It’s Mormon season where I am. Luckily you can spot them miles away—they always wear white shirts, black pants and ties and unmistakable name badges even if it’s 110-degrees.
Click-to-enlarge image available from here.Maid at the window is described on its current-location’s page (the source of the click-to-enlarge title image) and commented on here. A different coloration image is shown here. More commonly known as Gerrit Dou in online collections, his Wikipedia page and collection (more in Subcategories).So far, 2 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
Ha ha, you are all so funny. We do follow Jesus example, and yes we try to find everyone to give them hope as he did, even if you do live down very long “logging” roads.
Here is another of the at least 5 (6, if you include this, which Mr. Melcher mis-attributed to Vermeer) works by this artist (3 as Gerrit Dou, since I knew about the other name, not sure why I didn’t include it in the search before writing my earlier comment), that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
margueritem about 12 years ago
At least it’s not boiling oil…
BE THIS GUY about 12 years ago
Don’t ring my doorbell on a Saturday morning; it hurts my head.
chireef about 12 years ago
where can i get one of those
Arianne about 12 years ago
Let a smile be your umbrella.
lindaf about 12 years ago
It’s Mormon season where I am. Luckily you can spot them miles away—they always wear white shirts, black pants and ties and unmistakable name badges even if it’s 110-degrees.
Makes it easy to dodge ’em.
pcolli about 12 years ago
I just tell these people not to call again and when they do I threaten to report them for harassment.
Do you really have an S&M “play space” in your barn? What if they’d said “OK”?
A few years back I met some JW, hard drinking, hard playing, gay twins. You could feel the remorse, conflict and “guilt” a mile away.
V-Beast about 12 years ago
They just earned their Wet Badge of Courage.
Plods with ...™ about 12 years ago
Hasn’t everyone wanted to at some point?
PICTO about 12 years ago
I just answer the door wearing all of my years of accumulated Red Cross blood donor pins and nothing else.
mabrndt Premium Member about 12 years ago
Click-to-enlarge image available from here.Maid at the window is described on its current-location’s page (the source of the click-to-enlarge title image) and commented on here. A different coloration image is shown here. More commonly known as Gerrit Dou in online collections, his Wikipedia page and collection (more in Subcategories).So far, 2 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
ladamson1918 about 12 years ago
I prefer the “Have you heard the Good News about Darwin?” approach.
finale about 12 years ago
Kind of creepy subject matter for the painting
pcolli about 12 years ago
WEY HEY!!!!
Elderflower about 12 years ago
bag limit! ROFL
Dragoncat about 12 years ago
When the chamberpot runneth over…
GSJohnson about 12 years ago
I usually tell both JWs and Mormons that I’m Buddhist. Shuts them up.
Coyoty Premium Member about 12 years ago
Jehovah’s Wetnesses.
Coyoty Premium Member about 12 years ago
Was Mary a Jehovah’s Wetnurse?
jennkmb about 12 years ago
Ha ha, you are all so funny. We do follow Jesus example, and yes we try to find everyone to give them hope as he did, even if you do live down very long “logging” roads.
vldazzle about 12 years ago
No time to read tonight, but this one gave me a giggle ;-D
mabrndt Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Here is another of the at least 5 (6, if you include this, which Mr. Melcher mis-attributed to Vermeer) works by this artist (3 as Gerrit Dou, since I knew about the other name, not sure why I didn’t include it in the search before writing my earlier comment), that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
mabrndt Premium Member over 8 years ago
The mis-attributed painting is now attributed to Willem Drost instead of this artist.