Missing the Paigow (et al.) [sniff]

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by nononono
Goodwill? Salvation Army? Shelter? Church?

Or if she wants something from it, put it on consignment somewhere.

If she really wants something from it, take Thurgreed's suggestion.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by dtb
More children = more success? Nice.

It's worked fantastically for the Irish since...

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by spookyfish
If she really wants something from it, take Thurgreed's suggestion.

She already got what she wanted from it.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
So my mother has this old mink that she no longer wants and has been hiding from onlookers for fear of reprimand. What's the best way to get rid of it other than throwin it in the garbage?

The minks are already dead. I say you wear it.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
The minks are already dead. I say you wear it.

2. What's the worst that can happen? Someone from PETA throws paint on it? Win-win.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
2. What's the worst that can happen? Someone from PETA throws paint on it? Win-win.

If TM had not done the long version, I might have suggested that you soak it in gasoline and burn it in protest of furs everywhere. While wearing it.

Damn you, TM.

[Replaced_Texan]

The Go Fug Yourself chicks are having a lot of fun with the Golden Globes.

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
So my mother has this old mink that she no longer wants and has been hiding from onlookers for fear of reprimand. What's the best way to get rid of it other than throwin it in the garbage?

Give it to me.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Give it to me.

A mink handjob!

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
A mink handjob!

And after she yanked me off with it, I would give it to a homeless 17 year old on Haight and claim a huuuuge tax deduction.

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

I believe that large scale public installations help make art accessable to more people, make art something that can be enjoyed or rejected by everyone. I believe that your disdainful opinion of the Cristo is evidence of that interaction.

I believe that support needs to go to people like William Pope L, Andrea Zittel, The Art Guys, and anyone else who does installations.

I get a little wary when I see those lofty ideals expressed as the purpose of these projects `cause they're usually the lofty ideals of white people. I'm not sure the exhibits are having the "cultural" effect some intend. With "The Gates" (the only one I have poked fun at) I heard a lot of grandiose hoopla that bordered on snobbery and patronizing. These exhibits are usually way cool, but nobody likes to hear artists (or, more typically, their supporters) wax poetic about bringing art to "the little people." To be sure, I think some of these things are super cool (except those goddamn cows!) but the average working man is not going to pop wood over some femmy guy named Christo who wraps shit in foil. On the other hand, a skyscraper-sized puppet show like the one in "Being John Malkovich" might have been enjoyed by a much sizier chunk of the population. [sarcasm] Especially if, like all those lovely new kids movies with talking animals, you had the requisite jive-talking puppet thrown in there. [/sarcasm]

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
I get a little wary when I see those lofty ideals expressed as the purpose of these projects `cause they're usually the lofty ideals of white people. I'm not sure the exhibits are having the "cultural" effect some intend. With "The Gates" (the only one I have poked fun at) I heard a lot of grandiose hoopla that bordered on snobbery and patronizing. These exhibits are usually way cool, but nobody likes to hear artists (or, more typically, their supporters) wax poetic about bringing art to "the little people." To be sure, I think some of these things are super cool (except those goddamn cows!) but the average working man is not going to pop wood over some femmy guy named Christo who wraps shit in foil. On the other hand, a skyscraper-sized puppet show like the one in "Being John Malkovich" might have been enjoyed by a much sizier chunk of the population. [sarcasm] Especially if, like all those lovely new kids movies with talking animals, you had the requisite jive-talking puppet thrown in there. [/sarcasm]

We have a big clothespin here in Philly, and a huge metal cube that says "Love." I find both terribly cruel. "You can't afford a dryer" and "You'll die alone" are not messages to smash Sally Sixpack with on her way into the Comcast Borg.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
I get a little wary when I see those lofty ideals expressed as the purpose of these projects `cause they're usually the lofty ideals of white people. I'm not sure the exhibits are having the "cultural" effect some intend. With "The Gates" (the only one I have poked fun at) I heard a lot of grandiose hoopla that bordered on snobbery and patronizing. These exhibits are usually way cool, but nobody likes to hear artists (or, more typically, their supporters) wax poetic about bringing art to "the little people." To be sure, I think some of these things are super cool (except those goddamn cows!) but the average working man is not going to pop wood over some femmy guy named Christo who wraps shit in foil. On the other hand, a skyscraper-sized puppet show like the one in "Being John Malkovich" might have been enjoyed by a much sizier chunk of the population. [sarcasm] Especially if, like all those lovely new kids movies with talking animals, you had the requisite jive-talking puppet thrown in there. [/sarcasm]

I see. On the one hand, the working class [minority] stiff isn't going to get it and we should just dumb it down, and on the other, the effort to bring the art to the general public is patronizing and the working class [minority] stiff is offended by the implication that he needs art in his life.

[SlaveNoMore]

sunnybunny
So my mother has this old mink that she no longer wants and has been hiding from onlookers for fear of reprimand. What's the best way to get rid of it other than throwin it in the garbage?

WTF? - make it into a jacket and wear it around DC.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
I get a little wary when I see those lofty ideals expressed as the purpose of these projects `cause they're usually the lofty ideals of white people.

Maybe they're just getting some payback for the ideals expressed in the art created by poor minorities. Of course now, all these high-falutin' art types can't get enough graffiti.

TM