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2007-10-08 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Gang punches hole in Monet's 'Le Pont d'Argenteuil'

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Posted by lotp 2007-10-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Perhaps it was performance art?

Posted by ed 2007-10-08 01:59|| 2007-10-08 01:59|| Front Page Top

#2 "intruders" should have holes punched into them.
Fair is fair.

Posted by 3dc 2007-10-08 02:34|| 2007-10-08 02:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Ain't the freaking Mona Lisa:

http://www.photosmarval.org/peintres/impressionnisme/claude-monet-01.shtml

Posted by McZoid 2007-10-08 04:12|| 2007-10-08 04:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Nope. But it's awesome when you see it in real life. As you move, the light seems to flicker off the water and the boat almost seems to move gently.

Posted by lotp 2007-10-08 06:08|| 2007-10-08 06:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Spiraling, ever faster into the eighth century.....

Posted by wxjames 2007-10-08 07:55|| 2007-10-08 07:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Call yourselves art critics?

Posted by Laszlo Toth 2007-10-08 09:25|| 2007-10-08 09:25|| Front Page Top

#7 In a few short seconds these sub-morons vandalize an artistic treasure that they themselves couldn't create in a lifetime of trying even if they had a Liquitex enema and several Kolinsky sable brushes rammed up after it. Effing cretins!

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-08 12:19|| 2007-10-08 12:19|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd be interested in knowing whether they have names like Jacque & Pierre, or more likely, Omar & Mohammed.

Just sayin.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-10-08 13:34|| 2007-10-08 13:34|| Front Page Top

#9 French prisons are very nasty places. I hope these people get a very long stay.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-10-08 15:08|| 2007-10-08 15:08|| Front Page Top

#10 A Clockwork Orange moment.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-08 16:02|| 2007-10-08 16:02|| Front Page Top

#11 "French ~~prisons~~ graveyards are very nasty places. I hope these people get a very long stay."

There - fixed that for ya', Besoeker. No extra charge.

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