That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 29, 2024

My original post from 2019:

Orpheus would tell stories of the backwater joints he played when he first started out.

My original comment: When Orpheus played his instrument he made his short and tall hares stand up.

/// Orpheus was so skilled with his lyre,

the charmed animals stopped to admire.

Even amorous rabbits

put aside carnal habits

to pay heed to a different desire.

Clive was suddenly glad he didn’t play the flute…

Playing a lyre without any pants seems like a bad idea for a guy.

ok, this guy looks kind of pervy – he’s sitting there in the nude serenading a bunch of rabbits?

Rather unique pizzicato technique don’t you think? He can actually switch hands without missing a beat.

When Orpheus smote his lyre/

To amuse a small woodland choir/

He forgot his attire/

Had been left in the dryer/

But Eurydice’s panties caught fire..///

This artist, whose name is Brush/

Was reduced to a bucket of mush/

By the sight of a tush/

That was long, lean, and lush/

And he hastened to pick up his brush..///

The instrument, carefully placed,/

Maintains both decorum and taste/

But should it be erased/

And not be replaced/

This work would be deemed unchaste…

Lyre! Lyre!

Pants on Fire!

It’s either strip or have roasted nuts!

Why did George deForest Brush brush de forest?

Orpheus was a String musician, and played all types that could be adapted to the lyre with Spirit and Gluck. Here he even plays Hip Hop.

Willie still couldn’t see the allure. This was a beach and those are bunnies. So what’s so cool about hanging out with beach bunnies?

This painting is listed in the “Oddities and Questionable Taste” addendum to “Great Moments in Phallic Portraiture, Vol 2.”

Elliot was tired of the jokes about him playing with his instrument. So, he went to his man cave, where he encountered bunnies that were not of the Playboy variety.

We can see that Orpheus was well-strung but not well-hung.

The rabbits are just ready for him to fall asleep so they can eat his carrot

“No, I will not ‘do Freebird’!”

OUCH! !@#$ strings…….I’m caught! I’m caught!!

After the long drought, the laurel leaves were looking mighty tasty.

Ziggy wannabe

“Here comes Peter Cottontail, staggering down the bunny trail. Looks like Peter tied on one again. (I won’t continue as the parody goes rapidly downhill from there into x-rated territory.)

Well, so much for the advice “All you need is a sense of rhythm!”

Related: The song “Reuben and Cerise,” by Robert Hunter (better known by Jerry Garcia) is a moving re-telling of the Orpheus and Eurydice tale, relocated to Mardi Gras.

Orpheus: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Paintings of rabbits" 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 Brush, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2250 (7/24/19) (February 28, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here (4 times total, including this and a prior Throwback Thursday repeat), the July 24, 2019, strip being its first use. The February 1, 2024, strip has the prior by him (the other repeat).

Those poor rabbits. He’s just stringing them along

Some comments from the 7/24/19 post:

Call me Ishmael: You’ve really got to admire / his commitment to playing the lyre / for he’d squandered his portion / of the family fortune/ and even his wardrobe entire.

Call me Ishmael: In some circles,it’s a scandal / to perform wearing only your sandals / but a cluster of hares / is not prey to such cares / and they don’t ridicule your “love handles”.

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J Short: They must be rabbits because there’s no hare apparent.

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gcarlson: What’s the difference between the Prince of Wales, a bald man, an orphan, and a gorilla?

The Prince of Wales is Heir Apparent; a bald man has no hair apparent; an orphan has nary a parent; and a gorilla has a hairy parent. (60+ y.o. joke book)

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rugeirn: The comments upon today’s comic / In limericks sharp and ironic / Left me splitting my sides / Yes, I laughed till I cried / Until now I’m almost catatonic.

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Snoopy_Fan: He envisioned a different kind of gig when he was told he would be playing for some bunnies…

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Indianapolis Smith: Silly rabbits! Harps are for kids!

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MissScarlet: Yeah, yeah; music has charms to soothe the savage beast. But bunnies don’t count, Orpheus.

Thanks for the update- those limericks could be worse. My current ones are.