# I pit anyone that would hang this painting in their house. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668 "2004-09-01T22:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/41 "2004-09-02T13:32:01Z")
AW George is a dragon killer…well in his own mind. He sure fucked up the kingdom though. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/42 "2004-09-02T13:35:35Z")
> [@](#): > > ‘I wanted to let the Republicans know there are some creative people in this city who are on their side,’ the 39-year-old artist said last week as his exhibit opened just before the Republican National Convention. Translation: > [@](#): > > I wanted to let these country hicks with no understanding of art but plenty of cash know just where they can find the perfect outlet for their collective hyperpatriotic frenzy. Good on him, says I. Why should the escort agencies get all the dough ? American entrepeneur spirit at its finest. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/43 "2004-09-02T13:36:12Z")
> [@Atticus Finch](#): > > Not really - Hitler went in for watercolour landscapes. Many of them featured buildings drawn in a meticulous, straight-line draftsperson style, reflecting, according to Speer, Hitler’s early aspiration to be an architect. [Here are some examples.](http://www.fpp.co.uk/Hitler/artist/Pfarrer/) [My god!](http://www.fpp.co.uk/Hitler/artist/Pfarrer/Dorfstrasse.html) Now I know who he reincarnated to. Thomas Kinkade! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/44 "2004-09-02T13:55:29Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Heck, there’s an aesthetic precedent…[The Flag Bearer](http://www.goodart.org/nzhorse.jpg), by the immortal Hubie Lanzinger. Is that black smear under his supposed to be there? There’s a print of the painting on a book I have where his face is unmarked. Anyway… > [@](#): > > “I wanted to let the Republicans know there are some creative people in this city who are on their side,” You poor, poor people. In light of this, I’ll remember to be extra nice to you guys today. Would you like some ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/45 "2004-09-02T14:24:46Z")
I’m with Spiny Norman here. This guy has just found a niche for his mediocre paintings with jingoistic morons with far more cash than intelligence or taste. Wonder how many of his works he’s actually sold? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/46 "2004-09-02T14:25:52Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Looks like a quarter of the Apocalypse, to me… Hey, now there’s an idea. Let’s say we suggest to the artist to do another painting with Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Ridge! Now _that_ would be patriotic! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/47 "2004-09-02T14:25:58Z")
Um, what does Frank Sinatra have to do with patriotism? ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/48 "2004-09-02T15:29:56Z")
Man, I would LOVE to have a rec room, just so I could hang that painting in it. That’s even cooler than Dogs Playing Poker. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/49 "2004-09-02T15:42:51Z")
Now if Bush was pissing on a crucifix while he shat on Bin Laden’s head, \*\*that \*\* would be art. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/50 "2004-09-02T18:02:12Z")
It looks to me like Bush is holding Bin Ladens head aloft by grabbing the turban, how does that work then ? Surely the head would fall away leaving just the turban 😕 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/51 "2004-09-02T18:06:33Z")
How tacky. I wouldn’t even use that trash to line my rabbit’s hutch. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/52 "2004-09-02T18:52:29Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > How tacky. Everyone’s a critic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/53 "2004-09-02T19:15:30Z")
Too bad the event represented in the painting the OP linked to hasn’t actually, you know, _happened_. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/54 "2004-09-02T19:30:11Z")
Well, the painting is titled _Have Faith_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/55 "2004-09-02T20:13:25Z")
I used to hope that at one of the press conferences Powell would bring Bush a duffel bag, Bush would reach in and hold Bin Ladin’s head up by the greasy hair. Ah, well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/56 "2004-09-02T20:17:17Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > Surely the head would fall away leaving just the turban 😕 I don’t think the “artist” knew about it, but I believe that the hair and the cloth is wrapped together to form a turban. At least, that’s how Sikhs do it. Just a WAG, tho. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/57 "2004-09-02T20:23:58Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > I believe that the hair and the cloth is wrapped together to form a turban. In _Monsoon Wedding_ the turbans came off still wrapped, like a clip on necktie. ---
**Author:** ![Middlea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@Middlea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Middlea)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/58 "2004-09-02T20:36:53Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Hey, now there’s an idea. Let’s say we suggest to the artist to do another painting with Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Ridge! Now _that_ would be patriotic! Trade you an Ashcroft for your Ridge and we got us some horsemen! ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/59 "2004-09-02T20:41:51Z")
[http://www.creativepatriot.net/myImages/guilianiPainting.jpg](http://www.creativepatriot.net/myImages/guilianiPainting.jpg) You mean an apocalypse like that? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/60 "2004-09-02T21:06:50Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > You mean an apocalypse like that? I believe that to be a parody of St. George and the Dragon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668.md?page=4)