There once was a woman named Lockett* Who put eight pounds of sand in her pocket.* When she went to the loo,* She threw it in too* And went home with a frock full of sprockets
Grandpa loved plump girls on which to pounce, for he knew there was more bounce to the ounce, the young maid’s reply was somewhat stroppy, she didn’t want to become too hippy to be hoppy, so off she went with a flounce.
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BE THIS GUY about 1 year ago
My original post back in 2019:
“If you want an accurate reading, you have to remember the petticoat adds 3 or 4 pound.“
Solstice*1947 about 1 year ago
/// All who work at the Mill must be weighed
for their new anti-stealing crusade.
If she weighs a lot more
when she walks out the door
than she did walking in, she’s been “made.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 1 year ago
My original comment: Jeb was checking to see if he got value for his money on his mail order bride.
rmremail about 1 year ago
It’s easier to weigh the dress if I have you wear it.
Call me Ishmael about 1 year ago
In places where women abound/
And feminists seldom are found/
It isn’t uncommon/
For women (like salmon)/
To be legally sold by the pound.
Jayalexander about 1 year ago
You sell by the pound? I seen ‘ya drinkin’ all that water when youse was standing by the traugh. You go relieve yourself and get back here quick.
blackman2732 about 1 year ago
Old man Finkleton knew that his family would be set for generations. His scale, which always read 20 pounds lighter, sold like hotcakes.
[Traveler] Premium Member about 1 year ago
It’s cheaper by the pound
Egrayjames about 1 year ago
“Miss Johannsen your weight with clothes on is 147 pounds! ….. And now we must weigh you with your clothes off.” (No wonder he’s smiling.)
jdculhane46 about 1 year ago
Sid’s new marketing ploy, sell mail order brides by the pound
MS72 about 1 year ago
“No kidding. You should weigh me when I wear a hoop skirt.
rmremail about 1 year ago
What she says: “Why thank you dear, this is a very nice birthday present,”
What she thinks: “Why a scale? Is he implying I’m fat?”
Call me Ishmael about 1 year ago
She’s a long way out of his league/
She grooves on the music of Grieg/
He’s a maundering MAGA/
Who digs Lady Gaga
(And she suffers from clothing fatigue.)DM2860 about 1 year ago
“No ma’am. I think you need another 5 pounds in the bustle for this year.
wincoach Premium Member about 1 year ago
I didn’t just marry ya for your looks young lady, ya need 20 more pounds for childbearing hips!
Call me Ishmael about 1 year ago
It appears that she’s making the grade/
But his judgment will be delayed/
So by tension we’re gripped/
Until she has stripped/
And all of her assets displayed.
Linguist about 1 year ago
“You know, my dear, that the only way to get your true weight is to shed those bulky clothes … but you can keep your pretty posies.”
grange Premium Member about 1 year ago
There once was a woman named Lockett* Who put eight pounds of sand in her pocket.* When she went to the loo,* She threw it in too* And went home with a frock full of sprockets
The Wolf In Your Midst about 1 year ago
“Look, sweetheart, I’m up to having to put a whole hand on the scale. It’s time you gave up Bundt cakes.”
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member about 1 year ago
“Yep, I guessed it within three pounds. Think I’ll get me a job at the carnival.”
jel354 about 1 year ago
That title was a blanket statement.
Khatkhattu Premium Member about 1 year ago
Grandpa loved plump girls on which to pounce, for he knew there was more bounce to the ounce, the young maid’s reply was somewhat stroppy, she didn’t want to become too hippy to be hoppy, so off she went with a flounce.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 1 year ago
If’n you gain more weight Ellie, I might have to send you to the lumber campInstead of Lady Godiva’s house parlor!
Bilan about 1 year ago
It’s a restaurant where you pay by how much you ate.
mabrndt Premium Member about 1 year ago
A New Weight or Weighed at the Mill:
Paste (including the quote marks)
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Again, a larger strip image is shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2337 (11/26/19) (August 23, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 7 works by this artist have been used here (8 times total, including this Throwback Thursday repeat), the November 26, 2019, strip being its first use. The May 11, 2020, strip has the prior by him.
gcarlson about 1 year ago
He’s how I imagine Mr. Old Timer on “Fibber McGee and Molly.”
Csaw Backnforth about 1 year ago
Her name was Polly Anchors. Hence, the expression “Anchors a weigh.”
anomaly about 1 year ago
Bessie makes her MMA fighting weight.
d1234dick Premium Member about 1 year ago
pappa john measuring lucy to see how big a ham she can hide under her dress from the grocery store
Solstice*1947 about 1 year ago
/// “I’m afraid that I cannot condone
your announcing I weigh thirteen stone!
Look at all of these flounces—
each weighs over twelve ounces.
My steel corset weighs nine pounds alone!”
Running Buffalo Premium Member about 1 year ago
See? What did I tell you?
The painting didn’t make you look 10 pounds heavier!
Running Buffalo Premium Member about 1 year ago
Yes. That does look unwieldly. Let me hold your dress, and we can try again.