Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 23, 2015

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vincent fever... by richard thompson with the van gogh show opening only 9 months away, eager fans are already in line for tickets outside the national gallery. guy 1: yo vinnie! guy 2: woof woof van gogh curator: as part of our marketing strategy we'll have the usual toto bags, posters, mugs, etc., but we also have a deal with mcdonald's to include a van gogh toy in every happy meal! this one's the van gogh cart. ha ha! a national gallery curator oop: and this time, in the event of a govern-ment shutdown, we'll be hanging the show on little folding screens so we can just move the whole works to montgomery mall. let's paint with van gogh! gogh: first you'll want to put on some old clothes that you won't mind getting dirty. this is im-portant. 1 gogh: now confront the canvas! using formal mastery, create an intense & ecstatic vision of god & man expressed in the flow of nature. 2 gogh: now go for it! yeah! all right! yeah! chrome yellow! i love it! umph grunt oof 3 gogh: there! i call it "self portrait with elmer fudd hat." next time we'll work on pronunciation: van-goh or van gok. 4