# Yoicks! Somebody stole "The Scream"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973 "2004-08-22T15:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/21 "2004-08-24T21:55:49Z")
And can you imagine the scandal of a shootout??? “Four adult and two children died, and AAAAAAH There’s a BULLET HOLE in the PAINTING!!! AAAAH! How could you let that happen?!?” And **Munch** if you just throw yourself on your sword now, you could make the whole argument irrelevent… I’m just sayin’… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/22 "2004-08-25T03:24:20Z")
Adrian Monk could solve this case… ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/23 "2004-08-25T03:29:30Z")
What’s the difference between an armed museum guard and an armed bank guard? Is money more worth dying over? Faulkner said “The “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is worth any number of old ladies” and I agree. If a couple old ladies or toddlers or girl scouts get caught in the crossfire, that would be unfortunate, but a perfectly acceptable loss. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/24 "2004-08-25T03:41:06Z")
> [@Just1Lurk](#): > > Here’s a helpful tip - if you want to do a websearch for the Madonna painting, DON’T enter “Munch Madonna.” 😕 I did and got links to the correct painting - and not much else. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/25 "2004-08-25T04:08:01Z")
> [@Gamaliel](#): > > What’s the difference between an armed museum guard and an armed bank guard? Is money more worth dying over? > > Faulkner said “The “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is worth any number of old ladies” and I agree. If a couple old ladies or toddlers or girl scouts get caught in the crossfire, that would be unfortunate, but a perfectly acceptable loss. Well, for Munch, maybe, but I’d have to draw the line at Roy Liechtenstein. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/26 "2004-08-25T04:31:22Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Adrian Monk could solve this case… Maybe…after he finished making sure all the remaining paintings were hung _perfectly_. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/27 "2004-08-25T12:29:42Z")
> [@Gamaliel](#): > > What’s the difference between an armed museum guard and an armed bank guard? Nothing, but in most banks in North America, bank staff members are trained to cooperate fully with robbers to avoid placing themselves or customers in danger. No shootouts with security guards. After studies done in the 1990s new security programs in place and a primary procedure is to not interfere physically or engage the robbers in any way (that includes running out to see a licence plate). The robbery prevention programs are instead more subtle, prevent violence and increase police response time. The studies were done in response to the fact that although the number of heists seemed to be going down the level of violence (shooting, hostages etc.) was increasing. You can read about a Canadian study [here](http://www.securitymanagement.com/library/000991.html) but banks in the U.S. have adopted similar styles of robbery prevention programs. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/28 "2004-08-25T18:22:57Z")
The museum could have Howard Dean stand where the painting used to be and scream at regular intervals, as part of a U.S.-Norway cultural exchange. Or so suggested a cartoon in today’s L.A. Times. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973/29 "2004-08-25T18:33:48Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I second that. I’m certainly a gift to mankind, and my life is an example to hold up and admire - but taking a bullet for me is simply too much. Better that I live on in peoples’ memory than have to live with someone’s life on my conscience. Wow. Dude, we thought you were dead. Where ya been? Can you paint us up another one? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoicks-somebody-stole-the-scream/260973.md?page=1)