That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 01, 2016

“Look at the positive side: instead of docking his pay, we’ll just take away his vacation days.”

“I told him not to ride the roller coaster until AFTER it was finished!”

We’re just bringing him through the cemetary so that he can point out where his body should be buried … when he dies, that is.

“At least we’ve caught the stingray, Mrs. Irwin”

“The hipbone is no longer connected to the leg-bone.”

There’s a million ways to die in the west…

‘Trouble at mill.’

“Call Morris Bart, Madam, we’ll sue their pants off. Remember our motto ""We Cheat You Right""

The operation was a great success. Unfortunately, the patient died.

Why mill workers never wear wheat colored clothing.

Is this a bad time to ask if you have plans for this evening?

“Not to worry. Gpt a fresh batch of leeches just yesterday.”

He should have enough time left to pick out his coffin.

“And then I’ll help you pack up your clothes and the kids so we can kick you out into the street—no husband, no housing.”

“Oh, sorry, Sir. Your plan doesn’t cover anesthetic. Caleb, you can put away the sledge hammer.”

He voted against Obamacare, Ma’am. Said the government was too “intrusive”…

I love this strip , takes a lot of thought and scrumming through art books ..

2 URLs (copy each as one line):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En_s%C3%A5ret_arbejder_(Henningsen).jpg

has info and links that point to info about this painting (best viewed by Google Chrome – can automatically translate linked pages, if necessary).

http://kuf.dk/erik-henningsen-2/

has a short bio for this artist in Danish (best translated by Chrome, especially what its hyperlinks point to).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s blog entry for yesterday (November 30, 2016), accessible by the Check Out The Blog! box in the right hand column; so, I won’t point to it here.

The picture is called “A wounded worker” so there’s hope. Henningson painted some darker moments in the lives of ordinary people.

…which mostly works out to a man with a shovel.

One more job opening.

Forward back into the coal mines under the new admin.

“Don’t worry, Ma’am. The painter’s almost done, then we can get him to a sanitarium.”

Hey! Is that is the “under-buffalo” guy from 11/24!