the fisherman really wished that the strange moony-eyed young woman from down the street would learn to knock on the door like everyone else when she wanted fish instead of peeping and tapping on the $%#@ window when he was trying to nap…
I’m from the HOA and I’d like to show you the complaint your next-door neighbor anonymously submitted. You have 30 days before the Compliance Commitee hands down fines …
Excuse me, when will you be replacing this cheesecloth with real curtains – it gives the neighborhood a trashy look, and we’re all sick of seeing what you do in here.
To counteract its unpleasant reputation, the Internal Revenue Service instituted an all-pastels dress code and sent its agents on a door-to-door campaign to remind everyone that April 15 is just a few months away.
“She dwelt among untrodden ways”/ aye, that is where she dwelt/ She made her living selling fish/ and so of Smelt she smellt/ When, at the window she appeared/ her old employer fled/ for, to his certain knowledge, she/ had been some five years dead…/ A wild affair the two had shared/ among the drying nets / but still, for him, a clear “net gain”/ and he had few regrets/ until she made those loud demands/ (t’is not a pretty story) / and she was sent to sea aboard/ an ancient, hole-y dory…/ the dory sank amid a storm/ as they are wont to do/ but she is back, a “spirit”, now,/ and he must join her crew. (Bwahahahahaha…)
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, the askart.com bio can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 4 works by him have been used here.
has the prior (my comment there included the last artist info URL).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2336 (November 24, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
The girl from next door was wondering if she could borrow a net.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Oh no It’s aunt Ella! Don’t let her see you!”
Strob Premium Member over 4 years ago
“May I use your hairdryer? I could only find the bonnet from mine.”
Papared25 over 4 years ago
“I see dead people. There’s one behind you.”
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 4 years ago
Oh she stands there tapping, tapping
On my window facing the shore,
Where the waves are lapping, lapping,
The ghost of my drown’d Lenore.
orinoco womble over 4 years ago
“Can I interest you in a copy of the Watchtower?”
gopher gofer over 4 years ago
the fisherman really wished that the strange moony-eyed young woman from down the street would learn to knock on the door like everyone else when she wanted fish instead of peeping and tapping on the $%#@ window when he was trying to nap…
Zykoic over 4 years ago
A little help? I grabbed the shower cap thinking it was my diaphragm.
Khatkhattu Premium Member over 4 years ago
You know, if you would clean these windows once in awhile you might be able to peep at me better, it is almost time for my weekly shower.
Buzzworld over 4 years ago
“I see you Carl Bloch. Stop trying to hide behind that easel.”
katzenbooks45 over 4 years ago
She sees you when you’re sleeping. She knows when you’re awake. She knows if you’ve been bad or good. She’s a stalker, for heaven’s sake!
Reader over 4 years ago
Excuse me, I think this is you shower cap -I found it under my husband’s night table.
MS72 over 4 years ago
I’m from the HOA and I’d like to show you the complaint your next-door neighbor anonymously submitted. You have 30 days before the Compliance Commitee hands down fines …
Reader over 4 years ago
Excuse me, when will you be replacing this cheesecloth with real curtains – it gives the neighborhood a trashy look, and we’re all sick of seeing what you do in here.
J Short over 4 years ago
Those horsehair curtains never quite caught on.
YatInExile over 4 years ago
That’s creepy. Seriously.
thebashfulone over 4 years ago
The large lady from next door, as seen from the attic window.
aerotica69 over 4 years ago
I know you’re in there, Charlie Harper!
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 4 years ago
Can’t add to that caption. Nice one.
Radish the wordsmith over 4 years ago
My name is pronounced as Bouquet, not Bucket.
Linguist over 4 years ago
I don’t know what creeps me out more … the girl’s outfit … or the fact she’s tapping on the window and holding a shower cap in her hand.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
“That sly, ‘come hither’ stare / that strips my conscience bare / it’s witchcraft…”- Sinatra
epaphus8 over 4 years ago
To counteract its unpleasant reputation, the Internal Revenue Service instituted an all-pastels dress code and sent its agents on a door-to-door campaign to remind everyone that April 15 is just a few months away.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
“She dwelt among untrodden ways”/ aye, that is where she dwelt/ She made her living selling fish/ and so of Smelt she smellt/ When, at the window she appeared/ her old employer fled/ for, to his certain knowledge, she/ had been some five years dead…/ A wild affair the two had shared/ among the drying nets / but still, for him, a clear “net gain”/ and he had few regrets/ until she made those loud demands/ (t’is not a pretty story) / and she was sent to sea aboard/ an ancient, hole-y dory…/ the dory sank amid a storm/ as they are wont to do/ but she is back, a “spirit”, now,/ and he must join her crew. (Bwahahahahaha…)
mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago
After the Bath. A Young Girl Knocking at the Fisherman’s Window:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Bloch_-_After_the_Bath._A_Young_Girl_Knocking_at_the_Fisherman%27s_Window_-_KMS1555_-_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst.jpg
has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. Other versions has strip coloration.
https://moa.byu.edu/carl-heinrich-bloch-highlights/
https://www.zionartsociety.org/podcast/2017/5/30/artist-ryan-brown-on-carl-bloch-and-how-to-look-at-fine-art
https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=4080
https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-bloch
http://www.all-art.org/DICTIONARY_of_Art/b/Bloch_Carl1.htm
https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/b/bloch/biograph.html
https://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Carl_Bloch/11017076/Carl_Bloch.aspx
https://www.ksl.com/article/12035350/carl-bloch-originals-coming-to-utah-for-special-exhibit
http://www.sjhcalvin.com/artists/carl-bloch/
https://www.carlbloch.com/php/index.php
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, the askart.com bio can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 4 works by him have been used here.
https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2017/07/14?comments=visible
has the prior (my comment there included the last artist info URL).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2336 (November 24, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 4 years ago
Miss Havisham? Don’t you think its time to turn on some lights, maybe a little light dusting, maybe even come outside for some air? Just saying.
Another Take over 4 years ago
Dear Prudence. Won’t you come out to plaaaayyy?
MissScarlet Premium Member over 4 years ago
OK grandpa, I’m all clean now. But let’s not clean any more fish before church, OK?
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 4 years ago
Excuse me kind sir … but do you have a bathtub I could borrow?
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 4 years ago
I think she is trying to tell us … yes, she is … She is trying to tell us that she does windows too.
d1234dick Premium Member over 4 years ago
peeping Tomatina, hoping to catch a glimpse of the new man in town while he prepares for his shower.
rmremail over 4 years ago
Before Facebook, there was Ella.Both know disturbing amount abut you.
PoodleGroomer over 4 years ago
The thing that bothers me is the larger breast between the other two.
PatsyL.Paul over 4 years ago
“You missed a spot!”