# Art theft story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-theft-story/419754>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-theft-story/419754 "2007-09-19T15:26:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-theft-story/419754/1 "2007-09-19T15:26:29Z")

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A thief in Paris decided to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when  
the van ran out of gas.

Asked how he could have masterminded such a crime and then made such a blunder, he explained:

“Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the  
paintings…  
I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh.”

And I had De Gaulle to post this because had nothing Toulouse.

(sorry about that)

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-theft-story/419754/2 "2007-09-19T18:56:17Z")

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You should be hung for that!

And no running off saying you were framed, either!

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-theft-story/419754/3 "2007-09-19T18:57:54Z")

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I’m going to steal that.