait, where’s the yellow?

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    anomaly  over 1 year ago

    “What did you think I meant when I said this was a rush job?”

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    Another Take  over 1 year ago

    Dumb kid. Those ain’t Air Jordans he’s sporting.

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    Ken Holman Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “Just a thought for you to remember son: don’t borrow your wife’s clothes hamper to bring home the day’s catch of fish.”

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    amaneaux  over 1 year ago

    He’s making a glove for Willie Mays.

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Seated basket weaver with standing boy

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zittende_mandenvlechter_met_staand_jongetje,_RP-T-1962-234.jpg 

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

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3099 (March 20, 2023) 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 my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by this artist have been used here, the November 29, 2021, strip being the prior.

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    Funny_Ha_Ha  over 1 year ago

    It intertwines the reeds into the basket. It does this every time it’s told.

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    prrdh  over 1 year ago

    “Whaddya mean, I can’t make a basket? I’ll show you,” said the Sacramento King.

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    mengelji  over 1 year ago

    Every day at dinnertime Dad came home from work and if we asked him how his day had been he always said, “Nothing but net.”

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