That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 20, 2022

My original post in 2018:

Gerard was always on the look out for recently widowed wealthy women in need of comforting.

Mary forgot to look both ways when crossing the street and a car appeared as from nowhere and ran her over, just like her mother claimed would happen.

Even though he was the last man on earth she still would not go out with him.

/// Hilde needed to board ship today,

so she sent for a cabriolet

to pick her up here

and rush to the pier,

but she feared it might first pass his way.

/// Gaston lived nearby— just cross la rue.

(Stealing cabs was a thing he would do.)

So to “lock-in” her ride,

Hilde swallowed her pride

and then raised her hem over her shoe!

now matter how much Eunice complained, her uber driver was never on time

Emily is waiting patiently by the side of the road for a taxi.

But she doesn’t realize it will be 14 years before one shows up in Paris.

/// Six score years ago, give or take two,

“social distancing,” nobody knew.

All at once ‘twas invented

by a woman (demented),

who thought babies were “caught” like the flu.

A pistol duel was all very well, but Miranda came prepared: her parasol shaft was actually a rifle.

“This here town ain’t big enough for the both of us, Mingo…”

On a beautiful sunny day / a Street in a town near Marseille /Maurice met Marie / but it wasn’t to be / he was driving a one horse sleigh.

“Hey, over here! Only 50 francs for three minutes.”

around town emily was a well-known dromophopic…

“At some point down the road we will need to address the subject of ‘sex’ "

“Hey, is this far enough down the road !”

“The Stalemate.”

Maddie Gras following government COVID restrictions

Colette tracks her husband’s killer – she’s not a subtle as she thinks.

She ain’t no holla back girl.

“Sexo?” “I’m so horny!” “You want the sexxoo?”

It was at this moment that Louisa realized she was being stalked.

She waited long enough for Eric…then she saw the handsome stranger.

Everyone on the municipal street-sweeping crew hoped to be assigned to this street.

“See, this is why you never got your ‘helping a lady cross the street’ Boy Scout badge!”

There’s your indoor voice, your outdoor voice, and your hollering down the street voice. In a lady-like manner of course.

The Wait or Waiting, Rue de Chateaubriand: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean_B%C3%A9raud_The_Wait.jpg 

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

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

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2018/09/masterpiece-2036.html 

I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. So far, 11 works by this artist, have been used here (15 times total, including this Throwback Thursday repeat, and 3 earlier repeats, including 1 with this caption). 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2015/01/02?comments=visible 

has the first time this was used here, albeit with a different caption (the 25 hyperlinks in my comment there have been deactivated, but perhaps the text remains informative).

“Stay right there, Martha, and I’ll attempt to wade across the stone river.”

LULU, lady of the evening, spots a bobby and has to change her spot for the night. to her amazement the change did her very well, she made a bundle that night.

While standing in line a few days early to buy a concert ticket was the thing to do back in its day; waiting for St. Patrick’s day parade 63 days before never caught on.

View of Rue de Chateaubriand during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Finals.

day late and art short

Geez, is it a holiday?

Looks like throwback Thursday is 48 hours long.

Thanks to everyone for the best wishes from the best people I’ve gotten to know as “Facebook friends”. In some cases I think we go back as much as six years. I’ve had a few minor skirmishes with some members, But on the whole no reason to consider leaving the site. There are a lot of powerful brains posting here I could never given up. Long as I managed to stay alive, you’ll be seeing my crappy limericksThanks again for being real friends.