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To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (25019)10/3/2002 3:20:36 PM
From: Tomato  Respond to of 62558
 
A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery were
staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. The
painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting
on a park bench.

Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in the middle
had a
pink penis.

The curator of the gallery realised that they were having trouble
interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. He went on
for
nearly half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual
emasculation of
African-Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society.

"In fact," he pointed out, "some serious critics believe that the
pink
penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression
experienced
by gay men in contemporary society."

After the curator left, a Scottish man approached the couple and
said,
"Would you like to know what the painting is really about?"

"Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator
of the
gallery?" asked the couple.

"Because I'm the guy who painted it," he replied. "In fact, there
are no
African-Americans depicted at all. They're just three Scottish
coal-miners.

The only difference is that the guy in the middle went home for
lunch."