Northern and Southern draft dodgers come together in peace over the Canadian sport of curling. In this immortalized scene we see a brief appearance by U.S. Grant introducing whiskey to the sport.
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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, 7 works by him have been used here.
has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URLs, the second of which may be unresponsive).
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BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
The wives couldn’t figure out why their husbands didn’t help around the house but were willing to sweep an ice pond.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
Curling: A game invented to drink beer.
Papared25 over 4 years ago
The townsfolk found that curling was a great icebreaker as long as it didn’t break any ice.
santa72404 over 4 years ago
The town got a group discount on Vicks inhalers.
DATo over 4 years ago
Billy, negotiating the rental of his little brother as a curling “stone”.
gopher gofer over 4 years ago
soon, chamber pot hockey was all the rage…
Ubintold over 4 years ago
Me and my broom.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ Premium Member over 4 years ago
It’s not really Roomba unless there’s a video of a cat riding one.
Buzzworld over 4 years ago
“Wait, shouldn’t we be sweeping the dirt into the Roomba?”
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
The townsfolk were thrilled when a migrating flock of curling stones landed on their pond !
P51Strega over 4 years ago
The rough sport of curling claims another victim. The crowd is hushed as they slide off the injured player.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
Canadian weather is nice/ but you’ll probably want to think twice/ before relocation/ to that friendly nation/ unless you are partial to ice.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
On the ice that covers the bay/ ’neath a sky that is frigid and gray/ their spending the day/ the Canadian way/ just curling their cares away ..
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
(Take two – they’re small !)
Rev Phnk Ey over 4 years ago
Scene from the first “They Came From Mars”.
Another Take over 4 years ago
Northern and Southern draft dodgers come together in peace over the Canadian sport of curling. In this immortalized scene we see a brief appearance by U.S. Grant introducing whiskey to the sport.
jel354 over 4 years ago
Skipping stones took on a different meaning after that massive snowstorm.
mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago
Curling:--a Scottish Game, at Central Park:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_George_Brown_-_Curling,%E2%80%94a_Scottish_Game,_at_Central_Park_-_2001.86_-_Museum_of_Fine_Arts.jpg
(the title has a semicolon where I had to use a colon to get GoComics comment translator to post this) has info, or links that point to more info, about this painting. Other versions has strip coloration image.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/brown_john_george.html
https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=533
http://www.artnet.com/artists/john-george-brown/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32252308/john-george-brown
https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/15524/pull-for-the-shore
https://books.google.com/books?id=sPGdBxzaWj0C&pg=PA346#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.all-art.org/DICTIONARY_of_Art/b/Brown_John1.htm
https://books.google.com/books?id=js1ZCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT2#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.avictorian.com/Brown_John_George.html
http://hoocher.com/John_George_Brown/John_George_Brown.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, 7 works by him have been used here.
https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/12/11?comments=visible
has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URLs, the second of which may be unresponsive).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2446 (May 11, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
MissScarlet Premium Member over 4 years ago
The Scots were just not satisfied with inventing golf. They had to go even further and inflict curling onto the populace.
Bilan over 4 years ago
Setting up a curling rink in Central Park was fine, but the crowd was upset that they did it in the middle of the Simon & Garfunkel concert.