That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for September 30, 2019

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    BE THIS GUY  about 5 years ago

    He quickly found out how fast a pint of ale rusts a suit of armor.

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    Strob Premium Member about 5 years ago

    “I’m just not sure I’m that into pewter everything.”

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Jimmy wasn’t actually a knight. He just wore the armor in case the husband came home early.

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    Papared25  about 5 years ago

    In the Land of Odd the Tinman often put the move on Dorothy, but when she played it cool he didn’t have the heart to put any more effort into it.

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    Kind&Kinder  about 5 years ago

    “That’s too bad, Sir Knight. Rusted shut, are we? I know what you want; let me get the can opener!”

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    orinoco womble  about 5 years ago

    At first glance it looks like the cup is a flower pot, with green leaves (her sleeve) and red flowers (the trim at the top).

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    Kind&Kinder  about 5 years ago

    “Oh my, yes, yes of course Prince Albert, I’d let you out if I could!”

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    jbrobo Premium Member about 5 years ago

    “ Just one more drink. I don’t want to be late for my audition. They’re making a movie about some girl from Kansas looking for a wizard. “

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    Snolep  about 5 years ago

    Tricky crossing your legs in a suit of armor.

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    WoodstockJack  about 5 years ago

    Once a king, always a king, but once a knight’s enough.

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    Egrayjames  about 5 years ago

    The girls always get prettier at “storming the castle” time!

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    gopher gofer  about 5 years ago

    maude thinks, i was a cheerleader. i made the dean’s list. and i’ve still got to put up with this sh!t…

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    katzenbooks45  about 5 years ago

    Just push him over, honey. He’ll be stuck on the floor and you can go home.

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    Econ01  about 5 years ago

    Sir Clive never was the same after he crushed the empty goblet on his forehead before remembering he wasn’t wearing his helmet.

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    prrdh  about 5 years ago

    “Won’t you have some Madeira, m’dear?”

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    Reader  about 5 years ago

    He just didn’t suit her.

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    Bookworm  about 5 years ago

    No, stupid. It’s “amore,” not “armor.”

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    J Short  about 5 years ago

    Picking up women in his strong suit was not his strong suit.

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    Under Dog Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Only if you brought a can opener with you.

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    Al Nala  about 5 years ago

    I’ll take “Bad Come-Ons” for $100, Alex.

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    Call me Ishmael  about 5 years ago

    When you’re urgently hoping to mate/ and your outfit is armor plate/ you may be too late/ her urge may abate/ it isn’t the weight – it’s the wait !

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    lagoulou  about 5 years ago

    I doubt a knight could cross his legs in all that armour, really…

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 5 years ago

    “Love the ‘BROINGGG’ sound from under my leg? Special, we knights are.”

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    mabrndt Premium Member about 5 years ago

    The Knight and the Maid

    https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?id=127121 

    has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

     

    http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/frith_william_powell.html 

    https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=2768 

    http://www.all-art.org/history400.html 

    http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095836200 

    http://www.theknohlcollection.com/portfolio/detail/unknown-artist-19th-century-3/ 

    http://www.avictorian.com/Frith_William.html 

    http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/william-frith.htm 

    http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/frith/index.html 

    https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/183 

    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, 8 works by him have been used here. 

    https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/03/20?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 #2296 (September 29, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    anomaly  about 5 years ago

    “And, yes, that’s a separate piece of armor down there, too. I’m fully articulated.”

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    Linguist  about 5 years ago

    Sir Lance-a-lot enjoys showing off the flexibility of his titanium armor. Problem is … that’s all he’s got to show off!

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    epaphus8  about 5 years ago

    Pretty sure she’s serving him a steaming mug of WD-40.

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    Another Take  about 5 years ago

    I think our Cosplay-oriented flirting is getting a bit out of hand…

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    MissScarlet Premium Member about 5 years ago

    What he really wanted was the Hershey’s kiss on her head.

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    tracybsmith  about 5 years ago

    “Shyte, how doth I swipe left….”

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    rugeirn  about 5 years ago

    Falstaff and Mistress Quickly were definitely somewhere in the artist‘s mind when he came up with this one.

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    d1234dick Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Leander said " I’d love to have sex with you, let me get the can opener, I’ll be right back.

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    Havel  about 5 years ago

    Practicin’ those “knight moves”.

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Tis a good thing I am right-handed … she hasn’t seemed to mind so far.

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    Kind&Kinder  about 5 years ago

    She yearned for his touch, but he only wanted to caress his own equipment. He loved his lance a lot!

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