# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/61 "2004-09-02T22:23:07Z")
roofing nails ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/62 "2004-09-02T22:25:11Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > 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 šŸ˜• Letā€™s try this againā€¦ and the jeopardy answer is: What are roofing nails? ---
**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/63 "2004-09-02T23:01:37Z")
> [@SpectBrain](#): > > What are roofing nails? Nails made from galvaninzed material so as not to rust; with a large, thin flat head that seals against the turā€¦er, shingle so that it will not easily pull away. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/64 "2004-09-02T23:20:59Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > 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 šŸ˜• There are many uses for super glueā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/65 "2004-09-03T00:30:51Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Is that black smear under his supposed to be there? Thereā€™s a print of the painting on a book I have where his face is unmarked. If memory serves, the painting was defaced by the GIs who first found it at the end of the war. The book you have may contain a plate from before then. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/66 "2004-09-03T01:26:09Z")
Say what you will about the art, I think itā€™s hideous and without even a modicum of style, but Iā€™d put down money that it would be hanging in US military barracks around the world if it came in prints. ---
**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 3, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/67 "2004-09-03T02:59:46Z")
Hellā€™s broke, it could be in biker bars. On black velvet. šŸ™‚ ---
**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 3, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/68 "2004-09-03T03:22:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > 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 Ladinā€™s head up by the greasy hair. > Ah, well. > šŸ™‚ Hell, I might even vote for him if he did that. Because that would be so freaking _cool_. Maybe itā€™s not actually Bin Ladenā€™s head. Maybe itā€™s a mask and it was really Old Man Cruthers from the Al Qaeda funhouse. ā€œAnd I would have gotten away with it to, if you it hadnā€™t been for you meddling infidels!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/69 "2004-09-03T04:08:32Z")
Would it be ok to have the painting in my house if it were used solely as a dartboard? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/70 "2004-09-03T10:00:21Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Hell, I might even vote for him if he did that. Because that would be so freaking _cool_. > > Maybe itā€™s not actually Bin Ladenā€™s head. Maybe itā€™s a mask and it was really Old Man Cruthers from the Al Qaeda funhouse. > ā€œAnd I would have gotten away with it to, if you it hadnā€™t been for you meddling infidels!ā€ LMAO! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/71 "2004-09-03T12:40:00Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Interestingly, the only other works of his I can find online are a Dali pastiche, and a site-specific item in Staten Island. Heā€™s got the ability to create interesting pieces, so why the hell has he resorted to an artistically-repressed, politically-ignorant, religiously-insensitive piece to demonstrate his ā€˜patriotismā€™? Maybe because they pay cash? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/72 "2004-09-04T02:57:17Z")
At first I thought this guy was trying to pull some sort of Jeffrey Koons type of kitsch-as-fine art stunt, but after reading his bio I came to the conclusion that the man really is as foolish and inept as his painting suggests. It makes [this](http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosS/strong_steve_01feb-can.html) look like a Rembrandt. ---
**Author:** ![Middlea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@Middlea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Middlea)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/73 "2004-09-04T14:17:59Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > At first I thought this guy was trying to pull some sort of Jeffrey Koons type of kitsch-as-fine art stunt, but after reading his bio I came to the conclusion that the man really is as foolish and inept as his painting suggests. > > It makes [this](http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosS/strong_steve_01feb-can.html) look like a Rembrandt. Oooh! Iā€™d buy that. Can I get one with ā€œThe Rockā€ as the Scorpion King as a pair? Hang ā€˜em both above my bed for some sweet, sweet dreaminā€™. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668/74 "2004-09-04T20:08:55Z")
According to todayā€™s _New York Times_, the LoBaido painting was sold last week, by a SoHo gallery, for 2,800 simoleons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-that-would-hang-this-painting-in-their-house/262668.md?page=3)