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To: Crocodile who wrote (38285)	9/20/1999 10:00:00 AM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

"The bust bust is busted." eom

To: Crocodile who wrote (38285)	9/20/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

O tender-hearted Croc- you are truly a treasure! I suppose you could bring the Venus in during the winter snows like a plant. Did you see THe Full Monty (and if not, you must). We crack up over the gnome scene. Personally I love tongue-in-cheek kitsch. And would much rather see it than affectations of old money and baronial grandeur created at great expense by a hired decorator. My opinion in matters of taste is not to be trusted, though; the best that can be said of me is that I am- eclectic. We have a frog! He lives on the Polaris tubing in the pool. I would think the chemicals would kill him, but he seems to be thriving. He sits there and when the Polaris is on, he floats around on it, his royal barge, while the cats sit poolside, hoping he'll get close enough for them to take a swipe. I asked him if he were going to make a pilgrimage to see the Great Frog, but he said, no, he is an atheist.

To: Crocodile who wrote (38285)	9/20/1999 10:47:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

I know a fellow who spent an entire summer, when he was in college, travelling around the South, building the concrete thingies that are so essential for mini-golf courses. And I know another fellow who designs Mardi Gras floats, as well as creates designs for Mardi Gras doubloons, plastic cups, and other souvenirs. I have no idea why I am telling you this. I've noticed that visual artists seem to get a kick out of kitsch, and accumulate it with a sense of irony. I don't think I could quite pull it off, myself, so I just accumulate things that I really like. Which may or may not be kitsch, how would I know? One man's whimsy is another man's tacky. I have no idea how to make the distinction.

To: Crocodile who wrote (38285)	9/20/1999 4:22:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 71178

Do you think the frogs, or any frogs, recognize the cement frog as a frog? There ought to be a way to test that, to find out. I don't know why I need to know, though. Why would it be insufficient to just assume they do, Paul? I love frogs. They might be my favorite animals. You know how they go "bloop"? I like that they do that. Bloopers. I was designing a building for my parents one summer and at seven a.m. I heard my Mother shriek my name. I was sound asleep, with MJ. I go running out to the kitchen, and she is screaming at me. "Get it out of the sink!!!" I removed a teeny-tiny little green frog from the sink-strainer. To this day, she believes I got out of bed in the middle of the night, caught a frog somewhere, and trained him to sit in the sink strainer, for her to find when she woke.