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1. about 1 month ago on That is Priceless

   And yet by 1950 this whole concept had devolved into one of those many, many Popeye cartoons in which Olive Oyl would be shown stuck between Brutus and Popeye shrieking “boys, boys, don’t fight over me!”

2. about 1 month ago on That is Priceless

   This controversy was also adressed with the updating of the 1960’s musical comedy “The Fantaskticks” which originally had a song about abduction but used the word “rape.” (A Casanova/Don Juan surrogate figure called El Gallo sings what is in essence a ‘patter-song’ about ordering up an abduction: “you can get the rape Fantastic, you can get the Rape Polite…” etc. Sensibilities have changed and the word rape is gone from current editions as of about 15 years ago.

3. about 1 month ago on That is Priceless

   Chivalry would wait long to be born

   Then, Alas! any hopes are forlorn:

   For it too soon would pass,

   and this poor painted lass

   was reduced to the status of porn.

4. about 1 month ago on That is Priceless

   Some thought he was putting on airs,

   But he learned to endure their rude stares.

   He was first in his nation

   To own a kapok plantation,

   and was merely displaying his wares.

5. about 2 months ago on That is Priceless

   self-reported at 214 but 2018 Dr.s report said 239 and you know he hasn’t lost since then

6. about 2 months ago on That is Priceless

   Is that her hair or a hat,

   or perhaps a dead skunk or dead cat?

   Indistinct as it is,

   a mere blob of black frizz,

   Tarbell could have done better than that.

7. about 2 months ago on That is Priceless

   “…Next is 14% off any two CVS brand beauty products, then $2 off any cold medicines, then 3 for two on Golden Vizier brand party snacks… then ….”

8. 2 months ago on That is Priceless

   He’s watching the lass in a mirror

   and she’s beckoning him to draw nearer

   but he never did kiss

   the saucy Swiss Miss:

   for his interests were, well, somewhat queerer.

9. 2 months ago on That is Priceless

   John Collins, the Miser of Devizes

   Was aware of his neighbors surmises

   concerning his oddities

   with livestock commodities

   but goat-lust was the worst of surprises!

10. 4 months ago on That is Priceless

    Among these we might see an Earl,

    who feels undue urgings to hurl,

    And even a Duke

    might violently puke

    on Milady, who’ll call him a churl.