He can’t say I didn’t warn him! “Pull that stunt one more time”, I said, “and you’ll end up in the Fourth Circle so fast you won’t even know what hit you!”
Caligula regaled His Satanic Majesty with firsthand accounts of the orgies he’d conducted, until the Devil decided he’d heard enough, and began to plot the little narcissist’s final fall from His grace.
This is the top circle of hell. This is where the gentle loving God who cares so much about justice, charity, love and forgiveness puts you if you committed the terrible sin of letting him create you before he got around to running Jesus through the wringer. Such a wonderful role model!
(best viewed using Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.
I could find no online info about this artist, other than what’s pointed to by the first URL (mainly the sparse info at its Artist link). So far, 2 works by him have been used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2143 (February 20, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
Virgil: Dante, next road trip, let’s pick a place with a nicer climate.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 5 years ago
“I think we over heated the Jacuzzi.”
juncarlo over 5 years ago
Do you think we can attract tourists? It’s warmer than Cancun.
Papared25 over 5 years ago
“Wow, that’s a lot of lawyers! We don’t have any of those up in the big house.”
Strob Premium Member over 5 years ago
“You dropped the phone, you get it.”
DonPoole over 5 years ago
Are these some guys from the first circle?
orinoco womble over 5 years ago
“Yeah, okay, so—two hours Eternity, in Earth time, equals…oh, just forever.”
“Or until crispy.”
Buzzworld over 5 years ago
“One for the money….”
jbrobo Premium Member over 5 years ago
You go first! No,you go first!
pcolli over 5 years ago
“I spy with my little eye……”
Egrayjames over 5 years ago
Seriously? This is where “mother-in-laws” come from? Who’d of thought?
WoodstockJack over 5 years ago
Ohh, I dunno … I guess I’ll take that nice plump one on the rock there. No, not THAT one! The one with the thighs!
I want it medium, with clarified butter and some crackers.
J Short over 5 years ago
Look what I pulled out of my nose.
thebashfulone over 5 years ago
He can’t say I didn’t warn him! “Pull that stunt one more time”, I said, “and you’ll end up in the Fourth Circle so fast you won’t even know what hit you!”
aerotica69 over 5 years ago
The angel and demon assigned to whisper in Donnie’s ears chose instead to attend a decade-long beach bonfire.
RickDenison over 5 years ago
Or, to paraphrase an old Jay Leno joke, 1.2 minutes at 4,250 degrees!
Funny_Ha_Ha over 5 years ago
You realize that’s just molten rock from the earths core right?
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 5 years ago
“Hmm. So that’s Hades, huh. Aw, what the heck, let’s go ahead and do our sinny thing; that doesn’t look so bad.”
ptnjbrown over 5 years ago
“…and then I told her, I will not be bullied by you anymore. She always tries to push me around…blah, blah, blah”
“It looks more inviting by the moment. I will just jump in. I don’t think she will even notice…”
Call me Ishmael over 5 years ago
Dante: “That’s odd..they seem to have abandoned all hope.”
the1951hapster over 5 years ago
Caligula regaled His Satanic Majesty with firsthand accounts of the orgies he’d conducted, until the Devil decided he’d heard enough, and began to plot the little narcissist’s final fall from His grace.
rugeirn over 5 years ago
This is the top circle of hell. This is where the gentle loving God who cares so much about justice, charity, love and forgiveness puts you if you committed the terrible sin of letting him create you before he got around to running Jesus through the wringer. Such a wonderful role model!
Linguist over 5 years ago
Seems things are heating up in Parliament over Brexit.
Bookworm over 5 years ago
“Mightn’t be so bad down there; kings, popes, congressmen, presidents. Well, there it is. Heaven for climate; Hell for society.” – Mark Twain.
PoodleGroomer over 5 years ago
There is nothing to eat now that I’m on that damn new low sulfur diet.
Call me Ishmael over 5 years ago
Hmmm…looks like a good idea for a poem.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 5 years ago
“Okay, one, when I told him to go to hell, I meant it metaphorically…….”
anomaly over 5 years ago
“And this concludes our tour of the Capitol building. The gift shop is upstairs to the right.”
prrdh over 5 years ago
But before you do either, you have to rub them with the 11 secret herbs and spices.
prrdh over 5 years ago
In the summer, he prefers the smaller ones; he likes shrimps on the barbie.
MissScarlet Premium Member over 5 years ago
No, this one is just reserved for the hate groups. The other circles of Hell don’t want them either.
mabrndt Premium Member over 5 years ago
Dante and Virgil visit Hell or Dante and Virgil:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafael_Flores_-_Dante_y_Virgilio_visitando_el_Infierno.jpg
(best viewed using Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.
I could find no online info about this artist, other than what’s pointed to by the first URL (mainly the sparse info at its Artist link). So far, 2 works by him have been used here.
https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2017/09/27?comments=visible
has the prior.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2143 (February 20, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
harkherp over 5 years ago
Satan hen pierces them with a pitchfork, when the juices run clear they are done(does this mean on to Purgatory then???)…
Kind&Kinder over 5 years ago
“Such a big fire to roast a few chestnuts!”
Call me Ishmael over 5 years ago
“Is it hot in here, or is it just me ?”