Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this, I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? Oh, it looks good on you though. Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack.
Linda the clairvoyant had to explain to everybody at the party that this would be a big deal in something called the 80’s. She had them all believing until she began trying to break dance.
Can’t you just picture Marie Raffenburg wandering around the house, a coffee cup in one hand, a cigarette in the other, wearing a ratty bathrobe, pink fluffy mules on her feet, and ginormous rollers in her hair, screaming, “Dámmit, Wilhem, you left your dirty paint brushes in the sink, again!”
It serves as an excellent reminder that fashions come and go; the hair style or clothing that we think makes us ever so attractive today can make us the object of ridicule for our descendants tomorrow.
"Category:Portrait paintings by Wilhelm Bendz" Wikimedia
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo 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 Marie, 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 #3365 (August 27, 2024) 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 and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 5 works by him have been used here, the February 1, 2023, strip being the prior.
Solstice*1947 24 days ago
/// Marie Raffenberg, (here oddly clothed),
is best known as the Artist’s Betrothed.
Bendz depicted her hair
in that weird style she’d wear.
Was she loved by the artist, or loathed?
/// But, no, Wilhelm has longed to be wedded
to Marie, (who is not empty headed).
Her hairstyle, far from dull,
masks the top of her skull,
where the blade of an axe is embedded.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member 24 days ago
This is the point where she lets down her hair and reveals that she was beautiful all this time.
Bilan 24 days ago
Lady Gaga’s great-great-great-great-aunt.
Exasperated999 24 days ago
“To make it big, ya gotta have a gimmick “
thebashfulone 24 days ago
First runner-up in the “Louis XIV Look-Alike Contest”
phritzg Premium Member 24 days ago
When men start to stare at her, she has to say “My eyes are down here”.
Kornfield Kounty 24 days ago
Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this, I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? Oh, it looks good on you though. Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack.
Call me Ishmael 24 days ago
Her husband’s the local Deacon/
Hence her morals must never weaken:/
Her body’s a shrine/
To what’s noble and fine/
And her head is a beckoning beacon.
The Wolf In Your Midst 24 days ago
The lady Angelique Siffon, seen here in her mugshot after assaulting her hairstylist.
GoComicsGo! 24 days ago
“Inter-resting.”
Slowly, he turned... 24 days ago
Oh my! and that’s all I have to say about that.
Call me Ishmael 24 days ago
She knows that she’s going to Heaven/
She’s abed every night by eleven
She receives ““emanations”/
Frem twenty six stations:/
On a good night she gets twenty seven…///
Nobody in history’s annals/
Has seen so many shows with panels:/
She’s becoming a whiz/
At every quiz/
And nobody gets more channels.
Econ01 24 days ago
Unable to remove the ticks, she settled for being able to train them to stand in interesting patterns.
Call me Ishmael 24 days ago
But how can. Lady endure/
A life that is perfectly pure?/
She does it with ease/
(But doesn’t dare sneeze/
Lest she ruin her precious coiffure.)
Buzzworld 24 days ago
“Don’t you think I know it looks ridicules.”
jdculhane46 24 days ago
A reminder from the stylist that she forgot to tip
wincoach Premium Member 24 days ago
Linda the clairvoyant had to explain to everybody at the party that this would be a big deal in something called the 80’s. She had them all believing until she began trying to break dance.
aerotica69 24 days ago
This year’s Met Gala will be devoted to ridiculous hair styles instead of ridiculous clothes.
mac04416 24 days ago
Go ahead George, tell me you think it’s just nice.
Rev Phnk Ey 23 days ago
Herman’s first attempt at Drag was not successful.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member 23 days ago
Repurposing Nabisco Shredded Wheat.
prrdh 23 days ago
You call that a hairdo, Princess Leia? That’s not a hairdo. This is a hairdo.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 23 days ago
The shady lady made a fortune carrying drugs across the border in her hair until one very windy day it all fell apart!
Calvins Brother 23 days ago
Is that a handle?
Raging Moderate 23 days ago
How would you like this painting to be your enduring legacy?
RadioDial Premium Member 23 days ago
..evidently Wilhelm couldn’t paint human hair..
Linguist 23 days ago
Can’t you just picture Marie Raffenburg wandering around the house, a coffee cup in one hand, a cigarette in the other, wearing a ratty bathrobe, pink fluffy mules on her feet, and ginormous rollers in her hair, screaming, “Dámmit, Wilhem, you left your dirty paint brushes in the sink, again!”
lagoulou 23 days ago
She needs a nose job…
Holden Awn 23 days ago
It serves as an excellent reminder that fashions come and go; the hair style or clothing that we think makes us ever so attractive today can make us the object of ridicule for our descendants tomorrow.
Jayalexander 23 days ago
Works for hens looking for (legitimate name but I’m sure I can’t get away with it).
Call me Ishmael 23 days ago
Why Danes are melancholy.
Ken Holman Premium Member 23 days ago
“Darling, please call maintenance. It seems one of my hair rolls has sprung … third from my right … I think I can feel it … is it at all noticeable?”
anomaly 23 days ago
Bet she gets good reception.
Demo12 Premium Member 23 days ago
will no one say something about that schnoz?
mistercatworks 23 days ago
“They told me huge curlers and over-rougeing would distract from my terrible posture.”
mistercatworks 23 days ago
The “fin” is probably a fan. Those outfits are very warm.
Impkins Premium Member 23 days ago
Why Julia Roberts doesn’t wear rouge. :)
mabrndt Premium Member 23 days ago
Marie Raffenberg, the Artist’s Betrothed:
Paste (including the quote marks)
"Category:Portrait paintings by Wilhelm Bendz" Wikimedia
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo 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 Marie, 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 #3365 (August 27, 2024) 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 and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 5 works by him have been used here, the February 1, 2023, strip being the prior.
Running Buffalo Premium Member 23 days ago
Rapunzel in disguise.