That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 08, 2024

/// It’s a basin built into a bench,

first invented back then by the French.

People bathed once a week.

In between, women seek

daily ways to stay fresh (and ban stench).

Before painters were banned in washrooms.

Madame, getting ready for her next customer.

Why would she leave so much clothing on for her bath? She’s even wearing stockings and shoes.

When Lavinia laves her crotch/

She invites her public to watch:/

What makes her so frisky?/

‘tis the presence of whiskey-/

She blends her bath water with Scotch ..

My little pony.

Young Esmé takes care of business before she goes trick or treating as Marie Antoinette.

I know it’s not ladylike to spread my legs while sitting, but this thing don’t work sidesaddle.

origin story for the bidet?

didja ever wonder what was in the women’s restroom?

Nice Beever!…Thank you I just had it stuffed!

“Giddyup.”

From the Internet, Wordpress.com:

The French artist, Louis-Léopold Boilly, was known for “depicting the most varied aspects of everyday life in Paris” (Bhutia). In his La Toilette intime ou la Rose effeuillée, which translates to “Personal hygiene where the rose bloomed” (Belfield), Boilly depicts a young woman using her bidet…

… An important symbol in the painting is the fully bloomed pink rose with its petals scattered on the ground. With this said “the flower was often used as a symbol for menstruation” which could be suggesting that she was on her period. In the 1700s, menstruation was not talked about publicly but was rather kept as private as possible.  With this said, “menstrual blood carried connotations that were both repellent and erotic” (Belfield)…

…The subject matter of this painting is quite bold for the time considering that bathing and menstruation was still considered somewhat of a private ordeal. Although humans taking baths or cleaning themselves had been painted before, this painting differs from the others as the young woman is not a goddess or Biblical character, yet instead, she is a  wealthy aristocratic woman…

Not to be overdramatic, but it was a “stirring moment”

“Go into modeling” they said. “It’ll be glamorous!” they said.

I thought I could get my shoes shined but this will work!

Not taking the bait!!! You’re just trying to get me banned.