That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 16, 2024

/// Here a corpulent bearded man stands.

As we watch, his huge belly expands.

Frans Hals certainly loves

to show men holding gloves.

Was he proud he knew how to paint hands?

“I picked this up because I thought that young lady was flirting with me when she dropped her glove. But she was only discarding it after using it to pick up what her dog had deposited on the walking path.”

“Put down the paintbrush and help me get untangled from your slipcover, or I swear I’ll stick this cleaning rag of yours where the sun doesn’t shine.”

Wilford had a tendency to overdress for gardening

Baldric’s large gut required him to use extra-long gloves if he wished to challenge someone to a duel.

Son of a b! I got stuck holding the bag again. And not even my dog!

“Who you callin’ a fat arrogant bítch, Bítch? One more word and I’ll slap you with my gloves!”

Did I lose my left sleeve in the washer again? How does this keep happening?

In the Netherlands golden age/

overeating was “all the rage”:/

Dirk’s already not sprightly/

Though he’s not quite unsightly/

Since he’s still at an early stage..

Did I mention 30 Durk has a page?

He’s a lad a few years under age/

Whom Dirk simply loves/

To probe with his gloves/

(He keeps the poor kid in a cage.)

That’s Hands Christian Andersen.

I’m not hiding anything. Why would I be hiding anything under this tunic? No need to be rude. I’m going to have a nap, now. I need to sleep off second breakfast.

“When you said your committee would be initiating a probe, I thought you meant something else.”

he challenged his boss to a bumping duel but the boss demurred.

I am certain of it; or I will eat my … gloves.

Reposting what I did roughly 6 hours ago (in no way does it violate anything in the Comments Policy pointed to above the beginning of the comments, yet was removed):

Portrait of a Man: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:People with gloves in art" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, 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 1630, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting, including the museum’s Description. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3356 (July 16, 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 and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 6 works by him have been used here, the September 22, 2023, strip being the prior.

donuts? what donuts? this bag was just laying there…

I can not shake my head yes or no….this collar is as stiff as a board!