# How Great Thou Art, who is Art? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014 "2018-07-16T15:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/41 "2018-07-17T04:46:03Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > No one can forget Grace, the popular cheerleader in high school. Her gymnastics skills, during games, were amazing. > > šŸ˜‰ It was in the band where she really shone. How sweet the sound! Did you know sheā€™s my driver now? Yup - 'tis Grace that brought me safe thus far. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/42 "2018-07-17T05:11:36Z")
I heard heā€™s a big phony, pretending like heā€™s always out and about, on the way to the next party, soiree or business meeting, but really, he just spends most of his time in front of his computer. You know, Art imitates life. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/43 "2018-07-17T05:51:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > We could always hang him on the wall. šŸ†’ Did you know Art has a one-legged sister, Eileen? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/44 "2018-07-17T13:06:07Z")
Actually Art got into painting and sculpture as occupational therapy for his rheumatism. It was Art for Artā€™s ache. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/45 "2018-07-17T13:21:04Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Anyone who went to the University of Wisconsin in the 1970s and 1980s knows that [Art was](https://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700015230003/1523000058-l.jpg) [a window washer](https://www.uwalumni.com/askabe/ask-abe-art-the-window-washer/). I remember Art! Wow, flashback city, man. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/46 "2018-07-17T13:32:04Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > I remember Art! Wow, flashback city, man. Thanks! šŸ˜ƒ Go Badgers! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/47 "2018-07-17T13:39:27Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Shirley (of the trio Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy) I need to get a restraining order against those damned stalkers. It feels like theyā€™ve been following me all the days of my life. :eek: šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/48 "2018-07-17T13:41:47Z")
What - no mention of Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/49 "2018-07-17T13:46:30Z")
See post #6. And donā€™t call Gladly cross-eyed bear Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/50 "2018-07-17T13:49:45Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > That would be ā€˜Haroldā€™. Not Howard. And Harold was just Jesusā€™ middle name, which is why he always signed autographs ā€˜Jesus H. Christ.ā€™ Just remember, [the ā€˜Hā€™ is silent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqISX2o0a4A). šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/51 "2018-07-17T13:53:47Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > šŸ˜ƒ Go Badgers! [If you insist.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzagBTcYsYQ) šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/52 "2018-07-17T15:41:35Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Did you know Art has a one-legged sister, Eileen? I know he has a one-legged Japanese girlfriend, Irene. She works as a waitress at IHOP. The customers like to tip her. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/53 "2018-07-17T17:05:45Z")
There is a song that has a line ā€œour God is ableā€, that line used many times. I canā€™t help by hearing it as ā€˜our God is Ableā€™. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/54 "2018-07-17T17:44:54Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > There is a song that has a line ā€œour God is ableā€, that line used many times. I canā€™t help by hearing it as ā€˜our God is Ableā€™. Or maybe Abel? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/55 "2018-07-17T18:05:37Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > And in the lee light, we view the witchet stands - the ones the Republic is for. (Not Richard Sands - thatā€™s a common mishearing of ā€œwitchet stands.ā€ šŸ™‚ ) God bless Sam Erica! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/56 "2018-07-17T18:07:41Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > I donā€™t know Art that well. I canā€™t tell you who Art is, but I know him when I see him. I may not know Art, but I know what I like! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/57 "2018-07-17T18:10:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Youā€™re such a Yang! He has fire-boxes! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Temporary\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/58 "2018-07-18T20:27:00Z")
I believe Art has a brother named Andy who has his own hymns; Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me. This Andy sounds like a hell of a good guy. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RtA-M5Y-cKo/hqdefault.jpg "HE WALKS WITH ME - ANNE MURAY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtA-M5Y-cKo) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014.md?page=2)