Reminds me of Miss Lonelyhearts’ dinner scene from the original Rear Window. Cue Karen Carpenter: “And solitaire’s the only game in town…and every road that takes her, takes her down….”
She just saw the appraised value of the family heirloom game table on “Antiques Road Show” after losing and was losing the debate with herself for keeping it.
(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.
Other than what’s included in and pointed by by the Artist link in that URL, I could find no other info about this artist. Currently, the Murray link to her married name there has more (why she currently has two separate Wikipedia.org pages is beyond my understanding; perhaps they’ll be merged into one some day). This is the first work by her used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1990 (July 5, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
And the wife was stuck with cleaning up after poker night.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 6 years ago
Constance was mighty P.O.ed when she realized the figurine was bluffing.
orinoco womble over 6 years ago
Reminds me of Miss Lonelyhearts’ dinner scene from the original Rear Window. Cue Karen Carpenter: “And solitaire’s the only game in town…and every road that takes her, takes her down….”
Bilan over 6 years ago
Caroline is finding out that playing He-loves-me He-loves-me-not is always a loser with a 52 deck of cards.
pcolli over 6 years ago
“Now where did I put that table?”
Call me Ishmael over 6 years ago
It’s sad to be a slave to the bottle – but when the bottle beats you at Canasta, that’s just pitiful.
Funny_Ha_Ha over 6 years ago
Waiting for that first drink to take effect after you’ve seen your own death in the Tarot.
J Short over 6 years ago
Wait, wait, I had it wrong; you die in 32 years not days…did you hear me? Damn! Caroline loses yet, another customer.
thebashfulone over 6 years ago
OK—I spilled the wine—now where is the pearl?
katzenbooks45 over 6 years ago
“If I keep busting 21, I am SO gonna flip this table!”
prrdh over 6 years ago
Maybe the problem was that she was a sore winner.
Rev Phnk Ey over 6 years ago
52 pickup?
PoodleGroomer over 6 years ago
She just saw the appraised value of the family heirloom game table on “Antiques Road Show” after losing and was losing the debate with herself for keeping it.
mabrndt Premium Member over 6 years ago
The Gambler’s Wife:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LAN_TOWN_BURGM_paoil14.jpg
(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.
Other than what’s included in and pointed by by the Artist link in that URL, I could find no other info about this artist. Currently, the Murray link to her married name there has more (why she currently has two separate Wikipedia.org pages is beyond my understanding; perhaps they’ll be merged into one some day). This is the first work by her used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1990 (July 5, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Linguist over 6 years ago
Guess it wasn’t a good time to tell her husband that he was " a couple of cards short of a full deck ".
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" Counting flowers on the wall,
That don’t bother me at all.
Playing Solitaire till dawn,
With a deck of fifty-one
.Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.
Now, don’t tell me I’ve nothing to do
."Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
That’s it, I quit fortune telling during the Trump admin.
Egrayjames over 6 years ago
California dreaming….circa 1897!
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 6 years ago
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Wonderfully funny!
Strob Premium Member over 6 years ago
“You gotta come out of the can sometime – I can wait!”
d1234dick Premium Member over 6 years ago
madam zuma was perturbed no one believed her prophecy. so it’ high water in new Orleans again.
Egrayjames over 6 years ago
“Mr. Weinstein….I thinks it time to lay the cards on the table…..I really want this part!”
MissScarlet Premium Member over 6 years ago
Caroline realizes that Claude found the rent money she had hidden in the statue.