That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 24, 2022

And after a big birthday meal… they gave the skipper the pot.

/// On his birthday the Skipper gets toasted.

“I have never been seasick,” he boasted.

Then he buried his face in

that huge porcelain basin,

thus ensuring by guests he’ll be roasted.

/// Skipper spewed all he’d eaten and drunk,

but his boast had been truthful, not bunk.

On dry land, on shore leave,

with no rocking, he’ll heave.

And without his new vessel he’s sunk.

The bet was to finish the bowl of miso soup or lose your right hand. Guy on the left lost that bet earlier.

soup and sandwich day was a favorite among the club…

There’s a hand in my soup! What is this? A scene from Conan the Barbarian? And if it is, where is the dancing girl with the sword?

Olive Garden? Something from the USA, I assume.

There’s something floating in this punch bowl!

The guy with the hook hand. How could anyone think that would be useful? You’d make holes in your clothes trying to pull them on, you could put an eye out turning over in in your sleep, the only thing you could eat with it would be what? Sausages?

Before Guinness, the first World Record publication was the “Farquhar Book of British Records.” Oscar Gregson Farquhar was an English manufacturer of leather goods such as jodhpurs, lederhosen, specialty underwear, and riding crops.

Although few people are now aware, it was once quite “the thing” to perform astounding feats that were both stupid and dangerous in order to be noted in the Farquhar Book. Bored members of the upper class, in particular, tended to such silly activities.

This painting by artist Walter Dendy Sadler depicts a foolish person (likely intoxicated) attempting to beat the world record towards the amount of Yorkshire Pudding that can be eaten in the space of sixty seconds … [Note: He did not succeed.]

/p

“Finally Monsieur, have a wafer thin mint. Oh Sir, it’s only a tiny little thin one……..It’s only wafer thin.”

“All right now, everyone together…Chug! Chug! Chug!”

“And this is they’re small cappuccino.”

During the excesses of the Edwardian era, even the Admiralty had a vomitorium.

Retired captain’s club

True. The smallest order from Olive Garden is twice as much as I can eat…

There are some people, and even towns, that consider Olive Garden to be “ethnic food.”

Britannia once ruled the high seas / With tall ships manned by such as these. / Some were heroes and legends, / Some were villains and brigands. / And you can’t tell one from the other with any ease.

The others don’t seem happy that he’s hogging the chip bowl.

Long before ESPN the Ocho carried the Hook vs. Whiskey Glass Fighting Championship the events took place in simple gentlemen’s clubs across England.

The punch bowl is empty…….bring on the broads!

Waiting for the biggest bowl movement ever.

A never ending bowl of pasta is a real thing? No wonder Americans are so, uh.., grande

The monthly meeting of the Retired Captains & Curmudgeons Club ended, as it always did, in drunken argument and boast.

The man of Lord Nelson’s fleet/

Have gathered for something to eat/

it’s a small celebration/

which cost them some hands and some feet.

Where are wounds not so readily seen/

But which may be in fact much more keen/

By a flagon oft drained/

And not by the soup tureen…///

JUDGE: Remember – anything that comes back up has to go back in or you lose the bet!

“You can’t fool me, Jacobson. You’ve merely regifted me the chamber pot I gave to you for your birthday!”

So here’s to the men of the fleet/

Who inflicted decisive defeat/

On the small autocrat/

And the vast conquests that /

(Thanks to Nelson) he’d never complete.

Watching paint dry wasn’t boring enough so now they’re watching bread rise.

Gentlemen, we’re going to need a bigger bowl.

Breadsticks and salad……to infinity and beyond..

He accepted the challenge on who can drink the most cups of coffee. But then they sneakily changed the cup on him.

The Skipper’s Birthday: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Walter Sadler" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex 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 first Skipper text string, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2983 (August 24, 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 pointing to the blog comment with the info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 7 works by this artist have been used here. The September, 8, 2021, strip has the prior.

He ate the whole table, now they are waiting and betting how long it takes him to puke.

Mr Melcher … thank you for having your comment not be about a terd in a punchbowl.

Blimey – ‘is Majesty’s p**p is BLUE !!