That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 25, 2024

/// With the girls, Rosa’s Sharing the News

about which laundress Gino would choose.

He’s their boss’s suave son,

who wrote Rosa’s the one,

(despite Zita’s bowed down down-blouse views).

“It’s a letter from one of our biggest fans. He loves the way you bend over when washing his undies.”

I’ve lost the charger to my Lush, Did it by chance fall in th hamper?

You DO realize that the tag says: “Dry Clean Only?!”

“Well, I hope you love this poverty gig. Once I help this Nigerian prince who sent me this letter, I’ll be rolling in money!”

Before they had washing machines, my grandmothers used washboards in washtubs. It was drudgery!

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“Mornin’ comes with cloudy skies and rain

My poor back is broke with pain

My man’s sleepin’, eyes a-rubbin’

Chillen weepin’, clothes a-tubbin’

Pain’s a-creepin’, I’s a-drubbin’ all day long

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“Up to the washin’ soap, down to the water once more

Head down low, head low

Up to the washin’ soap, down to the water once more

Poor hands go

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“So weary of scrubbin’, days dreary

So weary of tubbin’ them clothes

Up to the washin’ soap and down to the water once more

Washboard blues …”

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“Washboard Blues” is a popular jazz song written by Hoagy Carmichael, Fred B. Callahan and Irving Mills. (1927)

That is one fancy washtub and you don’t have to go the river for laundry anymore. The miracle of modern technology!!

When my friend asked if I wanted to see the white socks vs the red socks I admit this is not what I expected.

It’s from the boss. He says he just loves to watch us work on laundry day.

“Well,hello! This is how I get men to become more interested in helping with the laundry. “

When my memories wander/

to the ladies who launder/

Of whom I was fonder than most/

From the past’s mists emergent/

Comes the smell of detergent/

Wherein lingers a laundress’s ghost…///

You see, by moving your hands in opposite directions on the washboard, you get a subtle hip action that all the boys enjoy.

“Just lose the skirt and I think your naughty laundry service will really take off.”

The good thing is this type of exercise makes my breast firmer…….

“I just got a dirty limerick. Want to hear it?”

“It says here that Mr. Musk might give me a million dollars if I sign his silly petition.”

Sharing the News: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Walls in art" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo 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 Sharing, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3398 (October 25, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu. I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and replies pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 24 works by him have been used here (26 times, including repeats), the August 28, 2024, strip being the prior.

SOPHIA: Oh my! Bending over like that is like a red flag to a bull to Luigi!

FRANCESCA: I know. Why do you think I do the laundry here on the street, dummy?

The beautiful young laundress/

Is poor- she owns only one dress/

And when it needs washing/

No matter who’s watching/

She’s reluctantly forced to undress!

I’m afraid that I’m forced to confess/

I enjoy watching her undress/

Which it makes sense/

(Like most elderly gents)/

That I love her more when she wears less..

This isn’t the scene Eugene de Blaas intended to paint. But it gave him a good excuse to sit there and watch the women.

Is it ironic that she leaves all the boys out to dry?

“We must be, like, really French, right?”

“Oui.”

ok lynda, now I know why they have you washing on such a low board.

“and now one of my only fans subscribers wants me to make a video mopping the floors…”

So I finally had to tell him … I’m not into boys.

For Monday:

When he asked for the one with the spike/

The supply Sergeant said”take a hike !”

But the one with the brim/

Seems to work well for him/

So honestly- what’s not to like?

There’s always that lingering doubt/

As to whether he’s really a Kraut:

When he’s wearing a hat/

Whose top is just flat/

That’s a hat he can well do without…

For Monday:

/// Karl and Berte both had to admit

Emma’s shako is A Perfect Fit.

He proposed: “You’d keep warm,

wearing my uniform.

We should trade clothes— if you will permit.”

“I need a fella to take me away from all this. Do you suppose if I bend over a little further and scrub harder I can get these girls to ‘accidentally’ fall out?”