That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 28, 2021

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    sparklite  over 2 years ago

    Oscar Brockly made a red hot vase,

    but only one with a voluptuous lass.

    His cheap clay pots,

    profit him not,

    while pornocorpia dies by his ass.

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    sparklite  over 2 years ago

    A master’s in pottery proved not such a boon,

    so Percival Walters bailed out of it soon.

    He paid his loan off,

    now out-earns his prof,

    plucking cigar butts out of spittoons.

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    sparklite  over 2 years ago

    Get into the pot trade, they said.

    You’ll get rich quick, they said.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Mr. Potter lived with his hand stuck in his own creation for the rest of his life.

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    BE THIS GUY  over 2 years ago

    Week in and week out, Anders would work on making the perfect chamber pot, but he just couldn’t get it right.

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    Bilan  over 2 years ago

    If he makes the vase by sticking his hand inside, I’m amazed that he could make the one in front.

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    Steve Melcher creator over 2 years ago

    Hey “Priceless” fans! I’m taking advantage of this rare Sunday post to alert you to the existence of a new, Harry Potter-themed game show I recently worked on that’s premiering Sunday night (11/28). It’s called “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses” and it’s hosted by none other than Dame Helen Mirren (yes, you read that correctly). It airs at 8pm EST on TBS and The Cartoon Network, if any of you Muggles care to check it out. Otherwise, please just enjoy this promotional Masterpiece. Thanks! Steve

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    Kwen  over 2 years ago

    Trust me, Son! This “Fleshlight” line may look only like a little discreet side business for now but you’ll thank me when they’ll pay for your early Caribbean retirement .

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    Charliegirl Premium Member over 2 years ago

    He must have a lame left hand. There’s no way he could get his right hand in that pot.

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member over 2 years ago

    You put your left fist in … you put your left fist out …

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    gopher gofer  over 2 years ago

    the artist, trying to fish his car keys out of his beer mug…

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    Egrayjames  over 2 years ago

    “Terracotta Smerracotta….I’m going to make my clay pots the way I always have!”

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    Buzzworld  over 2 years ago

    Some of you may remember this song reference…

    “With just a hundred pounds of clay

    He made my life worth living."

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    How am I supposed to find my contact in this mess when I can’t see properly??

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    Rev Phnk Ey  over 2 years ago

    I know there’s a cookie in here somewhere.

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    Radish the wordsmith  over 2 years ago

    He put his pot in a safe place when he was high, now he can’t find it.

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    Call me Ishmael  over 2 years ago

    Though he was the last man standin’/ even he was forced to abandon/ the potter’s profession/ due to sudden recession/ but he’s nonetheless kept his hand in !

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    Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Okay, I can lace up the first one, but what about the second one?

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    Call me Ishmael  over 2 years ago

    He came to the field rather late/ and he’s lost a great deal of weight/ but tale a close look/ he can’t be mistook/ yes ! It’s Holbein’s Henry the Eighth !

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Heck, I put it in easily enough…but now it is stuck!

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    Another Take  over 2 years ago

    Henry’s search for the perfect bong shape was hampered by his heavy use of product before beginning work.

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    prrdh  over 2 years ago

    After his bean and sauerkraut dinner, he’s also a hairy pooter.

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    Another Take  over 2 years ago

    Lars’ efforts to turn Playdoh into works of art were doomed to fail as his kids would ultimately transform his results into squashed messes that somewhat resembled the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

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    Sir Isaac  over 2 years ago

    The first ceramic boxing gloves.

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    mokspr Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Hairy? At first but the clay he was using was very sticky…

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    rmremail  over 2 years ago

    This painter is not very familiar with pottery – there’s no way that that stubby little disk perched on the edge of the table is a pottery wheel.

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    Calvins Brother  over 2 years ago

    One of the shop fairies got stuck to the black jug.

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    rmremail  over 2 years ago

    Harry was a talented potter – he even made his house out of clay.

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Herman Kähler in his Workshop

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herman_K%C3%A4hler_i_sit_v%C3%A6rksted.jpg 

    (best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image at 

    http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/11/masterpiece-2833.html 

    I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.

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    d1234dick Premium Member over 2 years ago

    having lost his hand in a shark attack, nelson is making another one out of clay, fireing it will be difficult.

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    Call me Ishmael  over 2 years ago

    They say that he’s going to pot/ and though he insists he is not/ this picture is proof/ (or evidence enoof) / that his claim is the utterest rot …

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    anomaly  over 2 years ago

    “Dad said if I went into the family business I’d get all the pot I wanted. I’m such an idiot.”

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    Call me Ishmael  over 2 years ago

    Though his visage be bristled and stern/ he has energy to burn ! / He cranks out the clay/ all night and all day:/ he just loves to churn out an urn..

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    It was nice to have a That is Priceless on a Sunday, then againthere wasn’t one on Friday. – - – Steve needs a new calendar!

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    Solstice*1947  over 2 years ago

    When the pottery clay was resisting / being shaped despite turning and misting, / he would insert his fist / in the hole to his wrist. / It’s a practice he’d mastered called “wristing.”

    (I see now that I should have checked the site much earlier today. Hope I have time for a few more responses before Monday’s Masterpiece arrives.)

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    Solstice*1947  over 2 years ago

    She had modeled for multiple arts. / Many artists depicted her parts. / Painted nudes had won prizes. / Sculptures in many sizes / helped her capture her fair share of hearts. /// Now, this potter’s vase model’s amazed / that some said that her image looked “crazed.” / So she rushed there to check / her form on the vase neck. / They were right! There are cracks where it’s glazed.

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    Solstice*1947  over 2 years ago

    Skilled at “throwing” a pot on a wheel, / he could reshape the clay just by feel. / So it wasn’t a struggle / to insert jewels to smuggle / inside pots much too ugly to steal.

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    Solstice*1947  over 2 years ago

    He had sat here so often before, / knowing well what his dreams had in store. / As he fingered the clay / he would silently pray / in his lap would appear Demi Moore.

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