That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 12, 2024

/// Paolo, (Francesca’s brother-in-law),

kissed his brother’s wife right on her jaw.

They’d been reading a book,

and this chance Paolo took

brought them grief because her husband saw.

Enter stage right: the husband of the young woman, who is also the BROTHER of the young man. This will not be a happy ending.

Sardines and onions are a big mistake just before you make your move.

let’s play darkroom…turn out the lights and see what develops…

Guy walks into a bar, orders a beer, bartender asks him how things are going? Guy replies “Oh man, I need to have sex in the worst way!” Bartender sounds sympathetic when he says “Well, the worst way I know of is standing up in a hammock!”

“Is that Venus next to the moon?”

You know what they say, “No bookmark, no sex!”

A bookmark. You know, in the form a marriage certificate.

Her appointment book?

Jack, comically not getting the message.

“I don’t have a bookmark, but I do have this feather that I think would tickle your fancy.”

Yep, that’s the way sex with him usually is. Bad

Use the condom wrapper

Unfortunately, the book she’s reading is the Kama Sutra, and he’d shortly be in need of the services of a chiropractor.

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Stretching before strenuous exercise is important, folks!

Comdom? In the 1830’s? Thought they didn’t happen til much later in the 19th century?

Paolo, who I hold so dear / whisper sweet nothings in my ear / Though my husband I wed / tis you I bed / Like Lancelot and Guinevere.

The lady appears to be less than enthusiastic; I see a prompt harassment complain in his future.

Guess what makes a great bookmark!

By the book she was reading inspired /

To the bedroom they promptly retired/

Where the sex acts took place/

(Thus avoiding disgrace)/

“By the book”, as the volume required..

“Not now, dear. That peeping painter is watching us.”

So, so many readers I know, this is exactly true.

“Well … because last time it was YOUR chapter in the Kama Sutra and this time it is MINE!”

I’m not always this agressive, I get worse.

Getting better, that’s the first clever one in quite a while…

Francesca da Rimini: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Paintings by William Dyce" Wikimedia 

(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 text string Google, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this large painting, along with a Description (hand mentioned there, sadly has been mostly cropped from the strip image). 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3251 (January 12, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the May 6, 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.

A couple in passion’s throes ?/

Hard to tell from woman’s pose/

She appears to draw back/

From his “friendly “attack”../

Does she love him? Who the h€££ knows?

Is there trouble ahead? Who can tell?/

Perhaps he’s just checking her smell/

Sure her dress is low cut/

But she’s not just a $£*t../

It’s an outrage to send them to

h€££ ..

When your brother you dare not entrust/

With your belle and her glorious bust/

Then perhaps it is true/

That some punishment’s due:/

Could it be that the deity’s “just”?

I’m not a fan of the text in the painting.

Keep it below the author’s name, please.

“Francesca da Rimini,” 1837

I can’t believe Steve didn’t have this one in his book “The Fine Art of Dating.” LOL. Great book, by the way. :)

Or maybe an assistant.

Murdered by her husband after he found she was having an affair with his brother. Wikipedia

The book says “Insert tab A into slot B” … Well – should we try it?

Love the color of your dress—just like my favorite shirt!

“I like you, Fred.. mostly as a friend. But, I’m REALLY loving this book! By the way.. don’t you have a breath mint”?

I’m sorry Christopher if you are running off to discover new lands I am not waiting foryou…..Alfredo is a stay put guy………

In every one of us dwells/

The mysterious force that compels/

The kind of behavior/

That calls for a “Savior”/

to save us from seven “h€££z”///

But Nature, it seems, disagrees/

With fantastic theologies:/

We’re a physical beast/

In spite of the priest/

(If you doubt that, ignore paying fees)..

The desire to procreate /

In all species is clearly innate/

You’re intended to mate/

So be wise, and don’t wait

Get busy- before it’s too late.///

You can’t have a next generation/

Without some cooperation/

To achieve procreation/

You need penetration:/

It’s a difficult situation..