# Salvador Dali question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvador-dali-question/61103>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 7, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvador-dali-question/61103 "2001-04-07T00:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvador-dali-question/61103/1 "2001-04-07T00:18:41Z")

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The painting, “Persistence of Memory” - exactly what is that gray object one of the watches is draped over? It resembles a dead walrus. Anyone know?

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvador-dali-question/61103/2 "2001-04-07T00:31:15Z")

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According to [this](http://www.dali-gallery.com/html/galleries/painting08.htm), it’s a sort-of melted self portrait of Dali himself! (scroll down to the painting and click on “anaylsis”)…

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvador-dali-question/61103/3 "2001-04-07T00:49:49Z")

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Am I the only one who thinks “The Disintigration of the Persistence of Memory” is a better painting than the original?

Fenris

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**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:** [April 7, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvador-dali-question/61103/4 "2001-04-07T00:52:16Z")

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I always thought of it as a dead mule.

Dead mules were very important to Dali at this point (1931). See his groundbreaking film collaboration with Bunuel, THE ANDALUSIAN DOG (1929).

And consider yourself lucky he didn’t decide to use a priest instead.

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**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvador-dali-question/61103/5 "2001-04-07T00:52:41Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Fenris \*  
> \*\*Am I the only one who thinks “The Disintigration of the Persistence of Memory” is a better painting than the original?
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> Fenris \*\*

Nope.

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**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvador-dali-question/61103/6 "2001-04-07T01:43:08Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \*  
> \*\*I always thought of it as a dead mule.
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I always thought it looked like a platypus. ::shrug::