That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 07, 2021

Something kept getting in the way of Imelda’s juggling act.

Mariana demonstrates to her students the difference between oranges and melons.

How do you like them oranges

“How do you like them….oranges?”

I had just looked up Julio Romero after Monday’s comic, and this picture was on the Wiki page. My first thought was, why did’t Melcher use this one instead?

At my grocery store they sell 3 and 5 pound mesh bags of oranges like this called “California Cuties” – no further comment.

I got a question – how did she get such big oranges off of such a tiny tree?

Woman with a long suffering look, as she realizes that not one guy has looked her in the face this whole time.

I know vitamin c gives one a lift but I think she may have gotten that wrong. On the other hand, she certainly is a peeling…

The original title is “Oranges and Lemons.” You figure it out.

A truly beautiful painting.

Four navel oranges from the valley trying to climb to the tops of the mountains.

I knew all you guys were gonna have fun with this one. :-)

It’s gratuitous even to mention/ that her outfit defies convention./ The fruit she displays/ is worthy of praise/ but that isn’t what grabs your attention..

In order to keep us alert/ she sometimes abandons her shirt/ but she’s ever so clever/ for she makes certain never/ to expose what’s under her skirt.

Melon-choly, baby!

Busted! She was trying to smuggle these rare oranges in her top, but a cop tried to cop a feel and she didn’t squeel!

still wife with oranges…

She said to her lover, ‘I don’t give two fruits.’ That’s why the artist showed her at the fore.

“Yes, We have no bananas. We have no bananas today. But excuse me, Sir, What’s that you have in your pocket?”

Squeeze to see if they’re ripe….

“Eyes up here!” (She DOES have a pretty face. Too.)

Eve: “Are you looking at the apple the snake gave me?”Adam: ‘No, I’m looking at the pear the lord gave you".

Valencia, in my dreams it always seemsI hear you softly call to meValencia, where the orange trees foreverSend the breeze beside the sea

Valencia, in my arms I hold your charmsBeneath the blossoms high aboveYou love me, in Valencia long agoWe found our paradise of love

Ah…a picture with zest!

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain….hence beautiful oranges?

“It’s not porn my dear, the oranges make it art!”

The other vendors frustratingly could not figure out why Flo sold so many oranges,

What a pleasant little depiction/ of what is, in fact, a mere fiction-/ that we men don’t just stare/ at this cute little “pair”/ Sure it’s Art – but it’s also addiction.

With all the chaos happening along the border it was getting harder to sell oranges at the stop light.

4 of a kind beats a pair all day! ;-)

Proud Mary with oranges.

Nuthin could be better than a girl without her sweater in the mo-or-ornin’…

When you get to the stage in life when you can hold oranges under your pears, it’s time to stop topless modeling.

The oranges Margarita bought had to be the perfect size which fortunately for the fruit stand vendor, she ascertained by comparing them to her Ta Tas.

Margarita was also very fussy about the size of her bananas but we won’t go into that

The Bottle Toss game at the Barcelona State Fair was most crowded when Margarita mammed…manned it.

Margarita could always expect at least 3 marriage proposals every time she shopped for oranges.

Steve millers tree was a peach tree wasnt it?

You should see the blooper reel.

Oranges and lemons: 

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

has info and links that point to more info about this oil and tempera on canvas painting. I couldn’t find the strip’s coloration online (Mr. Melcher captured several of these years ago and the source webpage has either disappeared or has since updated its image). I did upgrade the title URL’s image.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/romero_de_torres_julio.html 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/julio-romero-de-torres 

https://prabook.com/web/julio.romero_de_torres/3742324 

https://www.spanish-art.org/spanish-painting-romero-de-torres.html 

http://www.freemanart.ca/Torres.htm 

https://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org/en/artista/julio-romero-de-torres 

have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2021/04/05?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URLs).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2680 (April 6, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Orange you glad you came here today!

How to make orange smoothies.

Madalena found her job selling oranges in Malaga was a lot less strenuous than pole dancing in Madrid … and a lot more lucrative. Who knew you could make so much money juggling your Valencias?

With regard to the test subject’s breasts/ they’ve survived our most rigorous tests/ they’re ample, yet real/ with unquestioned appeal/ in short, she is one of the blessed..

Yet the oranges aren’t so great/ in fact, they ain’t fit to be ate/ though the fragrance is swell/ they did not travel well/ and should have been left in the crate..

Yet the context in which they’re presented/ a complete collapse has prevented/and a pleasing display/ may yet save the day / for breasts leave a sane man demented..

The conclusion is always the same/ and extends to the painterly game../ your best chef d’oeuvre/ may appear in the Louvre/ but remember the role of the frame..

It’s been a quiet afternoon here in Geezerland….

les oranges à l’ambroisie.

Mr. Steve, this is one of your very bust yet ( sorry, best and two, not one ) thanks

Absolutely true story my wife told me: One of her coworkers was sitting at the nurses’ station with a pear in front of her. A male colleague came by and said “Nice pear”. The woman looked down at her chest and asked “Oh, you think so?” From that point, anything he said would have been wrong.

she tried to hide her Breasts but they weren’t orang enough, guess which ones got sucked

Please don’t have me hold any more oranges. Then I would have to hold them in my skirt, and you said to JUST wear this skirt.

Some days it’s just so hot, you have to grab something out of the fridge and hold it on your skin. Ahh, that’s nice.

Seniority, I would like to take your oranges, all six of them por favor!