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To: Gauguin who wrote (7369)	2/12/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: jpmac	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

The closest I came to Caltech was to a couple of dates with a student from there. Our divergent levels of reality became quickly apparent and taht ended that. Or maybe I was a dull date. hmmm.. dunno. But the art school in Pasadena is a cool place. I don't remember the name, except that it has the word Art in it. A girl that hung with the group I hung with (this was the seventies.. all that hanging) went there and took me about the area one day. While on our travels, it came time to smoke but we were without accessories. I was stumped. But she, being both imaginative and college-educated, knew what to do. She sat me down and taught me how to make a bong out of an empty toilet paper roll.. ya know, the little round cardboard thing that's left when all the paper's gone? Yah, it's not quite the same as going to college. But by gosh, I can say I was there and I learnt something.

To: Gauguin who wrote (7369)	2/12/1998 10:17:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 71178

Gauguin and All, Caltech has quite a history for pranksterism. Some of the best, most convoluted, most elaborate pranks ever in the history of the world originated at that place. Of course, they turned out some pretty good engineers and other scientists too, but the pranks were world class. You mention "Pinkie" and "The Blueboy," and those are the two paintings at Huntington I remember the most vividly. A co-worker's wedding dress and hat made her look as though "Pinkie" had come to life and stepped out of the painting for the day. What makes this strange is this woman had never seen the painting. What makes it even stranger, at least to me, is she had lived her whole life in L.A. County but had never been to the Huntington Museum. Anyway, she was pleased when I told her what she looked like at her wedding, and eventually she and her husband did make it a point to swing by the Huntington Museum to have a looksee. Holly