12 Year Old Boy Sticks Gum on $1.5M Painting

island_hopper · Post by **island_hopper** » March 1, 2006 11:47 pm

ragtopW wrote:
Four Play wrote:Our 4-year old put our cat in the bathtub tonight. He's only 4, and I don't think he understand the ramifications before hand.

He does now...
sorry.. Is the cat clean now?????

is he gonna have to stand for breakfast??

I'm thinkin' that the kitty rendered the punishment.......

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 1, 2006 11:49 pm

island_hopper wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
Four Play wrote:Our 4-year old put our cat in the bathtub tonight. He's only 4, and I don't think he understand the ramifications before hand.

He does now...
sorry.. Is the cat clean now?????

is he gonna have to stand for breakfast??
I'm thinkin' that the kitty rendered the punishment.......

Mom and Dad had a cat that jumped in the Tub...

He was not supposed to be in the House I left the Door open..

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » March 1, 2006 11:51 pm

island_hopper wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
Four Play wrote:Our 4-year old put our cat in the bathtub tonight. He's only 4, and I don't think he understand the ramifications before hand.
He does now...
sorry.. Is the cat clean now?????
is he gonna have to stand for breakfast??
I'm thinkin' that the kitty rendered the punishment.......

No, the cat didn't scratch him or even make a sound. All we heard was a SPLASH!!

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » March 2, 2006 12:05 am

hopefully a little Goof Off and that painting will be good as new.
Goof Off would have done no good on some of the dirty deeds I did as a young whippersnapper

Of course I like to think that karma has already paid me back

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » March 2, 2006 1:02 am

From tonite's Conan O'Brien:

"What a bizarre story. Who knew Detroit had an art museum?"

Actually, my wife got a kick out of reading the article. She teachers inner city kids, the kid with the gum was from a charter school.

Bho · Post by **Bho** » March 2, 2006 8:35 am

Hey msu#1 - you say that like it matters. If it's south of Flint and East of Lansing, it's ALL DeToilet and y'all can keep it that way.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 2, 2006 8:37 am

Bho wrote:Hey msu#1 - you say that like it matters. If it's south of Flint and East of Lansing, it's ALL DeToilet and y'all can keep it that way.

Flint isn't exactly more than gleaming porcelain either...

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 2, 2006 11:17 am

Four Play wrote:Our 4-year old put our cat in the bathtub tonight.
He's only 4, and I don't think he understood the ramifications before hand.

He does now...

(roflmao imagining the cat in the tub, your 4 yr old and you, Bill!)

Piratical · Post by **Piratical** » March 2, 2006 11:42 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Piratical wrote:What's the big deal?
I hope you're kidding, but not sure you are....

What's the big deal? How about teaching a kid that it's not okay to destroy someone else's property, whether it's a $1.5 million painting or a $5 poster.

If he took a can of spray paint to the front of your house, I'm guessing that would be a big deal, although your house (apartment, condo, whatever) probably costs less than $1.5M.....

I thought we where talking about gum? He stuck a piece of gum on a painting.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 2, 2006 11:48 am

Piratical wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Piratical wrote:What's the big deal?
I hope you're kidding, but not sure you are....

What's the big deal? How about teaching a kid that it's not okay to destroy someone else's property, whether it's a $1.5 million painting or a $5 poster.

If he took a can of spray paint to the front of your house, I'm guessing that would be a big deal, although your house (apartment, condo, whatever) probably costs less than $1.5M.....
I thought we where talking about gum? He stuck a piece of gum on a painting.

You do know how they make a painting, right P?

Piratical · Post by **Piratical** » March 2, 2006 11:58 am

RinglingRingling wrote:You do know how they make a painting, right P?

Do tell.

citcat · Post by **citcat** » March 2, 2006 12:03 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
Four Play wrote:Our 4-year old put our cat in the bathtub tonight.
He's only 4, and I don't think he understood the ramifications before hand.

He does now...

(roflmao imagining the cat in the tub, your 4 yr old and you, Bill!)

If I tried to put my cat in the tub, she'd slice and dice me like you wouldn't believe. I just carried her in the vicinity of our pool last year and ended up with stripes down my (pulling up my sleeves to check which arm) left arm. ouch. Of course, she felt bad about it later and was very embarrassed about the whole thing. Apologized by leaving a grassy hair ball on the back porch.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 2, 2006 12:06 pm

Piratical wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:You do know how they make a painting, right P?
Do tell.

Canvas, properly treated and stretched; with paint applied to said canvas, adherring to the weave of the fabric. Given that the paint is not affixed by more than friction from its filling in the micro-crevices in the threads, application of something like a wad of gum could easily pull some of that pigment off, or completely denude the area.

The kid putting the wad of gum on the painting deserves a lot more than a stern talking to, and the comparison to defacing your home's paintjob and your reaction is probably pretty accurate.

Piratical · Post by **Piratical** » March 2, 2006 12:21 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:Canvas, properly treated and stretched; with paint applied to said canvas, adherring to the weave of the fabric. Given that the paint is not affixed by more than friction from its filling in the micro-crevices in the threads, application of something like a wad of gum could easily pull some of that pigment off, or completely denude the area.

The kid putting the wad of gum on the painting deserves a lot more than a stern talking to, and the comparison to defacing your home's paintjob and your reaction is probably pretty accurate.

That is very interesting, I never realized/thought of friction. You learn something new everyday. Thank you!

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » March 2, 2006 12:35 pm

Lakes below the mountains
Flow into the sea
Like Juicy Fruit applied to canvas
They permeate through me

Or am I getting my songs mixed up?

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