That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 09, 2024

/// Here the Lottery Sisters are queued

to buy lots on a purse that accrued

to a tidy cash prize.

They must economize

to afford them. They buy cheaper food.

Nobody would have guessed those nice old ladies were numbers runners.

if this is Pawn Stars, where are Rick and Chumlee?

Young lady attempting to pawn her wedding ring and finding out it is worthless.

“She’s got a ticket to ride/

She’s got a ticket to ri-yi-yi-yi-yide../

She’s got a ticket to ride/

And she don’t care…”

-by some British musicians whose name eludes me.

I’m sorry, but there is no bread left today. And this coupon will not be valid tomorrow…..

It’s good that Taylor will be there to console Travis when they lose.

I like when the quarterback reaches from behind for his friends junk.

“You say these are the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s next breakup song, eh..”?

Only two donuts this time?

She’s learned that wearing her wallet on her head will stop the street urchins from picking her pocket.

Oh, heck. This gives me a chance to proselytize some of Kurt Weill’s lesser-known music. (He composed a lot more than just “Mack the Knife”!) Its jagged Cabaret style appeals to me:

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“The Lottery Agent’s Tango” by Kurt Weill, from “Der Silbersee”

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https://musescore.Com/user/35587889/scores/6407772

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If you’re interested in a translation from German, it’s among several others in this link:

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Https://Operamission.files.wordpress.Com/2011/02/

And in the background…..“Why did the pervert ask me if I’d like to spread?”

“Two Guineas on the Chiefs to win.”

“That’s a fowl bet.”

Reading this caused me to throw up in my mouth just a little.

“My breasts are up here, mister!”

“Sorry, Miss. You’re laudanum needs to be in a clear plastic squeeze bottle, and no more than four ounces.”

“So what if the coupon’s expired? You should take it anyway! I want to talk to your manager!”

Heart hands? We don’t even know if Taylor’s going to show up.

Lady, I don’t care if you’ve properly filled in every S&H green stamp book, this is the Gold Bond redemption center.

Lottery Sisters: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Paintings of women with baskets" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string 7924, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Mozilla Firefox, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary; Google Chrome currently fails that task in this case) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3267 (February 9, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. Only work by him used here so far.

The Lottery Sisters were hoping to marry the Property Brothers.

I’m so sorry Ms., but two strong children are not the type of collateral we are looking for.

here is your weeks pay kitty $1.67. enjoy