That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 10, 2018

Angus quickly learned if one sister won’t, the other one might.

Old joke: “If you want to know what I’m wearing under this kilt, give me your hand.”

McGregor felt so lucky to get the middle seat.

“Your mother’s ghost stands at your shoulder

Face like ice—a little bit colder

Saying to you—‘You cannot do that,

It breaks all the rules that you learned in school.’

I don’t really see -

Why can’t we go on as three?”

“You’re the fifth person that’s asked me that today. And it’s only noon!”

“One day, women will be able to show their knees…. and it’s not true – I’m wearing pink lacy undies.”

Did he show them how he won first prize?

Her: Is anything worn under the kilt? Him: No it’s all in perfect working order.

Yes ladies, this bucket I am sitting on at the front of the boat is why the toilet on a ship is called a head. Now, if you will turn away for a moment….

Trying very hard not to man spread.

No, I can’t loan you my hat. It’s strictly against the rules.

Yes, that ship does have a very impressive prow, but nowhere near as impressive as yours, m’dear.

Lady on right: If he catches that damn hat on my umbrella one more time…

Portsmouth Dockyard or How Happy I Could be with Either: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portsmouthdockyard_James_tissot_1877.jpg 

(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this roughly A2 paper size painting. The strip image comes from the second listed under File history.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/tissot_james.html 

http://www.sai.msu.su/cjackson/tissot/tissot_bio.htm 

http://www.all-art.org/DICTIONARY_of_Art/t/tissot1.htm 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/t/tissot/biograph.html 

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/tissot/index.html 

http://www.avictorian.com/Tissot_James_fr.html 

http://www.wikiart.org/en/james-tissot 

https://www.jamestissot.org/biography.html 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/12 

http://hoocher.com/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot.htm 

all have info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. So far, 11 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2016/02/26?comments=visible 

has the prior, which sadly, though my comment text is there with the line breaks removed, its 29 hyperlinks remain inactive. &?@#!#%&!

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2015 (August 9, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the boat !

Maidenheads and mastheads mounted proudly on the prow.

The lady in blue looks like she’s sitting with her knees apart. Not done in those days.

My skirt is shorter than yours.

just wait my dears my cabin is big enough for all if us.

Ominously, the the two ships in near background have structures built over their decks – prison hulks. The iron white battleship in the distance is the wave of the future even if it does still have masts and yards.

“And her mother came too”…Ivor Novello

Sheesh – they look more like they cold be his daughters. Roy Moore’s great grandfather?

“The good news is that you get a free cruise. The bad news is that you’re going to be the ship’s new figurehead.”