That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 21, 2023

“I said your cooking isn’t like my mother’s because my mother’s cooking is horrible.”

/// Torvald scolded, now Nora’s Offended.

He, as usual, had condescended.

In the past she’d defended

him to friends, and pretended

that her love for this fool hadn’t ended.

“I’m sorry what I said about your mother. Now will you please tell me where the dog is.”

I’m sorry my dear, I’ve upset you. I meant nothing when I said you’d be good at spooning, when you brought the beef barley soup.

Three hour movie. I will need to hit pause at least 3 times. Can I do that at the IMAX?

Mel was very good, there just wasn’t that much call for a professional armpit sniffer

Herman was on the edge of his seat as his wife pondered his “spice things up” suggestion. If she said yes to having their new neighbor, Alice, “join them,” he would definitely write a letter to Penthouse.

“All right already – I’ll turn up the thermostat! “

Dear, we have been married 25 years. If it’s just the two of us, double dipping is OK.

Waitress, could we have our entre now? Waitress? Hello, waitress?

I wonder how well this joke will hold up on Throwback Thursday in a few years…

OK – if you’re goint to pout, I’ll sit on the stool and you can have the chair.

“No, dear, you most certainly ‘dealt it’.”

“A Lexus LX? We don’t have that kind of money!”

Real men would rather eat quiche than watch the kitsch Barbie movie!

I don’t know any real man wanting to watch Barbie.

That could’ve been lifted from a conversation at my house!

Come on baby, how about a slice of that pie..

It’s been two days now. At least tell me how I screwed up so that I can apologize.

Offended: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:1885 oil on canvas paintings in Norway" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia and Yandex 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 Offended, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting by Adolph Claudius Tidemand (not the son of the named artist, who died in 1876, 9 years before this was painted). Other versions has the strip coloration image.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3168 (July 21, 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 and reply there pointing to what limited info I could find about this artist. Only work by him used here so far.

I’d rather have toothpicks in my eyes than have to watch Barbie.

great dinner Hidi, now let’s go upstairs for some desert.

I don’t care, I still want a divorce…

But Dear, Barbie doesn’t care that Ken has no “package,” why should you?

What?

All I was doing was looking out the window watching the next door lady work in her garden …

So she was wearing a miniskirt? I hardly noticed!

“Just a peek.”

The lady has taken offense/

And there’s no need to wonder whence../

Though it hasn’t been noted/

He was deeply devoted/

To a group who aspired to hang Pence.///

When they married, his beliefs were unknown/

But to lean to the right he was prone/

Now he’s feeling bereft

For she leans to the left-/

And tonight he’ll be sleeping alone.

Anastasia, please we’ve been married six months you can wear nighties at bedtime….

Torwald is, of course/ Norwegian/

and the weather is cold in that region/

in the presence of frigor/

Almost nothing gets bigger/

and marital problems are legion///

This couple is no exception/

Torwald hasn’t engaged in deception/

Though the weather has warmed/

He still hasn’t performed/

And it’s earned him a hostile reception.

Correction!

Torwald is, of course, Norwegian/

And the weather is cold in that region/

And little never gets bigger/

In the presence of frigor/

So marital problems are legion.