That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 26, 2021

Portrait of a man with indigestion after eating the entire bear.

“Do not remove tag under penalty of law.”

I guess this is how Italians in the 16th century thought all those barbaric northern Europeans dressed

Why did PETA leave an angry note on is windshield? Is his car also covered in bear carcass?

I don’t care what this “Certificate of Authenticity” says. Karloff did NOT wear this in “Son of Frankenstein.”

Thomas was “loaded for bear”, in that he wanted to mate with one.

Apparently winter really is coming!

“All of the chinchillas died of natural causes. Trust me! The furrier told me that when the chinchillas reach maturity it is only natural for the little rodents to go to the big chinchilla mountain in the sky.”

Saint Nicholas wished he had put / old clothes on before he set foot / on that roof where, he feared / he’d besmirched coat and beard / descending a flue filled with soot.

Sebastian Cabot method acting as a chinchilla.

Franz Mesmer, having put his patient under, stole her fur stole.

Here we go – another season of Life Below Zero

Going through a dark period Steve?

I’d like to return this fur. I’m pretty sure it has fleas. Here’s my receipt."

“I left the Borgias’ late/in a rather uncomfortable state…/ Lucretia had fed me../ might she have misled me ?/ It must have been something I ate…”

“And on tonight’s menu, fresh chinchilla marinated in a wine with saute’ed porcini served on a bed of rice, and of course an extra large serving of poutine.”

Looks like that pelt’s owner is creeping up behind him!

It’s faux? Have you any idea how many stuffed animals have to die to make faux fur!?

Yeah it itches. So what.

This year’s well-dressed Hun will be wearing sable, as demonstrated by Attila here. Goths and Visigoths will be stitching up great patchwork coats of weasel and fox fur, and Vikings will continue to rock the sealskin. Celts, of course, prefer to run nekkid, which gives the illusion that they have painted themselves blue.

Apparently an ancestor of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Fur is for the ladies, unless you are a trapper or a pimp.

I should have been more specific when I specified wide lapels.

My Got, I voke up dis morning, vit an elephant in mine pajamas, how he got der I do not know?

The words penned as though in a fever, / her note said he strove to deceive her. / “Not true,” he replied/ to his oft jealous bride, / “For pelts do I chase after beaver.”

Portrait of a Man in a Fur-Trimmed Coat: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Man_in_a_Fur-Trimmed_Coat_MET_DP363660.jpg 

has info about this painting. 

So far, 40 works, initially with unknown attribution have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2021/01/08?comments=visible 

has the prior.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2715 (May 25, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

He had the ‘pat your stomach’ part down, but wasn’t able to coordinate the ‘rub your head’ part at all.

What Michael Corleone did with the rest of Jack Woltz’ horse….

Next year he plans on buying the sleeves.

In the long run, putting in central heating would probably turn out to be cheaper.

A manly man, still he did love / some lace near his collar and glove. / He had hopes they’d still show, / each crocheted furbelow, / despite all the thick fur above.

There once was a Russian named Mischa / embarrassed to bed fair Ayesha. / So, from his fur jerkin / he made a male merkin / to cover his crotch alopecia.

To impress her he bought a fine jacket

with a pricey fur collar and placket

but he shows her the bill

for he knows her real thrill

is his rank in the upper tax bracket.

John Jacob Astor wasn’t the first of his family in the fur trade.

Petroff, was a great hunter, but not very good seamstress. but he still insists on wearing this “thing”

Wait! The song says “you can leave your hat on”? Crap, now I have to start over …