“If you please, miss, it’s been a long day, and I just want some breast…I mean rest.” And that’s how the Duke of Auchward Ness invented the Freudian Slip.
I couldn’t get past that hiked-up right side of her dress. Looked to me like she was lifting the stub of a leg so naturally I thought this might be a painting Hedda Hopper.
ba da boom. that’s it. nothing more to it. Hedda HOPPER. Too bad I finally saw her right foot on the ground. That damn Elmore…
has sparse info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting; but, it is where Mr. Melcher found it, and I couldn’t find an un-watermarked image online to upload to WC.
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Firdays), 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 used the same artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2429 (April 15, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Reminds me of the good ol’ days out at our local Renaissance Festival. Nothing more disgusting than to see someone gnawing on one of those monsters at 7:30 AM.
Grandpa hath a headache, the icepack on his head/ availeth naught, and he’s distraught/ and, worse, his child’s unwed !/ But she is far too clever to let the old guy down/ she’s cocked a hip, and flashed a nip/ at the rich man, new in town/ who thinks he’s “getting lucky” with the “hottie” by the well/ but if he signs the papers/ t’will be a LONG “dry spell”…
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
Walter knew Griselda was the one when he saw those birthing hips.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
“What? I just said ’nice jug”!
Strob Premium Member over 4 years ago
He’d be sorry he tried to mess with the Olympic silver medalist in the women’s hammer toss.
Papared25 over 4 years ago
“If you please, miss, it’s been a long day, and I just want some breast…I mean rest.” And that’s how the Duke of Auchward Ness invented the Freudian Slip.
Bilan over 4 years ago
Old man: Watch little boy, and you’ll see why some men get slapped so much.
orinoco womble over 4 years ago
“Ma’am, if I may say so, you have beautiful jugs. Water jugs, that is!”
gopher gofer over 4 years ago
griselda says, sure, i’ll give you this jug if you’ll give me my daughter back…
jbrobo Premium Member over 4 years ago
William was just about to find out that he shouldn’t stay out all night.
katzenbooks45 over 4 years ago
Griselda about to test her kettlebell prototype with a lateral lift.
pcolli over 4 years ago
“You’re supposed to be six feet away.”
WoodstockJack over 4 years ago
I broke my crown.
How about a tumble?
Carolyn Saunders over 4 years ago
Say that again and you’ll get this jug of water over you
Buzzworld over 4 years ago
“The last thing I remember was saying “excuse me bitch I need to get by.”"
Reader over 4 years ago
Little warm for a ski mask, don’t you think?
ChristineMurphy over 4 years ago
Or more accurately, “I would help you with that, but I’m a jerk.”
garcoa over 4 years ago
The well has always been the pickup spot for young women to meet rich old men.
Bookworm over 4 years ago
“I would love to help you carry your burden, madam, but social distancing prevents me from doing so. I’m sure you understand.”
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
I’d just like to put in a plug/ without being overly smug/ for the kind of a guy/ why won’t just pass by/ and let the poor girl lug the jug
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
Jedediah, editor of “Women’s Fitness Bible” magazine, discovers his next "Jugs of the Month " model …
J Short over 4 years ago
Back when making hats was in its infancy.
Radish... over 4 years ago
The first time he saw her he could see that see was fetching.
Another Take over 4 years ago
I couldn’t get past that hiked-up right side of her dress. Looked to me like she was lifting the stub of a leg so naturally I thought this might be a painting Hedda Hopper.
ba da boom. that’s it. nothing more to it. Hedda HOPPER. Too bad I finally saw her right foot on the ground. That damn Elmore…
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
Linguist over 4 years ago
“Pardon me miss, but do you know the way to Santa Fe?”
mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago
Griselda from The Clerk’s Tale by Chaucer:
http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_213566/Alfred-Elmore/Griselda-from-the-Clerks-Tale-by-Chaucer
has sparse info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting; but, it is where Mr. Melcher found it, and I couldn’t find an un-watermarked image online to upload to WC.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/elmore_alfred.html
http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/awakeningbeauty/biographies.html
https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/136
https://books.google.com/books?id=Zl5JAAAAYAAJ&q=Alfred&pg=PA758#v=onepage&q=Alfred&f=false
https://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Alfred_Elmore/9000410/Alfred_Elmore.aspx
https://www.pictorem.com/fr/profile/Alfred.Elmore
https://books.google.com/books?id=8SsJAAAAIAAJ&q=Alfred&pg=PA309#v=onepage&q=Alfred&f=false
http://www.avictorian.com/Elmore_Alfred.html
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Firdays), 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/2020/04/08?comments=visible
has the prior (my comment there used the same artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2429 (April 15, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago
I don’t have editing privileges there, like I do at WC. If I did, I would add it depicts the scene from around line 290 of the tale:
http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/teachslf/clkt-par.htm
based on the title Christie’s used
http://www.artnet.com/artists/alfred-w-elmore/griselde-and-as-she-wolde-over-the-threswold-gon-qFtjx4nEtboyBAKehAfM5A2
to auction it
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/elmore-alfred-w-1815-1881-534-c-xvq0oukpmp
November 13, 1991 (Christie’s doesn’t generally show pre-2000 auction results online, or I would have pointed to that instead).
MissScarlet Premium Member over 4 years ago
Griselda knew she had signed up for this on the chores list, but nobody told her that it included having to list to blowhards as well.
Glibster over 4 years ago
Reminds me of the good ol’ days out at our local Renaissance Festival. Nothing more disgusting than to see someone gnawing on one of those monsters at 7:30 AM.
anomaly over 4 years ago
“Just delivering the full chamber pot you ordered, sir.”
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 4 years ago
M’lady, for a farthing I will stop that little urchin from lifting up the back of your skirt.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
Grandpa hath a headache, the icepack on his head/ availeth naught, and he’s distraught/ and, worse, his child’s unwed !/ But she is far too clever to let the old guy down/ she’s cocked a hip, and flashed a nip/ at the rich man, new in town/ who thinks he’s “getting lucky” with the “hottie” by the well/ but if he signs the papers/ t’will be a LONG “dry spell”…
NoLongerWandering over 4 years ago
This is one of those times I’d really like to know the original title of a work.