That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 07, 2024

“Hold off blowing that fog horn. Maybe it we let the ships crash ashore we can pick up some men.”

They were all ready for the USA – Germany soccer game, but they overlooked one detail. They’re 141 years too early.

/// Gabriella is feeling forlorn;

her Mom dissed how she blew The Fog Horn.

Didn’t make enough noise,

though she did attract boys

(who made lewd remarks dripping with scorn).

Have that bloated feeling? Bend over a second.

Honey, that’s not what he meant by horny.

The vuvuzela: NOT a South African invention…

Betty, inventor of the toilet plunger, explaining its usage to Millie, the reason it was invented.

Woman With Plunger, Receiving Emotional Support On The Eve Of Taco Night, 1883

I wonder if they’re sisters or sister in laws. That’s a certain kind of expression on their faces.

Vuvuzelas. Not Even Once.

I don’t think she is holding a horn. More likely it’s a Dolly Peg that was used in the 1800s for pulsing laundry in a tub.

You WILL go back into that bathroom and when you come out, that toilet had better flush!!!

Painted shortly before “personal space” was invented.

Hilga, it’s ok; no one needs to know what we did with that last night.

“Don’t feel sad…so it doesn’t work in the outhouse. Someday, someone will invent indoor plumbing and it’ll have some use.”

Their “Woodie” broke down..

I told you before it is a toilet plunger………and nothing else!

“But it’s the Olympics and Soccer DEMANDS the Vuvuzela!”

Melissa invents the plunger, not realizing that the flush toilet hasn’t been invented yet.

Hazel hasn’t the foggiest idea how to blow that thing, and Misty isn’t helping with her steamy suggestions.

The Fog Horn: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:People in fog in art" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string horn, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. File history has the strip coloration image. 

Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1509 (August 8, 2016) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 12 works by this artist have been used here (16 times total, including this and 3 prior repeats), the August 8, 2016, strip being its first use. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment and reply there; but, perhaps the text remains informative. The April 18,2024, strip has the latest by him (another repeat).

this is the last time i plunge the toilet for you mom, you have to find a new diet.

Some comments from 8/8/2016 posting:

blackdawne: Shuffleboard at the Rio Olympics. The Bulgarian Team is up.

MeGoNow: Dear, I know you think it’s great practice, but it’s real loud. Besides, you don’t really blow.

Call me Ishmael: The sad truth, Madison, is that nobody has written a concerto for you instrument.."

CougarAllen: This one time … At band camp …

Two women who live by the sea/

Share an instrument amicably:/

Not a horn one can toot,/

But a kind of a “chute”/

which allows them to focus their pee.

But, isn’t that a plunger?