That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 20, 2020

“Thank you, sir. May I have another?”

His business card reads: “Have paddle, will spank.”

The Statue of Liberia. “I lift my bat beside the golden door”

The sword was bought at a Star Wars souvenir shop.

Take my Popsicle away from me…you and what army?

“Dammit! I’m not a Native American, I’m an Indian! When are you WASPs going to get it straight?”

Let’s see, who wants to make the first racist joke.

“Do that to me one more time, once is never enough, with a man like you..” (Capt and Tenielle)

i always go for the grande fudgesicle

Yeah, spanking with a cricket bat is just a little too hardcore for me.

He’s not about to be left up a creek.

With social distancing, the cricket matches have been moved to the interior.

“I know what you’re thinking, punk. You’re thinking ‘Did he take six swings or only five?’ Now, to tell you the truth, I’ve forgotten myself in all this excitement. But being this is an SS Sunridges ‘Ton Gladiator,’ the most powerful bat in the world and it will knock your head clean off, you’ve gotta ask yourself a question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?” (With apologies to Dirty Harry Callahan and screen writers Harry M. Fink, R.M. Fink, and Dean Reisner – 1971.)

He embodies determination/ to maintain social separation/ he lives to inspire us/ to master the virus/ defending OUR wicket – the nation !

“Batsman, Batsman, Batsman, Batsman!…”

“Honey, hush, stop all that yakety yak, don’t make me nervous ‘cause I’m holding a (baseball) cricket bat!” Big Joe Turner, Honey Hush.

Before the overlap finger lock grip was used.

I play cricket. You got a problem with that?

Kind of surprised at some of the humor allowed. I wonder if a reader posted something about a “sex dungeon” if he would be flagged?

Not only did we learn to play the game, but we now beat the British on a regular basis.

The 22 oz. Sugar Daddy never quite caught on. It was more of a matter of where to set it down. It did lead to the invention of the lint roller, however.

Portrait of Nannultera, a young Poonindie cricketer or Native of South Australia, pupil of the Missionary Institution of Poonindie: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.M._Crossland_-_Portrait_of_Nannultera,_a_young_Poonindie_cricketer_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. First Other versions has strip coloration.

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~crossland/genealogy/JM_Crossland.htm 

https://www.hisour.com/john-michael-crossland-12113/ 

both have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2431 (April 19, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi…..

Young Nan was a crack batsman and an ace cricketer, but he struck out with the ladies on account of his bad haircut and sticky wicket…

Vijay sing, readies the fanny wacker for his next student ,he’s hoping it’s a fat lady, they sound so much better when hit.

I brought my spatula … now where is that super large cake you were talking about?

We used to belong to a Treasure Hunt club, and once hosted a Sherlock Holmes-themed hunt. In addition to the usual pencils, phone books, and what-not we asked the players to bring a “blunt instrument” to judge for a special prize. In announcing it, I said, “Personally, I favored the bronze jackalope brought by []; and [] had a point that their drumstick is both a blunt instrument and a musical instrument; but the majority of the planning committee decided that because it displays the ‘proper British spirit,’ the prize goes to the cricket bat brought by [].”

For Nannultera showing up to the sex parties dressed as a batsman was somewhat awkward, but you could pass that off. Showing up at the pitch with his leather submissive mask, ball gag and leash was a bigger problem.