That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 11, 2024

….And you can let the motion of the carriage do all the work.

/// Inés hangs on his every remark.

Joaquín senses a definite spark.

Though she’s pure and well-bred,

a long tunnel’s ahead,

and a lot can occur in the dark.

Would you like to see my pet turtle?

“I say Ma’am, it’s going to be a long ride. Let me tell you everything I know about Bitcoin.”

….I mean really, if we weren’t going to do it, then why did we bother to eat those bean burritos in the first place?

FIRE ALARM

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PULL DOWN

“ She’s got a ticket to ride, and she don’t care !” – Some obscure British rockers from the 60s: the Troggs, The Animals, something like that…

“Don’t believe a word he says. When he’s a passenger, this railroad is known as Scamtrak.”

Not to mention the plush cushioning designed for just such occasions.

He is definitely man-splaining something!

Besides, it will give all those field hands we’re passing by a moment of joy in their otherwise dreary day…

I can’t imagine a (presumably) steam rail car upholstered in white. And what are the strappy things hanging from the windows for?

As the Spanish landscape flows past

Romero begins his move at last

Having thus bribed the conductor

His plan to act as seductor

Is coming to climax at last

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But Alicia is no naive sprout

She knows what this scene is about

With hand ready near the door

She won’t let him proceed much more

She is willing to push the lout out

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Through the outside air he would fly

As Alicia taunts viciously, ‘Bye, bye’

With her presumed virtue intact

She felt within her right to react

Thus to the rude lecherous guy

♫ “Passengers will please refrain

From flushing toilets while the train

Yes, you are right; that one did have the aroma of my bean burrito lunch with a little of the sardine appetizer on the back end. Alright, it’s your turn. Just churn one out, but don’t force it; that can be messy.

A reaction from the web: “This painting captures the spirit of the time—that is, the arrival of the 20th-century among European gentry. These two enjoy one another’s company while the paysage rushes past. I love the body language between them, how the lady is keenly interested in whatever it is the gentleman is saying, while trying not to appear too interested. The gentleman, for his part, is unconvincingly nonchalant in his regale. Fantastic.” Since we can’t paste URL’s here, I encourage Googling for snippets from the above.

“Now if only we can get out of all these clothes before the final stop…”

“So I said, ‘shut up and let Jesse rob us the way he wants to’.”

“The swains in Spain play mainly on the train.” Da da da dada da da DA da…(not Rex Harrison)

Whew! So MANY layers of clothing to get to the promised land…..

If the train’s rocking, don’t bother knocking.

They’re “going to the end of the line”…Traveling Wilburys

I’ve got ten bucks right here in my vest that says you won’t open that door an moon the cows.

In fifty years our grandchildren will sit in flying tin cans with no leg room, cramped seats and literal peanuts for snacking…..and they will call it an improvement.

Couple in a train compartment: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Ricardo López Cabrera" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Brave 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 dans, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3408 (November 11, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment and reply there pointing to the info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, first work by him used here.

I wonder if this train will hit the drive-thru at Jack-In-The-Box?

“Wanna join the 40 mph club?”

You’ll have to share the mirror.

the 3-10 to Yuma is a bit late due to short stop.

I’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty insurance …