That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 20, 2022

“They’re building a new prison wing just for me. But after I promised the architect a percentage from my memoirs, he was nice enough to give me a copy of the blueprints so I could escape.”

His annoyance is hard to conceal/For He seems not to see the appeal/Of his privileged view /(Lesser mortals must queue)/Of the edifice called “La Bastille”..

“That blade sure looks big and sharp. I wonder if they are going to chop vegetables or something with it.”

“Over there the Oompah Loompa’s make the Laffy Taffy. How long have I been here?”

/// Shipwrecked Gulliver newly set foot

on the island that’s called Lilliput.

Here, he touches the tower

saved from fire by a shower

of his urine, but now he’s kaput.

Go next door and borrow a cup of sugar.

Cut scene from History of the World Part I of Mel Brooks as the Marquis de Sade.

“No, seriously. The woman on the 3rd floor is dancing naked in front of her mirror.”

he says, i did it my way, comme de latude…

“I call it “Nuclear Energy”. It’s the way of the future."

There’s a revolution a-brewin’/

And the King don’t know what he’s doin’/

and it sure looks to Jacques/

like the “ship’s on the rocks”/

and is headed for wrack and ruin..///

From out of the wreck will arise/

a man of diminutive size/

who will claim he can save you/

but slyly enslave you../

Human history’s full of such guys..

AMAZON built this @#$%^^ building and trucks are driving me crazy!

“I will now catapult my list of demands to them over there.”

If you think that a fellow is rude / And his antics are killing the mood / Just remember to say / In an off-hand-ish way / “Here’s a dude with the ’tude of LaTude.”

“He went that-a-way!”

“Did you see the size of that moat?”

" Hurry, we must flee, Madame Le Pen. The minions of Macron are almost upon us! "

Why not?

1789? Ah, painted probably just before the locals gave him a brief view from within that basket at his left hand…

The disappointed look of all uncles when you leave them hanging on a “pull my finger” gag.

“Seventeen bottles of beer on the wall…” Your number’s up next Louis!

This Frenchman inspired both George Washington’s look and the young country’s flag. VIVE LA PARIS FASHION!

He can do what he wants, but just beware that Antoine Vestier’s next commission for a painting of him might not be to his liking.

“See that window right there? That’s the room they’re building just for me!”

But it is so refreshing when the automatic sprinklers come on. Keep your iced drink covered with a little vinyl umbrella.

Jean-Henri Masers, chevalier of Latude (1725-1805), points to the Bastille: 

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(syntax supported by the Google, Yandex, Bing, Yahoo, Duckduckgo, and Ecosia search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and chose the first File: link found for info and links that point to more info (best viewed by Google Chrome which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2916 (April 20, 2022) 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 (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by him used here.

Why not?

The shipment of manure is here? I want you to dump it over there.