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I heard one of Monet's waterlily paintings is being auctioned which would look
splendid in your living room during the winter.

yes i totally agree but got too many Renoirs, and van goghs already there and they do clash with monets style dont they  ;D

I already have my Turners and the Bosch room ... I was at the Orangerie in Paris quite recently and, do you know, when you get real close to those waterlilies they're really just big smudges of pint! ;D ;D ;D

SHOW ME THE MONET!

-Mummy, what's that a painting of?
-It's supposed to be a horse, dear
-Then why isn't it?

Oi, you bunch ain't got an ounce of culture in your blood, 'av you.

I found a couple of paintings in the loft, and I took them to the Antiques Roadshow, just in case they were worth something. The painting expert said they were Pollocks, but I quite liked them

Well Pollocks' work would be in my loft too if I had any! ;D ;D

fancy being told we ain't got no Culture..........by an American person  ;D

Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on June 24, 2008, 19:35:16
fancy being told we ain't got no Culture..........by an American person  ;D

We like to keep our small pockets of culture well hidden. Keeps them from becoming too common ;D

A mere £40.1 million! 

What a wonderful birthday present - I told my husband he didn't have to bother, but he insisted!!!   ;D ;D

money and sense comes to mind  ???

Quote from: manicscousers on June 25, 2008, 17:35:01
money and sense comes to mind  ???

Ah, 2 of the things I appear to be lacking at the moment.

Quote from: GrannieAnnie on June 25, 2008, 15:07:23

Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on June 24, 2008, 19:35:16
fancy being told we ain't got no Culture..........by an American person  ;D

We like to keep our small pockets of culture well hidden. Keeps them from becoming too common ;D

the closest most Americans come to culture is eating a yoghurt

(I really am only joking)

I think you could probably say exactly the same about the British RT. There's more to US culture than Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol - great composers, scientists, artists, musicians, writers .. and much more.

My own favourites would include Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Chomsky, Henry James, Mark Twain.... oh and Catch 22 is one of my "best books"!!!
Anyway sorry for being serious about what was, I think, intended as a frivolous comment, but I wouldn't want Annie to get the wrong idea!!!!!! :o :o :o ;)

I agree completelyand i'm joking. Mind you, the first great American contribution to world culture was Abstract Expressionism ie Jackson Pollock etc. You could say Jazz, but lots of Jazz musicians would swear blind it was African, or you could say Western Films (come again?). Pop  Art was British

My ideal dinner party would be mostly made up of Americans. Course Stan Laurel was English, but i'd sooner have Ollie by a long way

Ps I live in about the most depressing chav-tastic place imaginable

Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on June 25, 2008, 19:21:39
i'd sooner have Ollie by a long way

I'd be delighted!

What shall we wear for the dinner?

(Just remembered, when we were raising our children and working on table manners our standard reminder was that it was important because "some day you might have to eat with the Queen of England.")

OMG what a threat  :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

... she's been dead for over 400 years!!!!

the Queen eats out of Tupperware containers, so we'd all probably be OK

course there are lots of pockets of culture in America - there's the British Embassy, the French Embassy, the Italian Embassy.........first rule of comedy - if nobody laughs the first time, try again, and again, and again....