<font size=2 face="sans-serif">.................. and may all you hard
working Irishmen get to go home for lunch, today </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">At the National Art Gallery in Dublin, a
husband and wife were staring<br>
at a portrait that had them completely confused.<br>
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The painting depicted 3 blackmen totally naked, sitting on a bench.<br>
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Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in the middle had a<br>
pink penis.<br>
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The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble<br>
interpreting the painting and offered his personal assessment. He went<br>
on for over half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual<br>
emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white,<br>
patriarchal society.<br>
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'In fact', he pointed out,'some serious critics believe that the pink<br>
penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression<br>
experienced by gay men in contemporary society'.<br>
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After the curator left, an Irishman approached the couple and said,<br>
'Would you like to know what the painting is really about?'<br>
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'Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of<br>
the gallery, asked the couple?<br>
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'Because I am the artist, who painted the picture,' he replied. 'In<br>
fact,there are no African Americans depicted at all. They're just<br>
three Irish coal miners. The guy in the middle went home for lunch.<br>
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Go Irish!!!</font>
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