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Bend Over Atlanta
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| 3/22/2007
| Neal Boortz
Posted on 03/22/2007 11:08:43 AM PDT by Dan Evans
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To: Dan Evans
Not that San Francisco doesn't have it's share of questionable entries. ;)
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:52:16 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
That "art" work is rascist!
Why is the white construction worker at the TOP of the totem?
Is this a not-so-subliminal message that white faces are superior to faces of color?
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:53:09 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Do I really need to include the sarcasm tag?)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
You're right. That piece should be modified so the faces rotate and every "face" can have equal time on top as decided by the wind!
*Rolleyes* :)
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:00:23 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Dan Evans
One of my college friend's father was a pipefitter and welder in Louisiana. One fine day, over some adult beverages, he and several of his pipefitter friends decided to take a bunch of scrap iron in his shop and do some "sculpting". After a few more adult beverages, they decided to "sculpt" a human figure. So they welded together a human figure of sorts. The "sculpture" sat there in the shop for a few months. Purely on a lark and after some more adult beverages, they called a art broker in a large metropolitan city in the northeast and persuaded this art broker to at least look at the polaroids of this sculpture. The art broker did and agreed to try to sell it. Within a few weeks, a bank paid $50,000 for the "sculpture" created by drunk coonasses. I personally saw this "sculpture", talked with some of these "artistes" and some of the money helped my friend get his master's in Ag Economics.
To: 50sDad
Such art, I could make. The only "art" involved with these guys is the art of selling junk for high profit.
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:15:36 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: Cicero
This sounds like what happened in Carlsbad California in the 90's. Somehow, they paid an artist $350,000 to do a sculture on the Sea Wall. The sculpture ended up being an iron wall that obstructed the view of the ocean. Nobody liked it, but the artist had to agree to have it taken down. After a proper amount of money, she agreed. Some say the payoff was $150,000!
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:22:12 PM PDT
by
Mr.Unique
(Global Emergency!)
To: Dan Evans
several years ago, at our local school, I observed a 4X8 sheet of plywood with 3-4 basketball sized blueberries on it (they appeared to be blueberries if u used your imagination)...upon inquiry of which primary grade class produced the "art"...( I was guessing 4th or 5th grade) I was informed it was made by a local artist and funded under a government "local culture" art grant to the tune of $750...
Ay-uh...We got blueberries the size of basketballs in Down-east Maine...but "local artists" with balls a hell of a lot bigger
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:26:31 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
(Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
To: VeritatisSplendor
I wonder if me and maybe a couple of friends could go and tear down the sculpture with torches. If asked what we were doing we could have on official looking city uniforms and some doctored paperwork to look real official like. Maybe a Truck with a little yellow light on top, and some Do Not Cross tape. We could then make a small fortune taking it down to the scrap metal guy.
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:31:32 PM PDT
by
Domicile of Doom
(Hey boy why is there dirt in my hole? I dunno Boss.)
To: Dan Evans
Gotta have the velvet Elvis baby!
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:37:28 PM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(Osama's mama wears combat sandals.)
To: JeeperFreeper
as a former pipefitter who has made some scrape "art" ..I can assure u...there is a direct correlation as to # of adult beverages to sale price...
I'm guessing the coon asses lost an additional 50K for the lack of another case of beer!
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:43:48 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
(Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
To: Dan Evans; Cicero
They've got this junk all over my old home-town, South Bend, IN. No pics, but the stuff is still junk! ............. FRegards
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:53:26 PM PDT
by
gonzo
(I'm not confused anymore. Now I'm sure we have to completely destroy Islam, and FAST!!)
To: Corin Stormhands
Actually, skill at PhotoShop is marketable. Ya' don't need a gummint grant. Ha!
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:59:49 PM PDT
by
Ace's Dad
("There are more important things: Friendship, Bravery...")
To: Corin Stormhands
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posted on
03/22/2007 1:00:55 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Ace's Dad
Actually, skill at PhotoShop is marketable. Sure, if you're actually good at it.
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posted on
03/22/2007 1:00:58 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(http://www.virginiaisforrudy.com * http://wardsmythe.com * http://www.rudyblogs.com)
To: Corin Stormhands
" Actually, skill at PhotoShop is marketable."
" Sure, if you're actually good at it. "
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Reuters and AP don't seem to require that one be actually *good* at it, as long as the political 'message' is the 'correct' one.....
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posted on
03/22/2007 1:12:32 PM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Aspiring Guru Seeks Disciples and Admiring Followers -- apply within)
To: M-cubed
"Ay-uh...We got blueberries the size of basketballs in Down-east Maine...but "local artists" with balls a hell of a lot bigger"
It warmed up real nice in Steuben this afternoon.
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posted on
03/22/2007 1:18:04 PM PDT
by
mirkwood
(good gun control is a sharp eye and a steady hand)
To: Cicero
I walked by that particular sculpture many hundreds of times over a number of years, and it never struck me as particularly ugly - just pointless. It certainly doesn't compare to the Great Sail, but then again that has a function.
To: non-anonymous
Yes, actually, I rather like Alexander Calder, who started the whole business, and Ruth Nevelson isn't bad. But they sure made a lot of trouble down the line. There's a lot of ugly imitations. I'd rather see a good classical statue any day of the week.
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posted on
03/22/2007 2:13:01 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: mirkwood
It warmed up real nice in Steuben this afternoon. <<
Did David G. smile?...Didn't last long did it...*W*
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posted on
03/22/2007 5:39:53 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
(Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
To: mirkwood
Oh...almost forgot...Let me know when the smelts are running in W/P...Got some old-timers that are looking forward to a mess...
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posted on
03/22/2007 5:59:44 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
(Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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