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    That's much better

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    Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".

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    Superb.........

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    Now that bought a smile to my face.

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    Heard about it on the radio last night, thought it was funny, but didnt realise it would be that funny.....Brilliant

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    Looking on my phone on sunny day, it looks a bit like Frank Sidebottom (?)

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    I saw that yesterday... I love this quote:

    The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says.
    "Bite my shiny metal ass."
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    It does resemble that monkey in a tunic. Shaking head.. Crazy stuff all over the world.

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    I shouldn't really be laughing....

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    Quote Originally Posted by stooo View Post
    I love this quote:
    I spat my tea reading that!!.........it's a great story!!

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    Don't know what they are moaning at it's a bloody good likeness of a werewolf!
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    Brilliant. What an idiot.

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    The single funniest thing I have heard all week. I led out a proper audible howl when seeing that picture.

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    "Sympathetically restored"


    "Mint"


    Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.

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    Saw that on the news, priceless!!!

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    absolutely tragic

    ok its funny

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    She certainly has a steady hand & an eye for detail, I wonder if she does relume/dial restoration work? If so she's top of my list................








    not.

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    Now we know who's responsible for those Indian redials.

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    Mr Bean and Whistler's mother come to mind






    I was close to choking on my dinner when I saw this story on the news
    Last edited by Crispin; 23rd August 2012 at 21:21.

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    Oh dear God.. Should've been bloody shot in front of the congregation for that
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    Re: Lol - Art restoration

    It's like a Specsavers advert.

    Lol

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    I saw that in the paper - mind-boggling.

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    So clever my foot fell off.

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    Holy crap, I really thought this was a joke of some kind.

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    "(The) priest knew it! He did! How could you do something like that without permission? He knew it!"

    ...of course he did dear, of course he did...

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    In her defence she says she wasn' t finished. I can't begin to imagine what it would of looked like is she did finish!

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    watched this on the news yesterday.....she still cant see the issue with her work.....artists so tempermental!

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    Lol - Art restoration

    Quote Originally Posted by pilch23 View Post
    watched this on the news yesterday.....she still cant see the issue with her work.....artists so tempermental!
    I can only assume she is therefore blind.
    "Bite my shiny metal ass."
    - Bender Bending Rodríguez

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    Quote Originally Posted by stooo View Post
    I can only assume she is therefore blind.
    We are in total agreement here.

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    Mad old bat,ruined a proper artists work.

    At first I thought that other deluded nut job had done it -tracy emmin.

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    It's a modern interpretation of an old piece? Cracking.

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    Funny. Didn't need translation. Her interview was priceless

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    Bloody hell what a balls up, looks like a chimp with painful haemorrhoids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deryckb View Post

    That's fantastic, I'd buy one of those to hang on my wall.

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    Breaking news

    Just in case you wanted to find out what happened next

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...enez-royalties

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