That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 13, 2024

/// The Cartographer Jüttner, (Professor),

has a cute wife— a colorful dresser.

He should be overjoyed,

but he looks up annoyed.

She draws focus; he wants to repress her.

a-yup. She’s just about to mash that fruit plate into his face, isn’t she?

Can’t you see I’m working? I told you to leave the food by the door.

And why is it all fruit? Where’s my meat?

“Greta, are you fantasizing about the milkman again?”

“C’mon, Joey, take a break. Everything’s better with a blue bonnet on it.”

If you don’t like my peaches, don’t be shakin’ my tree!

I’ll make it simple. We are going to the theater tonight or you are wearing this plate of crap.

“My eyes are up here!” said she:/

The professor ignored her plea./

But when she (growing heated)/

Her contention repeated/

He replied, “That’s where they ought to be!”

Agree

Geez, where to start? This is either 1) a portrait of a 10 y.o. girl playing dress-up, or 2) a mashup of said 10 y.o.‘s body and a grown woman’s face, or 3) terribly out of proportion. And, no, no corset can account for a waist that tiny with that head and face.

But honey, the constipation will fix itself. I don’t need a whole basket of fruit.

“Oi’ve gotta nice pair o’ plums for ya, ducky!”

Carmen Miranda trying to convince her husband to wear a plate of fruit on his head.

At least he doesn’t look like he has “elevator eyes”‼️

‘’Pick a fruit….any fruit. Then we can go in the bedroom and strip naked and I’ll let my hair down and we can pretend we’re in Eden."

The Cartographer Professor Josef Jüttner and His Wife: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Josef Jüttner" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo 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 A11175, and click its link for info and links that point to more info 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 #3410 (November 13, 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 the blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 10 works associated with him have been used here, the September 29, 2023, strip being the prior.

They’re up HERE!” Once again she averred/

But again Herr Professor demurred!/

“My back is a wreck/

I’ve a crick in my neck/

And my vision is terribly blurred!”///

She tried one more time (twas her third)/

The Professor a third time deferred/

I’d just rather not/

For there’s no cure (God wot)/

For afflictions you may have incurred..”///

At that point she abandoned her quest/

“I’m offended ! How dare you suggest /

That I am a w*0&€ ?”/

Whereupon she crushed four/

Of her moldering fruits on his vest.

You know Horace, I could really go for you if you didn’t dress so silly.

darling, do you like my blue bonnet? better than butter dear.

I thought I ordered the melons.