That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 07, 2021

Napoleon doing some Monday morning quarterbacking after Waterloo.

Sir, you can’t sit here watching the fire all day. You have to go out there and concede that you lost.

Napoleon may have lost at Waterloo, but he is not going to give up his spot in front of the fireplace.

He has seriously neglected his family since discovering the new invention, “porn.”

napoleon, still waiting for santa to come down the chimney days and days after christmas eve…

Sacre bleu. What was I supposed to say after “Ready, Set,”?

It’s like it’s on the tip of my tongue.

The great romance of our age has ended.

“Yes Dear, I think you’re right. He does look like Alex Trebek from behind.”

“The Patriots are down by 2. If they make this field goal they win the Super Bowl.”

And who is THIS crabby “critter “ ?/ tis the Emperor- and he’s bitter./ The Waterloo stuff/ was bad enough/..but now he’s been banned from Twitter !

Mommy, why does he keep muttering “Recount the soldiers again”?

“Yes, you have to wash your hands again after using water, loo, and bidet, before you can eat."

It was the Russians I tell you.

There’s an interesting commentary on ths painting at http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/mstone/paintings/6.html that touches on a number of topics that surround it, including how art funding worked at the time and how this painting embodies the academic ideas about composition and lighting then current.

Napolean refusing to admit that he didn’t win by a landslide and that his power wasn’t stolen from him.

I know he’s the emperor, dear, but if you can’t get him to move away from the fireplace I’m never going to be able to get dinner started, and the kids are starving!

It’s been two weeks dear, I don’t think Santa’s coming this year.

“Try turning the rabbit ears a little more. “

“Don’t fail me now bones, baby needs new shoes, c’moooon seven come eleven.”

TV REPAIRMAN on knee: I’m afraid she’s a goner. These flat screens just don’t have no repairable parts like those vacuum tubes. Why 40 years ago, I’d a had this up and…

DAD: Just leave us to grieve! KIDS: WAHHHHHHHH!

Sacre bleu! Is that Madame du Pompadour I see on the other side of this fireplace?

Kim’s biggest complaint was that Kanye wouldn’t concede he lost the presidential election (“I need you to find me 80 million more votes. COME ON, Raffensperger, I was BORN in Georgia!”), but honestly theyd been drifting apart for years.

“Hold on, Marechal. I’m going to figure out where this heat comes from sooner or later…”

I’ll try to do more later; until then,

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/mstone/paintings/6.html

has info about this painting. This is the third work by this artist to appear here. If you want other artist info URLs, my comment at

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2021/01/05?comments=visible

has what I’d be posting here. I’ve spent the last 6+ hours trying to get my desktop computer functional (still not completely there). Once done with that, I’ll work on this (maybe tomorrow or the weekend).

Kim and who?

Mommy, when is that weird little man going to leave?

In 13 days, honey. Honest.

Napoleon just wishing that he could have good sex WITHOUT making more babies,

I like Marcus’s historical paintings, much more interesting than the persistent femme even if they didn’t sell as well.