[Fawn]

Another reason why I never wanted kids.

[commish]

MY question is this - Who the hell is the brain dead moron who would pay $1.5 Mil for that unadulterated P.O.S. canvas with paint splashed on it by a two year old.

If that is a painting, I am the Queen of England.

[skimask]

When I was in Catholic School, chewing gum was forbidden. If you got caught chewing gum, the nuns would make yopu put it on the tip of your nose and leave it there all day.

[SlowBoat407]

Oh, great. Now we're going to see renewed calls for gum control laws.

[Kenton]

Why don't they sue Holly Academy and the kid's parents?

[Petronski]

"Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the Frankenthaler overnight?"

[Slicksadick]

Chewed gum on plywood art.

[dighton]

Squished Wad of Grape Gum gets unauthorized enhancement.

[theDentist]

"Wad did you do that for?"

[Alouette]

When President Bush has to dispose of his gum he sticks it underneath the table or podium.

[hosepipe]

I've seen paintings by Chimps that look better than that, I know of an Elephant that does quite well do.. This was painted by a HUMAN?...

[Centurion2000]

Send the bill to his parents. THEY will understand and teach their son accordingly.

Of course, after seeing the piece of crap painting. There's no way I would have pegged that for a 1.5 million painting. My 6 year old can do better.

[mikrofon]

[dead]

When I was about ten, I went on a school trip to the Museum of Natural History with my Catholic school class.

I wandered ahead of the group and came across a dolphin display. The glass itself was very wavy, to give the impression that you were looking through water, at the lifesize dolphins suspended by almost invisible cables in the display. An undersea panorama was painted on the back wall of the display.

I snuck around back and found a small trapdoor into the display. When my class arrived at the window, I was inside the display, pretending to be holding my breath and swimming underwater with the dolphins.

I was much disciplined for my show, but it was worth it. I even caught a non-nun teacher laughing.

I left no gum or permanent damage behind.

[MrBlueSky2005]

Ahh...I'm pretty sure chewing gum was strictly prohibited when I was 12 and in Catholic school (and that wasn't all that long ago...ten years). I am also pretty sure had I done this, I would not be here typing this: at best I'd still be grounded; at worst...well...I shudder to think.

That being said, I'm pretty sure I could do abstract art (despite having no "real" artisitic talent)...in theory all you have to do is create a mess and then BS a "deeper meaning" behind the work. The downside is you inevitably have to wear funny clothes and act slightly insane for your work to gain value. Also, I am pretty certain that if you are later "exposed" as a Conservative, the value of your work drops by about $1,499,999.

[IncPen]

Take a Bazooka to that 'art'...

[Tokra]

My sister and I visited the Detroit Institute of Arts (one of the countries best art museums, btw) a few years ago. We were in the Modern Art wing. We had been walking for hours and my sister (who is not a modern art fan) sat down on a large stone bench-shaped sculpture.

A guard approached her and said, "Please don't sit on the artwork."

My sister looked around and replied, "I wouldn't if I saw any."

[SuziQ]

Didn't the teachers leading the field trip tell the kids, in no uncertain terms, "DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING IN THE MUSEUM"? If not, they need their a$$es examined because they've already lost their heads! You do NOT go into any place that has valuable items without reminding kids every few minutes to keep their hands to themselves! Besides which, he shouldn't have been chewing gum in there anyway!

[300magnum]

[petercooper]

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