The size of the ruffle is a status symbol. The bigger it is, the more impressive. If you wear an entire radar dish around your neck, you get to be the Grand Poobah of Northern Outer Bumfuk.
His hand to his heart he’d complain / about the long flight to Bahrain. / His chief peccadillo? / The best travel pillow / can’t help him to sleep on a plane.
Against his black garb it glowed palely, / the hand which he exercised daily. / He’d flex his long thumb, / the better to strum / upon his antique ukulele.
The bearded man groaned to a skeptic / that something he ate had been septic. / His ruff of white lace / surrounded a face / that couldn’t have looked more dyspeptic.
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com 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, which while my comment is still there, with the line breaks removed, its 23 hyperlinks remain inactive, ?&@#!#%&!, but the text may be informative.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2723 (June 8, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
A dude with a beard and a ruff/ may look like he has the stuff/ but if you look closer/ you may yet say “nossir !/ You have some – but it ain’t quite enough..”
Having cued the spotlight, Pieter had only to put on his black gloves and step onto the darkened stage. Then he would be ready to perform his world-famous Floating Head Trick.
BE THIS GUY almost 3 years ago
Willem couldn’t wait to get better so the veterinarian… I mean doctor… could take that collar off his neck.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 3 years ago
It doubles as a toilet seat warmer.
rmremail almost 3 years ago
!Oh, god! I’m having a heart attack!" “No, sir. That’s just indigestion from eating the third lard sandwich”
rmremail almost 3 years ago
The white bandage wrapped around his neck is all that’s keep John the baptist’s head on.
rmremail almost 3 years ago
The size of the ruffle is a status symbol. The bigger it is, the more impressive. If you wear an entire radar dish around your neck, you get to be the Grand Poobah of Northern Outer Bumfuk.
Papared25 almost 3 years ago
“It’s a garter from my dearly departed wife. She was a big boned woman. What’s your point?”
Solstice*1947 almost 3 years ago
His hand to his heart he’d complain / about the long flight to Bahrain. / His chief peccadillo? / The best travel pillow / can’t help him to sleep on a plane.
ronaldspence almost 3 years ago
Larry H Parker got me 5.8 million on my whiplash claim!
Solstice*1947 almost 3 years ago
Against his black garb it glowed palely, / the hand which he exercised daily. / He’d flex his long thumb, / the better to strum / upon his antique ukulele.
Solstice*1947 almost 3 years ago
The bearded man groaned to a skeptic / that something he ate had been septic. / His ruff of white lace / surrounded a face / that couldn’t have looked more dyspeptic.
Kind&Kinder almost 3 years ago
♪♫"Vesti la giubba,…."♪♫
Call me Ishmael almost 3 years ago
The collar he proudly displayed/ was ever so artfully made/ but such fine macrame’/ would not last a day/ with his penchant for finding “ruff trade”.
Jayalexander almost 3 years ago
I know it looks silly but I was biting myself.
Call me Ishmael almost 3 years ago
“It’s the white collar – the two-in-one collar – it kills both tics and fleas !”
Helen Frx almost 3 years ago
THANKS, SPECIALLY SOL ‘N’ ISH, FOR GIVING ME SUCH A LAUGH THIS MORNING !! HF
Buzzworld almost 3 years ago
“I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And doggone it people like me.”
Reader almost 3 years ago
We all know you’re hiding a hickey.
cdward almost 3 years ago
When the vet mentioned the cone of shame, I naturally assumed it was for the dog.
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
Yeah, I lost a bet, so what…
Rev Phnk Ey almost 3 years ago
Drooling man wearing his drool collar.
Indianapolis Smith almost 3 years ago
Collar? What collar?
Another Take almost 3 years ago
“COME ON DOWN TO FRANZ HALS’ USED CARRIAGES – A dealer you can trust!
Linguist almost 3 years ago
Portrait of Bubba Whitecock, in his new Proud Boy uniform, taking his Trump Loyalty Oath.
Plods with ...™ almost 3 years ago
Not to judge, but your wife’s collar doesn’t do a thing for you.
MuddyUSA Premium Member almost 3 years ago
@ Solstice*1947 – I’ll go with that. It is poetic.
Ken Holman Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Man signalling the best way he can that his collar is too tight to breathe.
Csaw Backnforth almost 3 years ago
I pledge allegiance to the flag of (insert county here.)
mabrndt Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Bearded_Man_with_a_Ruff_by_Frans_Hals.jpg
has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/hals_frans.html
http://www.sai.msu.su/cjackson/hals/hals_bio.htm
http://www.artnet.com/artists/frans-hals-the-elder
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/3035/frans-hals-dutch-15821583-1666
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/hals.html
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/dutch_art/dutch_painters.html
https://www.askart.com/artist/Frans_Hals/9000052/Frans_Hals.aspx
https://www.wikiart.org/en/frans-hals
https://prabook.com/web/frans.hals/729950
http://www.all-art.org/history252-19.html
https://biography.yourdictionary.com/frans-hals
https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/h/hals/frans/biograph.html
https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/european-art-1600-present-biographies/frans-hals
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/old-masters/frans-hals.htm
http://hoocher.com/Frans_Hals/Frans_Hals.htm
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com 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/2014/10/03?comments=visible
has the prior, which while my comment is still there, with the line breaks removed, its 23 hyperlinks remain inactive, ?&@#!#%&!, but the text may be informative.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2723 (June 8, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 3 years ago
All ready to sing the lead in the opera “Myles Standish,” but it hasn’t been written yet.
MissScarlet Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Please, please, please pass the Prilosec.
anomaly almost 3 years ago
Kees liked to advertise that he was a white-collar criminal.
rugeirn almost 3 years ago
With that ring on, it’s gonna hurt.
Call me Ishmael almost 3 years ago
A dude with a beard and a ruff/ may look like he has the stuff/ but if you look closer/ you may yet say “nossir !/ You have some – but it ain’t quite enough..”
Solstice*1947 almost 3 years ago
Having cued the spotlight, Pieter had only to put on his black gloves and step onto the darkened stage. Then he would be ready to perform his world-famous Floating Head Trick.
Running Buffalo Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Ah, me! What a terrible day! I woke up late, with a splitting headache. And when I asked for blush, I was told they only had white.
Dragoncat almost 3 years ago
To all of my favourite poets out there…
Oh, you guys…