That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 20, 2024

Charlotte could not muster interest for a man with a small dingy.

/// Malcolm shouts from the opposite shore

to the girl he had come to adore

(reading letters she wrote),

but a stud in a boat

has approached Merry, trying to score.

Sarah thinking: This guy is such a bore, what does that guy across the river have to offer?

She thinking: He said he is a ferry man… Does that mean he prefers men to women? And is that his beau across the river?

He thinking: She’s a little weird, chewing on her hankie when she’s got some nice fruit in the basket.

Ferryman, ferryman take me across, though I haven´t the price of your fee.

“I’ve forgotten something.”

“Yeah? What?”

Helen chewed on her pencil, trying to remember where she’d left her sketchbook.

Wanna go with me to America? Leaving on that new ship, “Titanic,” in a couple weeks. I got a spare ticket

“Why are you blushing, Nadine?”

“I can’t help but thinking, Clint, of you as the little man in a boat.”

“Show me how you can make that hanky disappear again.”

“I’ll make out with you as soon as I finish eating my string cheese.”

“He must be the captain of a fine ship. Why else would he be bragging about his seamen?”

Ok, starts with a g, there’s an a that’s not at the end and we still have three guesses

“He’s handsome enough, but does a ferryman actual make enough to support me?”

The ferryman seems distracted:/

the client’s adversely impacted :/

A fortune’s in peril/

While he schmoozes that girl ../

A law needs to be enacted !

Early Virginia Slims ad.

With it being so hot, sweet Jane was contemplating whether to throw off that bedsheet dress, and jump into the lake – knowing full well that she’d likely be institutionalized.

They’d have a much better chance. They aren’t egomaniacal ultracelebrities trying to figure out who they are when the media are somewhere else.

The guy across the the lake: Annabelle, I’m going to rent a boat be there soon! The guy leaning and the railing: So Annabelle are you up for a quick tumble in my room?

While trying to make Merry, Tony ignored the shouts and curses from her husband who was stranded on the other side of the river.

“Well, I’ve been coming down to the docks just because I like seeing the water, but now that you mention it…. earn extra money you say…simply by being nice to you sailors…”

Dang it! Where did I leave my lunch? I’m so hungry I could eat my hanky!

Amelia seriously considered his request to see her ankle.

Courtship: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Dresses in art" 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 Leighton, 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 #3324 (May 20, 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, 47 works by him have been used here (58 times, including repeats), the April 29, 2024, strip being the prior.

The businessman on the far shore is yelling for the ferryman to return; the ferry looks more like a dingy!

That’s it. Ignore the customer on the other side of the river.

Don’t bogart that vape pen! :)

Well, if you ask me (and no one did) Ben and J-Lo don’t know the first thing about making it work.

promace me you will put out if i go and get that man a ride.

tale of the horney boatman.

The guy across the water is shouting, “Oy, this is a smoke-free river!”

I’ve given the matter much “thot”,/

And the answer ( believe it or not)/

Is abundantly clear:/

What is happening here/

Is – he’s inviting her onto his yacht.

He is willing to pay me a dollar to ferry him over here. If you pay me two dollars, I’ll just stay here. Your choice.

Hey, how’s that loose tooth? You going to pull it or not?