That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 01, 2024

Riiight, sure it was.

Moment before Hans got the nickname “Four Fingers Hank.”

/// Well-trained dog waits for van der Helst’s cue.

The hound needs his consent to pursue

that nearby butterfly

which keeps fluttering by.

Canine instincts call: catch it and chew!

The dog is wondering why the man is wearing a cone of shame on his hand.

Fido, pull my finger!

He can do tricks. Take your top off and he’ll roll over. Me too!

“He followed me home, Ma ! Can we keep him ? Please, Ma? Please??

“What’s your breed? Well, I think you’re a Pointer,” replied the dog.

Van der Helst is one of those fellows/

Who enjoys wearing sleeves shaped like bellows:/

When he points at a fire/

The flames promptly rise higher-/

(Stand back when he leads the cellos)..

HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

After a night with more than a few drinks Maynard vaguely remembered how amazed he was at the size of the mice in this town

He pulled my finger. Watch this, he’ll do it again.

“Watch this. I just scuffed up a TON of static electricity!”

Stop feeding it cheese.

Self Portrait, 1655

Dog: “ This scoundrel, Bartholomeus/

Is doing his best to betray us/

But I heard from some hound/

Whom I met at the pound/

That the ba$+ard is planning to spay us!”

…he exclaimed, while slowly lifting his right cheek to let another stink bomb rip!

“These dangly bits at my collar? They used to be his, and he wants them back.”

Bartholomeus may have been a bit vain and egotistical, but at least he included the dog in his “selfies”.

…and not the bruine bonensoep I had for lunch.

Bruh, it’s bad enough that you got into a debate with the dog, but you’re losing.

Is that his leftover lunch or a weird moustache at his mouth?

“Dude, be careful, your finger looks way too much like a sausage…”

A Dog that’s been recently neutered/

is no longer fully accoutered:/

But he’s better off, still/

(As assure you he will)/

Than a dog who’s been Roto-rootered..

the dog looks pretty dubious

“I may not be looking at you but I see you… Don’t you dare try to take my hat away again!”

Self-Portrait: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:1655 oil on canvas paintings" 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 5,516, 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 (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3279 (March 1, 2024) 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 the blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 6 works by him have been used here, the July 3, 2023, strip being the prior.

“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

:)

The dog is thinking:“Ewww, stink finger.”

The dog is going to pull his finger.

Like many who became too famous too young, the Little Dutch Boy struggled in later life. No matter what he tried, nobody cared where he stuck his finger anymore.

“You got a problem with me? Talk to the hond!”

“This dog? You say this dog ate your tulip bulbs? This dog here? They were worth how much? And this dog ate them? You’re sure this is the dog? Is this my dog? You’re asking me if this dog is my dog? I’ve never seen this dog before in my life.”

It looks like one of those seaside cutouts where you can stick your own face in the hole for a portrait.

“Hi, sweets. Just thought I’d come through the garden to see you, but your mutt won’t let me over the wall.”

“Take my b!tch, please!”

~- Hendrik Jongeman