That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 29, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  12 months ago

    A hard way to find out not to insult another man’s horse.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member 12 months ago

    Last thing the artist saw.

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    Solstice*1947  12 months ago

    /// Clint’s hand hovered right next to his gun,

    for the shootout with Bart had begun.

    They’d agreed they would meet

    on Laredo’s Main Street

    at the rise of the bright Winter Sun.

    /// He watched Bart cinch his holster strap tighter,

    steady handed, a seasoned gunfighter.

    And what now caught Clint’s eye—

    the intense orange sky,

    proved in winter the sun’s even brighter.

    /// Bart moved slowly left, shuffling his feet,

    backing toward the east end of the street.

    This maneuver caused Clint

    to face sunrise and squint.

    He’d assumed his opponent would cheat.

    /// Bart had shot the town’s man of the law.

    That dead marshal was Clint’s girlfriend’s Paw.

    A slight smile on his lips,

    Clint watched Bart’s hat eclipse

    the sun. Now he could see the man draw.

    /// Clint’s one chance at avoiding disaster,

    was to draw his gun now, even faster.

    Two gunshots filled the air

    of Laredo’s town square.

    Western gunmen now had a new master.

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    Kwen  12 months ago

    Thanks for your insight, Phydias. According to this to this poll list , I just made 1000 drachmae on this “Do Athenians wore something under their chlamys” betting scheme.

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    Ubintold  12 months ago

    Was it high noon? I can’t see the sun.

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    hubbard3188  12 months ago

    I like this one, but you’ve always got to consider your backstop when using firearms. In this case it looks like horses and civilians, so that’s a nonstarter for a gunfight.

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    mokspr Premium Member 12 months ago

    “This here town ain’t big enough for the two of us Slim… so I’m leaving.”

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    Jayalexander  12 months ago

    Go ahead draw, I kinda’ wish you would.

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    thebashfulone  12 months ago

    According the Cowboys’ Quarterly, plaid shirts were to die for that year.

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    PraiseofFolly  12 months ago

    Do not dessert me, oh my darlin’

    On this hot and humid day.

    I don’t want my tummy to so ache me

    That my bullet goes astray.

    .

    The last time you made blueberry pancakes

    The berries were past the date when due

    They gave me chills, high fever,

    And such diarrhea, too!

    .

    And that prickly pear cactus syrup

    Made my hand all sticky so

    I could not draw out from my holster

    Fast enough to shoot straight at my foe.

    .

    Just brew a pot of strong coffee —

    But please not mixed with chicory —

    I don’t want to be out there a’prancin’

    Because I have to pee.

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    blackman2732  12 months ago

    The showdown at the Hokey Pokey Corral became tense when Jed Washington asked “Is it left foot in then left foot, out or right foot in and right foot out?”

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    P51Strega  12 months ago

    I said “DRAW”! Not paint; sheesh, we’ll be out here all day.

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    jdculhane46  12 months ago

    Bill was very serious about his views on the pineapple on pizza debate

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    Egrayjames  12 months ago

    I wonder….Did Ben Cartwright get his vest off a dead man?

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    Call me Ishmael  12 months ago

    As a means of resolving disputes/

    We choose to hang back with the brutes/

    I am sorry to say/

    The American way/

    Is that too often somebody shoots.

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    rmremail  12 months ago

    Hey, can we skip the gunfight and go back to eating breakfast? And you forget about me saying that my horse looks like yo’ mama?

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    [Traveler] Premium Member 12 months ago

    My hands, what do I do with my hands

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    MS72  12 months ago

    production assistant taking photos on the set of “Rust”.

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member 12 months ago

    Jed will be a dead man if he doesn’t realize he has to draw his arms and pull their triggers.

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    Call me Ishmael  12 months ago

    It’s a scene to rival “High Noon”/

    Outside the Dead Dog saloon../

    An insult was spoken/

    and an old friendship broken/

    as a dolt confronts a buffoon..///

    The source of this altercation?/

    Nothing less than “the fate of this nation”,

    an ad hominem crack/

    about Joe Biden’s lack/

    of solutions to rampant inflation..///

    Now, somebody’s certain to die -/

    and you know the reason why/

    one’s a CNN man/

    and one’s a Fox fan-/

    and one called a lie “a lie”///

    They rode 20 years together,/

    through all manner of vile western weather:/

    They stood back to back/

    against Injun attack-/

    but today they’re a-slappin’ leather..

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member 12 months ago

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 6 at the University of Alabama ??

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    phritzg Premium Member 12 months ago

    If your opponent has an itchy trigger finger, you should first offer him an antipruritic product which contains pramoxine. I would suggest Preparation H, because it can also be used to relieve his saddle sores.

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    PraiseofFolly  12 months ago

    “I say it again: DANCE, you ornery varmint! And not a minuet or The Funky Chicken!”

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    aerotica69  12 months ago

    I said we’re having Cream of Wheat for breakfast.

    And I said I want Malt-O-Meal.

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    David_J Premium Member 12 months ago

    Weird angle. If green shirt misses, his bullet could strike a horse.

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    Rev Phnk Ey  12 months ago

    Horse in background, “um, could you move that down the street aways?”

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    Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member 12 months ago

    I can’t get Buster Scruggs out my head.

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    Linguist  12 months ago

    You are all seeing a completely different picture posted than I have. Does anyone else have the painting by Stuart Davis of the man painting and Egyptian mural?

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  12 months ago

    I get the feeling that the artist had a secret fetish for horse butts and just looked for excuses to paint them.

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    Calvins Brother  12 months ago

    “Showdown of the Fifty Foot Men.”

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    Csaw Backnforth  12 months ago

    Proposed poster for the opening scene of the new TV western “Gunsmoke.”

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    anomaly  12 months ago

    First, make sure they’re loaded.

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    stamps  12 months ago

    The gunfight proceeded after a “Yo mama” contest in the bar.

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    Bilan  12 months ago

    The artist drew before the shootists could even go for their guns.

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    Ken Holman Premium Member 12 months ago

    He was tired. It was a busy night last night at the bordello where the ladies insisted on playing with his gun, though at first he misunderstood. Now, however, it was too late that Jake remembered that his bullets were still in his holster belt and he never took the time to reload!

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    Khatkhattu Premium Member 12 months ago

    The horses in the background appear to be discussing the possibility of a recurrence of the event that caused the Waco Kid to throw down his guns and crawl into a whiskey bottle.

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    d1234dick Premium Member 12 months ago

    you kissed my boyfriend, you die.

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member 12 months ago

    You sayin’ I can’t have any Gray Poupon?

    Those are fightin’ words mister!

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member 12 months ago

    Is it twu what they say?

    Oh! It’s twu! It’s twu!

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    Solstice*1947  12 months ago

    Referring to the new Masterpiece #3229:

    /// In the Palace at Knossos in Crete,

    a new mural was nearly complete.

    Friendly Critics now wonder

    if intention or blunder

    explains knee-length tan socks, but bare feet.

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    mabrndt Premium Member 12 months ago

    Winter Sun

    Paste (including the quote marks)

    "Winter Sun, Collier’s illustration, July 7, 1951" Heritage

    (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 link found for info about this foot square, oil on cardboard painting.

    It currently isn’t in Mr. Melcher’s blog. An image of the painting at another website is accompanied by:

          Copyright © Saul Tepper / Artist’s Estate

    So, it can’t be put on WC. Info about Saul Tepper (1899-1987) can be found in and links pointed to by his Wikipedia page. First work by him used here so far.

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