That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 03, 2023

“Your son needs some money.”

“A Schoolmaster Reading Aloud a Letter to an Old Couple from Their Son Abroad”

/// Here’s A Schoolmaster Reading Aloud

to an Old Couple (untaught, but proud),

a Letter (that’s) from

Their (far-away) Son

(who’s) Abroad (and a broad, he avowed.)

Having the ending of White Lotus read to them.

Finally, the only geezer kicked it! So what did the old buzturd leave us?

Are you Jonathan with the new medicare plan?

Another artist with no bright colors or decent idea for a subject.

They are Russians whose son has fled/

And are having his letter read/

It’s most inconsiderate/

To write the illiterate/

He really should text them instead…///

His letter is upbeat and perky/

Though his whereabouts is somewhat murky/

Is he hiding in Poland/

Or Finland, or no land?/

He’s probably lurking in Turkey..///

They’ll be told that the lad went insane/

But the truth will in time be made plain

He will never return/

Having died of a burn../

While sunning himself in Spain.

Him: “Oh, I hope there’s enough for a pony!”Her: “Shut up, Jethro, and let the lawyer read the will and maybe we’ll find out!”

“Well, folks, your entire life’s savings are now safely in Bitcoin. Rest assured your financial future is secure.”

And that’s How fairies turn teeth into gold.

I truly like this painting. You can sense the hope in their faces, listening intensely to every word. Even the old lady is leaning in a bit with her good ear, hoping not to miss a thing. It’s that same feeling we all get when we open the envelope from Publisher’s Clearing House.

Another occupation lost to history: reading porn to illiterate peasants

The 1835 winners of the Publisher’s Clearing House hear that they’ve won $1 a year – for life!

It’s not that the old couple’s illiterate. / But because of their age, they simply can’t see it. /So what else can they do? / (And it can happen to you.) / And spectacles were only for those who could afford it.

Southwest’s found luggage storeroom is like Al Capone’s vault: pretty much empty.

“What is the news from the Doctor?”

“Do you like green eggs and ham?”

The test results have come back…. you’re not pregnant.

“…and the award for the best dressed character in a 19th century painting is…”

“Sadly I can confirm, Sir, there was a mix-up regarding the mail-order bride.”

I fly any airline where they ship my luggage?

“Jedidiah… you are not the father!”

Is Sam Brinton going to be features on it?

“Your son says he’s marching with Napoleon to conquer Russia and will be back before winter.”

And you thought Ransomware was bad…

“We regret to inform you that your heel spurs disqualify you for military service. You may wish to apply for disability benefits. Incidentally, your senility makes you an admirable candidate for apolitical career.”

“He says that he’s dropped out of Yale./

(He’s bailing before he can fail)/

But he’s found a career/

In an office near here:/

Henceforth he’ll deliver our mail..”

A Schoolmaster Reading Aloud a Letter to an Old Couple from Their Son Abroad: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moritz_Unna_-_A_Schoolmaster_Reading_Aloud_a_Letter_to_an_Old_Couple_from_Their_Son_Abroad_-_KMS268_-_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst.jpg 

(perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) has 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 #3055 (January 3, 2023) 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 info about this artist I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.

Oh, don’t give them ideas. Southwest is looking for a good distraction about now.

next, the nigerian prince says you should go to the nearest ATM…

Strangely, it seems that my “likes” for others count – but my posts are invisible to anyone but me..hmmm..

AND YOU MR WILSON GET THE ESTATE AND ALL THE AUTOS.AND VALERIE GETS A NEW BREAST ENLARGEMENT.HE ALWAYS WANTED HER TO BE BIGGER.

WHAT? My son knows how to write??? What’s the world coming to now-a-days! You tell him to come right back home so that he can be un-educated. What’s good enough for me is good enough for him!

Concerning the disappearance of Call Me Ishmael —

OK, I’ve done a bit of detective work and found Ish’s GoComics profile page where we can read the most recent comments he attempted to post. He mused about why he hasn’t gotten any “Likes” the past few days, and now realizes that he can see all of his comments, but we can’t. No information about whether he knows why. I hope it is a mistake or computer glitch which is only temporary. We can hope. Here is the info for his profile page:

https://www.gocomics.com/profile/2288699