It doesn’t look like a frying pan, nor a shoe.And if it’s a hair brush, it is the oddest one I’ve seen (Most hair brushes don’t have weights on the backside)
"Category:Paintings by Jan Miense Molenaer" site=commons.wikimedia.org
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, 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 text string Touch, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly A5 paper size high by B4 paper size wide painting. As the title implies, the artist made 5 such paintings, each for a different sense. They’re all held by the same museum.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3162 (July 11, 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 pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 3 works by him have been used here, the July 30, 2013, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.
Solstice*1947 12 months ago
/// A drunk reaches his hand up her skirt,
unaware he’s about to be hurt.
Her shoe’s poised to come down
with some force on his crown.
(There are subtler ways he could flirt.)
BE THIS GUY 12 months ago
One way or another, Wilhelmina was going to get the lice out of Alexander’s hair.
flashdrive1988 12 months ago
The original 3 Stooges.
rmremail 12 months ago
Beating the hired help was one of the favorite pastimes in medieval times. That and watching ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’.
rmremail 12 months ago
Early TikTok challenge – grope a woman you don’t know at the local pub.
Like most most TikTok challenges, it ended with yet another brain injury.
ronaldspence 12 months ago
an early remedy for lice…if it didn’t work, the victim would at least be out for part of the infestation!
orinoco womble 12 months ago
Origin of the dope slap.
Bilan 12 months ago
Cyrus was just an inch short of being allowed on the roller coaster. They’re trying to fix that.
Jayalexander 12 months ago
You come near my daughter again and I’ll give you another crack on the head.
MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT 12 months ago
“Just nod your head and I’ll hit it.”
Ubintold 12 months ago
Whacked with a frozen turkey leg!
Pocosdad 12 months ago
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
[Traveler] Premium Member 12 months ago
Hold still! There’s a spider on your head, I’ll kill it.
phritzg Premium Member 12 months ago
Sick of being ridiculed about his hunchback, Quasimodo tries the only treatment he can afford.
Lady loves a joke 12 months ago
“You said the chicken was tough, huh? I’ll show you some tough chicken!”
mac04416 12 months ago
Moe learned the phase " …..come here chowder head" from his mom.
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
Nuthin’s more diverting than a hand beneath your skirting in the mor-ornin’…
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
His advanced seduction technique/
Has aroused the barmaid’s pique/
He thinks it’s In fun/
But the fun’s just begun:/
He’ll be hospitalized for a week..
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
His demeanor is downright despotic/
The psychiatrists say he’s psychotic/
But whatever is said/
We have never been led/
That his skills include the erotic…
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
If you wonder of whom I am speaking/
Your memory may need some tweaking/
Someone has a tape/
Of a sad, vengeful ape/
Watching maids, on a mattress, a-leaking …
Rev Phnk Ey 12 months ago
Hans thinking maybe he should try the dog’s flea collar.
Indianapolis Smith 12 months ago
Elmer getting his new hair plugs.
The Wolf In Your Midst 12 months ago
“I’ll treat your head lice if you treat my crabs.”
Linguist 12 months ago
Bettina the Belgium Barmaid kept an old shoe handy for just such occasions. ( She also had a baseball bat, in case things got too serious. )
Radish the wordsmith 12 months ago
Small frying pan = knockout, large pan = death.
Calvins Brother 12 months ago
“Holy cow. I’ve got a hold of a twig and berries!”
MuddyUSA Premium Member 12 months ago
Cyrus announces his discovery: She does not shave it………………
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member 12 months ago
“You naughty boy! You like this, don’t you? Say you like it, you naughty boy.” (family-friendly version)
anomaly 12 months ago
“Me wife don’t so much cut m’hair as beat it inta submission.”
It's Not Easy Bein' Me 12 months ago
Benny Hill’s Great Great Grandfather?
davanden 12 months ago
Is this painting in the Netherlands? I’m going to visit there later this year.
rmremail 12 months ago
Seriously, though, what is she hitting him with?
It doesn’t look like a frying pan, nor a shoe.And if it’s a hair brush, it is the oddest one I’ve seen (Most hair brushes don’t have weights on the backside)
mabrndt Premium Member 12 months ago
The Five Senses: Touch:
Paste (including the quote marks)
"Category:Paintings by Jan Miense Molenaer" site=commons.wikimedia.org
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, 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 text string Touch, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly A5 paper size high by B4 paper size wide painting. As the title implies, the artist made 5 such paintings, each for a different sense. They’re all held by the same museum.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3162 (July 11, 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 pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 3 works by him have been used here, the July 30, 2013, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.
KEA 12 months ago
why does he look so happy?
rugeirn 12 months ago
They both look so blasé. Only the guy in the back looks interested, i.e. entertained.
mshaw Premium Member 12 months ago
“Touch”, 1637. From the series “The Five Senses”.
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
He thinks that he’s copping a feel/
But Bettina is keeping it real/
He’ll be glad it’s her heel/
Not an object of steel/
While he’s waiting for his head to heal …
markmoss1 12 months ago
Madam Hildegard’s Lice Extermination for Masochists.