Catching Mail in her dress before there was ‘Can of Corn’. The phrase refers to a grocer using a long-handled broom to tip canned goods down from a high shelf into his apron. In baseball slang it means a ‘routine’ fly ball or as easy as a ‘can of corn.’
I have a friend who drives 5 miles to my house to drop off a card so he doesn’t have to buy a stamp. (??) …and why he doesn’t use ecards I’ll never know.
Psst – The secret meeting of the secret society will be held in a secret location written in secret code on this letter. Read it and immediately eat the letter to avoid detection by the secret police.
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Brave 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 Love, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting.
Again, a larger strip image is also shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3369 (September 4, 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 .jpg from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the September 27, 2013, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comments there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.
Solstice*1947 15 days ago
/// Though he never had seen, heard or met her,
every day he tossed down The Love Letter.
Standing close to the wall,
Mia watched his note fall,
and she’d catch it, (although she knew better).
/// Every missive, unsigned, had been written
to explain that he’s hopelessly smitten.
In these words from above
he professed ceaseless love
to “the Reader” whom he nicknamed “Kitten.”
/// What he wrote, though generic, was sweet—
with requests that at his place they’d meet.
Mia never went there,
because she’s well aware
he dropped notes o’er each fence on the street.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member 15 days ago
She never saw her secret admirer but she guessed he was about 7 feet tall.
rmremail 15 days ago
The bad old days before you could touch up your profile picture on Tinder.
DATo 15 days ago
Thing takes a part time job delivering mail.
Jayalexander 15 days ago
Hang on a sec, I’m almost in the drop zone and the gardner is still crouched in the elderberry bush.
P51Strega 15 days ago
“I’ll have to see if the gardener can remove that ghastly thing; it’s been impaled there all week.”
MS72 15 days ago
Please don’t share our Wi-Fi password with everyone.
Call me Ishmael 15 days ago
Desdemona is dreadfully dense/
Hence she dawdles beside the fence/
And she patiently waits/
For notes from inmates/
With a passion that’s truly intense..///
The Wolf In Your Midst 15 days ago
She’s being served a subpoena.
.
It’s a small subpoena.
cdward 15 days ago
Thank you, Thing, but I could have gotten the mail myself.
jdculhane46 15 days ago
…..and if you agree to go out with me, this 50% off shoe coupon will be yours
wincoach Premium Member 15 days ago
She read the note stating, “When doing green screen work, you can’t wear a green dress. It just doesn’t work!”
Kornfield Kounty 15 days ago
Catching Mail in her dress before there was ‘Can of Corn’. The phrase refers to a grocer using a long-handled broom to tip canned goods down from a high shelf into his apron. In baseball slang it means a ‘routine’ fly ball or as easy as a ‘can of corn.’
EMGULS79 15 days ago
But no, m’lady! Hasn’t thou seenst the price of stamps these days?
cldisme 15 days ago
Are those patches on her dress or was that a fashion statement in 1860s Italy?
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member 15 days ago
“Okay, I get it. I should have used a bookmark,”
MuddyUSA Premium Member 15 days ago
Charles, if this is the same request as the last note….I told you I’m thinking……….
Holden Awn 15 days ago
She had been expecting, and was ready for, him tunneling in under the wall at that spot.
Snoopy_Fan 15 days ago
“Well, okay… But it better not be a picture of your d**k like the last one!”
KEA 15 days ago
I have a friend who drives 5 miles to my house to drop off a card so he doesn’t have to buy a stamp. (??) …and why he doesn’t use ecards I’ll never know.
Csaw Backnforth 15 days ago
Psst – The secret meeting of the secret society will be held in a secret location written in secret code on this letter. Read it and immediately eat the letter to avoid detection by the secret police.
Ken Holman Premium Member 15 days ago
“Thank you for finding my bookmark! It flew away when the book fell.”
Sir Isaac 15 days ago
In its early days, snail mail was fraught with problems.
anomaly 15 days ago
“You’ve been served.”
Bilan 15 days ago
She didn’t have change for the postage due, so she showed the mailman her ankles.
mistercatworks 15 days ago
“You made me drop my book, oaf.”
mshaw Premium Member 15 days ago
“Simerenya”
Call me Ishmael 15 days ago
The penmanship beggars description/
and the reader may have a conniption/
but it should be no shock/Since the writer’s her Doc: /
She’s just dropping off a prescription.
d1234dick Premium Member 15 days ago
Madeline (holding up dress) was expecting a much larger package.
mabrndt Premium Member 15 days ago
The Love Letter:
Paste (including the quote marks)
"Category:Luigi Crosio" Wikimedia
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Brave 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 Love, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting.
Again, a larger strip image is also shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3369 (September 4, 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 .jpg from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the September 27, 2013, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comments there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.
Running Buffalo Premium Member 15 days ago
Stalking has changed over the years.
Running Buffalo Premium Member 15 days ago
Marco Polo for the mute.
6turtle9 15 days ago
Ever since her rich uncle died, the marriage proposals have been flooding in.
PoodleGroomer 14 days ago
You have the money. Give me the last two chapters of my book.