That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 06, 2021

For Frank, being at the pool was all a blur because he wasn’t wearing his glasses.

Oh, get that man some sun screen! He’s so pale he’s glowing.

Karl beat those bullies by giving himself a wedgie.

Mama told me not to come.

“Cheeky bugger! I meant a thong for your feet, not your Southern Hemisphere!

“My credo in Toledo is ‘always wear a Speedo.’ “

“Impression of Setting a Bad Impression”

Impressionists paint what they see: a movement started by an artist who was going blind.

As a man with ancestry Kraut/ I know what this is about/ There are no rules to breech/on a Baltic beach/- they just “let it all hang out !”

“It’s fun to stay at the YMCA”

’Midst this bevy of snow white swans/ stands Franz – a bastion of bronze !/ Whilst the others take months/ Franz tans all at once -/ or so say the Q-Anons..

i’m wondering why ol’ beardo there is wearing a boater at the public bath…

When no-one was looking, Leo went and took a piss.

Maybe it should be listed as gauche on cardboard.

Just what is that hand in the lower right grabbing? Note that it is the single most detailed extremity in the whole picture.

No army looks its best in their undies at the induction center, and post Great War Germany was no different.

Not at all impressed by this painting…

New Coach in the doorway, thinking: so, this is my swim team, huh, the Desert High Rubberducks.

Dudes, my eyes are up here! Wait a minute, no they aren’t.

Looks like a little mouth to mouth respiration going on in the lower right corner.

Typo, really meant: “Gauche on cardboard”.

The guy in stripe shorts is thinking, not all men were created equal…wow, the guy with the thong is long!

At Fire Island, even in 1920, there were always trendsetters!

Leo kept thinking “it’s only a dream. It’s only a dream. Please let it be only a dream…”

In the bathhouse: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_von_Faber_du_Faur_In_der_Badeanstalt_1920.jpg 

(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

https://www.askart.com/artist/Hans_Faber_du_Faur/11157518/Hans_Faber_du_Faur.aspx 

has info about this artist (again, if additions cause the text to be truncated, it can be read in full for free on Fridays), but currently has much less than what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his German Wikipedia page 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Faber_du_Faur 

(again, Chrome can automatically translate most webpages as necessary). First work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2679 (April 5, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. Personally, I find the hat more out of place.

Jacob was certain that his weeks in the sun, not to mention the thong , would get him noticed in this cattle call for the Emcee casting in Cabaret.

“THREE CHEERS FOR BERLIN, BOYS! May it always be an open and welcoming place for people of all types to live!”

“Hey Hans, you forgot to do their faces again.”

“Where’s the white women?”“They all be gone swimmin’.”“Can I come inside, then?”“No, you idiot. This isn’t a door; it’s only a paintin’.”

the gay bath, before the action started, thongs come off easiest, then short shorts.

notice the guy far right has fainted, too much too soon.

I’m sorry ma’am. I left my glasses in my locker, and I think you did, too.

Oh. Gee. Sorry. THAT review is on Wednesdays. Today is Tuesday …