That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 08, 2022

Then Sofie made her big mistake, when she snapped her grandma’s butt with the twisted sheet.

Their husbands had no idea that this is also how they made soup for them.

/// Doing laundry back then wasn’t fun.

It took hours before you were done.

Pumping water took muscle,

so did wringing. Then hustle

off to hang it all up in the sun.

/// No one then had a washing machine.

It took scrubbing to get your sheets clean.

All your soap was homemade

and you weekly displayed

dirty laundry, by everyone seen.

the scene that was cut from the famous, “I Love Lucy” grape stomping episode…

They’re not doing laundry. They’re making a huge doobie. That is Denmark after all.

“While I twist right…you twist right. YOUR OTHER RIGHT ‘B’!”

“See? It’s easier if you imagine yourself wringing his neck instead of the sheets.”

“There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark!” – Hamlet. “Yeah- it’s the division of labor !” – Gudrun

Said Gudrun to sturdy old ‘Greet“These clogs are killing my feet …The laundry can wait Til some later date -I’ve had quite enough of this sheet !”

And Greet, with a chuckle , replied

“This is Denmark- you can’t run and hide..

To the North are the Swedes,

To the South, Prussia breeds..

You might as well face- you’re fried !”

“The problem with Denmark”, said Christian / “is her geographic position ../Our neighbors are brutal/ resistance is futile/It’s an untenable position.”

In SchleswIg, they tried to hold on

Outnumbered by fifty to one

But they woke up to find

Their frontier redefined

And now, even Holstein was gone…

InDenmark, some men seem to feel

You can disregard sex appeal

In your choice of a wife

Since you’ll have her for life.

Choose a girl with a grip of steel..

GROAN

Twisted Sisters

“Let’s do the Twist”

Doesn’t look like a Chinese laundry to me.

Anna and Lillie discussing plans to start laundering Kroner instead.

Hey, look, it’s the twister sisters, and they are going to take it.

You must remember this/ a twist is just a twist/no matter how you try/ ..the sheets will take their time to dry/ as time goes by…Gudrun and Margit , toiling in the sun/ wringing the sheets out/ one by bloody one../ sometimes it seems the bastards weigh ton…/ and take all day to dry..//and when the job is done/ of energy you’ve none/ you wish that you could die/ but if you’re smart you won’t ask why/ as time goes by ….

Groan! 8^ )

At this point, Ethyl pointed out it might have been easier to have just burned the sheets in which they murdered her friend’s husband

The girls had a reputation of being able to get the bedsheets sparkling white. The problem was the lingering faint odor of urine on them.

Eat your punning heart out, Stephan Pastis!

The sunshine is just one more perk/

Many unseen benefits lurk /

Unnoticed, but present/

In the life of the peasant

In her healthful outdoor work.

It’s a MIRACLE! I GOT THIS ONE!!

I heard Gustav has a long what you may call it…..!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOPO2tDkaeM

What a plot twist.

I don’t think I’d arm wrestle these two.

I believe we all can agree that the best thing about modern appliances like washing machines is that they freed up time for women to make themselves pretty for us. No more lazy application of scarves to hide undone hair! Am I right, men?

Anyone?

Hello…?

“My trick is to pretend it’s your father’s neck.”

Now and then, Steve got a sense of humor! Do they win gold?

“wringers” – I get it!

The Doobie Brother’s got nothin’ on the Spliff Sisters.

A couple of women doing laundry: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valdemar_Magaard_-_Et_par_bondekoner_vasker_t%C3%B8j_p%C3%A5_g%C3%A5rdspladsen.png 

has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image at 

https://thatispricelessblog.com/2022/02/masterpiece-2874/ 

and using the dropdown menu. I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.

Oh, I like Margrit, don’t get me wrong. But Brigit’s my main squeeze!

Gerta and Frida are hoping for a man that compares with the size of their sheet they are wringing. next they will fight each other to the death to have him.

Can you believe the gall of that woman! Telling us that we are wearing our masks wrong!

Marge and Mildred “cleaners” are the only people that know what happened to Jimmy Hoffa.

I wonder if Melcher was an art history major. He certainly finds some interesting paintings.