“Yes, dear boy, you are all in blue. When Mr. Gainsborough comes to paint your portrait in a few years, you’ll be in blue then, too. Mr. Gainsborough likes little boys in blue!”
It’s a fact – Grandpa made his"pile"/ in the grand, traditional style/ unashamed exploitation /of the poor’s desperation-/ the man was majestically vile !
CHILD: Tell me about poor people again Daddy! Is it true that they love their children? FATCAT: Well, I’ve heard it said though I can only imagine it’s because they don’t have money to love. Now be a good lad – you’re a boy, right? – and go do something more useful than bothering me.
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here.
has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2292 (September 23, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
“United Shipbuilders is going to announce a stock split tomorrow and the wheat crop will be disappointing this year. Is there any other financial advice you need, Grandfather?”
Old Man Craig noted with satisfaction that the “free child” ad he placed had indeed appeared in the morning paper. Any moment now, he expected someone—anyone—to appear and haul this accursed urchin away. Why, he thought, didn’t someone come up with a better way to offer unwanted items that people needed to get rid of? Why, maybe he should start one! A capital idea, Mr. Craig decided, but should such a list be named?
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
“Grandpa, I hope you’re not losing my inheritance in the stock market.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 5 years ago
Grandpa thinking; “I thought I made it clear to my offspring that any of my grand children should not be allowed in the house.”
Strob Premium Member about 5 years ago
“You’re not seriously going to make me wear a 300-pound dress like that when I grow up, are you?”
Papared25 about 5 years ago
“Why do you have so much hair in your nose?”
Papared25 about 5 years ago
“Where’s the bucket? Mommy says she can hardly wait to see you kick it!”
A Common 'tator about 5 years ago
18% is still better than the 2000% APR Pay-Day Loan sharks charge…
santa72404 about 5 years ago
Should we pull Jenny out of the fireplace now?
Bilan about 5 years ago
Grandpa, if you give me a dollar, I’ll tell you where you left your pipe.
Kind&Kinder about 5 years ago
“My mom gave me a nickel to buy a pickle; I didn’t buy a pickle, I bought some chewing gum….”
Kind&Kinder about 5 years ago
“Yes, dear boy, you are all in blue. When Mr. Gainsborough comes to paint your portrait in a few years, you’ll be in blue then, too. Mr. Gainsborough likes little boys in blue!”
Kind&Kinder about 5 years ago
“Get away from me, kid, you bother me.”
—W. C. FieldsBuzzworld about 5 years ago
“Seabiscuit in the fifth”
rmremail about 5 years ago
This is a $500 dollar suite. Please remove your grubby little hand before you sully it.
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
“Grandpa,is it true you made your pile on a bordello in Alaska ? And, yes, this IS my real hair…”
rugeirn about 5 years ago
It’s never too early to start teaching the time value of money.
Bookworm about 5 years ago
“That’s right, dear. You be nice to the gentleman at the candy store, and he’ll be nice to you.”
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
It’s a fact – Grandpa made his"pile"/ in the grand, traditional style/ unashamed exploitation /of the poor’s desperation-/ the man was majestically vile !
Radish the wordsmith about 5 years ago
I say Greta, don’t you have a date at the U. N.?
Pocosdad about 5 years ago
“I’m reading the back page classifieds, darling. Grandma and I are looking for a partner for a threesome.”
PO' DAWG about 5 years ago
A nickel? How much damn candy does she want? I don’t even pay my employees a nickel for a weeks work.
Linguist about 5 years ago
" Grandpa, Willie’s locked himself in the loo again, and I really, really, really need to go! "
Another Take about 5 years ago
CHILD: Tell me about poor people again Daddy! Is it true that they love their children? FATCAT: Well, I’ve heard it said though I can only imagine it’s because they don’t have money to love. Now be a good lad – you’re a boy, right? – and go do something more useful than bothering me.
mabrndt Premium Member about 5 years ago
The Brown Family:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Brown_Family_E10231.jpg
has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/johnson_eastman.html
https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=535
https://www.wikiart.org/en/eastman-johnson
https://mam.org/exhibitions/details/Johnson.php
https://sova.si.edu/record/AAA.johneast?s=0&n=10&t=C&i=0
https://web.archive.org/web/20160624005124/http://www.nbmaa.org/original-site-assets/timeline_highlights/essays/johnson.html
http://www.avictorian.com/Johnson_Eastman.html
http://hoocher.com/Eastman_Johnson/Eastman_Johnson.htm
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here.
https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/01/04?comments=visible
has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2292 (September 23, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
anomaly about 5 years ago
“United Shipbuilders is going to announce a stock split tomorrow and the wheat crop will be disappointing this year. Is there any other financial advice you need, Grandfather?”
MissScarlet Premium Member about 5 years ago
What do you mean the New York Times doesn’t have any comics?
epaphus8 about 5 years ago
Old Man Craig noted with satisfaction that the “free child” ad he placed had indeed appeared in the morning paper. Any moment now, he expected someone—anyone—to appear and haul this accursed urchin away. Why, he thought, didn’t someone come up with a better way to offer unwanted items that people needed to get rid of? Why, maybe he should start one! A capital idea, Mr. Craig decided, but should such a list be named?
markmoss1 about 5 years ago
Ethel, are the neighbor kids sneaking in, or did we have another one?
gopher gofer about 5 years ago
“no, no, your grandmother’s always been on the plump side…”
Snoopy_Fan about 5 years ago
“Grandpa? What’s a stiffie? Grandma says you never get them anymore.”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
Better to invest in whore houses and funeral homes, they will always be busy rain or shine, in the deepest depression they will still be operating.