That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 31, 2024

It has been 148 years now, will someone please check for that letter?

She thought it would be a good hiding place for her limburger cheese. But it was really the reason they had to sell the house two weeks later.

/// It was vital that no one discover

the notes Gina hid here high above her.

Break its scarlet wax seal,

billet-doux would reveal

that the upstairs maid was Gina’s lover.

Wendy really didn’t want to share her chocolates.

So! How much DOES a greek urn.

Effie Trinket’s great grandmother…… “And now for the boys: Tsar Alexander II. Where are you dear? Come on up here. Come on.”

Checking the price tag to determine the cost to break over her boyfriend’s head

He’ll never think to look in here, Wendy thought, as she hid the key to her chastity belt.

Amelia bought the largest Loving Cup she could find for Roger, and left a note signed ‘Guess Who!?’ surrounded by little hearts.

On trash day, she lugs that waste basket to the curb and dumps it in the street.

“Don’t bother bringing another pot of your ‘special’ tea; I’m just finishing my cup out here and need to be going”.

“Love the new tissue dispenser Josephine.”

One hundred years later, her descendants would be horribly embarrassed when they took the vase (vahz) to Antiques Roadshow and a whole bunch of soiled hankies fell out.

Her dowager benefactress, Mrs. Crunchpeaches, required Wendy to match her sherry for sherry, so Wendy poured as many as she could into the potted plant.

Gina hid all her love letters in the flower vase, Then watered them so the ink woulddisappear……..

The Secret Postbox: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Tito Conti" 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 Secret, 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 also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2501 (July 28, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here (2 times total, including this repeat), the July 28, 2020, strip being its first use.

“No one will notice my soiled handkerchief in here, until after I’ve left the party.”

Get outta that cookie jar at once!!!!!!!!!! :)

Cynthia simply hated having to clean out the umbrella stands the day after the boys had one of their “asparagus and Guinness” nights!

wanting to have children, Cindy hid the condoms in the flower pot.

Beauregard would have to spend the night if he couldn’t find his coach keys.

Though she never quite understood why/

She gave it the old college try../

But since she’s been delayed/

Thirty years in third grade/

Degreeless she’s destined to die…

She unveiled the contents of the “vahse”/

To a chorus of “hip, hip hoorahs”:/

A couple of clusters/

Of frayed feather dusters/

And a number of soiled “wonderbras”..

Some of the comments from 07/28/2020:

BE THIS GUY: Chiara realized the only way she could afford the vase was by switching price tags.

rmremail: Violet kept packs of condoms hidden in all the vases scattered around the house, so that she could properly entertain guests in whichever room they found themselves in.

Papared25: Charlotte left another note for her secret lover, Shorty McDuff, who for some odd reason wasn’t responding to any of her notes.

gopher gofer: how they drew the lottery winners before magic 8 ball…

paddy: Charlotte’s mischievous character would get her into trouble. After pouring coca cola into the vase, she added a mentos before quickly walking away.

WoodstockJack: Chiara found the note in the arrangement of pampas grass and peacock feathers, just as Ms. Scarlett shouted something about the Candlestick from the Conservatory .

Reader: 1919: Elizabeth was going to vote gosh darnit!

Call me Ishmael: “Help I’m being held captive in a used furniture store “

Call me Ishmael: Serafina’s most burdensome chore / in her job at the furniture store / is filling the vases / with mem’rable phrases / whilst keeping her dress off the floor.

aerotica69: And that’s it and that’s the only thing I need, is this. I don’t need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that’s all I need. And this vase.

Rev Phnk Ey: You’re right! It is the Ace of Hearts. How did you do it?

Another Take: “Honey! This card says that this once held the water that was turned into wine at the Cana wedding! I simply must have it. What? Yes, I’m aware that we own a decanter…?”

MissScarlet: Unfortunately, Lydia was unaware that her sister, her cousin and the maid were all using the same receptacle. High jinks ensue!

My previous comment: I am glad that sending smoke signals to send a message is so last year.

How come my dance partner isn’t having us go around in circles like all the other couples are doing?

“They’ll never find my lottery ticket, in here.”