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2008-01-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

German experts crack Mona Lisa smile :-|

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Posted by gorb 2008-01-15 06:11|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Mona Lisa is named for Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa

Posted by Excalibur 2008-01-15 09:50|| 2008-01-15 09:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm my own Grandpa!

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-01-15 11:07|| 2008-01-15 11:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Academics suck.

Posted by Captain Lewis 2008-01-15 11:12|| 2008-01-15 11:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Yo Leo, how'd your day go ?
'I'm painting this face, and having a hell-of-a time with the mouth.'
Why don't you just work with your brothers in the roofing business ?

Posted by wxjames 2008-01-15 12:33|| 2008-01-15 12:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Isn't she supposed to be Amerigo Vespucci's sister?

Posted by Bulldog 2008-01-15 12:56|| 2008-01-15 12:56|| Front Page Top

#6 A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth. (John Singer Sargent)

Posted by KBK 2008-01-15 13:01|| 2008-01-15 13:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Who cares? The painting is what's important and it wouldn't matter if it was a political cartoon of Mary Queen of Scots.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-01-15 14:01|| 2008-01-15 14:01|| Front Page Top

#8 She was the daughter of a wealthy Florentine pogen.

Posted by Grunter 2008-01-15 21:11|| 2008-01-15 21:11|| Front Page Top