Pair of Glasses Left on Museum Floor Mistaken for Art. A Real Story

I will admit that I am not a person who would describe himself as an art aficionado. I still don't understand the eye rolls and comments I get when people see my painting of dogs playing poker. This artwork is great to me. The looks on the dog's faces and them having bottles and glasses of booze next to them is too funny to me. I laugh each time I see it. One of these days, I'll work up the nerve to bring it up from the storage area in my basement and hang it in my living room. When my wife is far away, and I have advance notice she is coming back, so I can put back down in the basement before she gets home.

It appears those art watching museum aficionado types who think they are so brilliant when it comes to knowing art seems like they should learn how to appreciate my dogs playing poker picture. A pair of glasses left on a museum's floor was thought to be art. It seems these hoity-toity art loving types started taking pictures of the pair of glasses. If they think this is art, they should come to my house. We have so much art. There is the yet-to-be-put-away DVD display as well as unfinished books piled up in a corner of the living room. This, of course, is nothing compared to the stuff-to-be-put-in-the-attic display. We of course also have the artistic display in the basement and garage of things not used for decades. Maybe we should charge art lovers a fee to see our house and give a hoity-toity art loving type discount.

Below are excerpts from the story with my valuable insights in italics.

A pair of glasses were left on the floor at a museum and everyone mistook it for art

The teen behind the hoax had similar success with a baseball cap and a bin

Well, I guess that tells you all you need to know about art. Who needs to spend time studying art in art school and perfecting their artwork? It seems all they need to do is put a bin and baseball cap in a museum for their work to be considered art.

“I've spent years perfecting my painting style.”

“I've spent years perfecting my sculpting abilities.”

“I've spent years developing my abilities to create various type of artwork.'

“Unless any of this involves a baseball cap or bin, we can't have your work in our museum.”

“Oh.”

Several visitors to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this week were fooled into thinking a pair of glasses set on the floor by a 17-year-old prankster was a postmodern masterpiece.

“We stumbled upon a stuffed animal on a gray blanket and questioned if this was really impressive to some of the nearby people.”

To test out the theory that people will stare at, and try and artistically interpret, anything if it’s in a gallery setting, Khayatan set a pair of glasses down and walked away.

Soon, people began to surround them, maintaining a safe distance from the ‘artwork’ and several of them taking pictures.

What does this say about hoity-toity art aficionado types? It tells me they should never say anything negative about my poker playing dog picture. I hope my wife doesn't find the one with cats playing poker. It has them smoking and drinking, it's so funny. This picture really complements my dogs playing poker picture.

If I saw someone admiring a pair of glasses on a floor as art, I would be telling them they could have the glasses for a reasonable price of a few thousand dollars. It is an original work of art. No other pair of glasses have the exact same type of scratches as this type of art. I would then invite them to a personal showing of the various pairs of artwork involving glasses at my house. They're done by a true master. We're talking old prescription glasses, reading glasses, old sunglasses, 3-D glasses from movies. If hoity-toity art aficionado s want this type of art, I can give them this type of original art for a reasonable price. With all the stuff in my house, I bet I have created a type of hoity-toity art aficionado nirvana. I would have to stipulate my dogs and cat playing poker pictures are off limits.

I like to think they imagined the floored glasses to represent the dumbing down of culture, or perhaps the viewing of life through a lens, possibly with a nice, lower-case title like 'myopia' or 'real eyes (real lies)'.

Now, I think that is fantastic. How about I imagine the glasses on the floor are representing an inability to see the truth of the world. I think these glasses are a symbol of people being given a choice to see the reality of the world where they live or not. The lenses are the gateway to an understanding of society as well as our world. I would give the glasses on the floor a title like Blind to BS or Only What a Fool Can See. I'm getting so good at this, I bet I could be given official hoity-toity art aficionado status.

“Some may interpret it as a joke, some might find great spiritual meaning in it. At the end of the day, I see it as a pleasure for open-minded people and imaginative minds.”

I would also like to suggest if you find great spiritual meaning in seeing a pair of glasses on a museum floor, you may need to seek some professional help. What they call people with imaginative minds who are open-minded, I call people who are a bit gullible and not the sharpest tools in the shed. Thinking that glasses on the floor, a bin or a stuffed animal on a gray blanket as great art makes no sense. I think my pictures of dogs and playing poker makes more sense. It is just a shame my wife doesn't have the same level of art sophistication as myself.

Below is a link to the article.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/a-pair-of-glasses-were-left-on-the-floor-at-museum-and-everyone-mistook-it-for-art-a7049551.html?fbclid=IwAR05S9LLUZ2rfKEZ5I-dwSueoOXOS4cRTqdNS7qvGwy1r3yZtw9arrps5S0

Criminal Agrees to Surrender If He gets 15K Facebook “Likes.” A Real Story

I know that social media is a very big thing right now. It is how millions of people communicate with one another on a daily basis. I confess to having a presence on social media. I am pleased when people like a post on my Facebook page. It feels as if I've produced something people think is worth taking the time to watch, read or even share. I don't really worry about the number of likes I get on a Facebook post. It seems there are other people who place a very high value to their presence on social media. I believe the number of likes these people get on Facebook can determine their blood pressure.

It seems the importance of getting recognition on social media has now entered into the world of law enforcement. A person who was a fugitive from the law agreed to turn himself into a Connecticut police department on one condition. He asked the wanted poster of him provided by the police department on social media get 15,000 likes on Facebook before he surrenders. I'm sure glad he didn't require people only post positive comments. I know some people on Facebook can be rather harsh. Maybe Facebook should start a private fugitive group so law enforcement and fugitives can work things out.

Below are excerpts from the article with my valuable insights in italics.

The Torrington Police Department detailed the bizarre situation involving 29-year-old Jose Simms — who is wanted on seven arrest warrants for failure to appear in court – in a Facebook post early Wednesday.

“Here’s an interesting one,” a lieutenant with the department began the post.

Simms “negotiated with me earlier this week (Through Facebook) and has agreed to turn himself into Torrington Police if we can get 15,000 ‘likes’ on this post,” the online post read.

I have heard of people desperate for attention on social media, but I believe Mr. Simms may have taken it to an entirely new level. This could change how criminals operate and law enforcement responds to them. Could this someday lead to a man walking into a bank, going to a teller and giving her a note that says he has a gun but won't rob the bank if they can get a few thousand likes on his latest Facebook post? Will hostage negotiators be required by those holding the hostages to get likes and shares on the hostage taker's Pinterest account as well as Facebook account? Things could be really changing.

The suspect, who cops believe is somewhere in New York, initially wanted to turn himself in after receiving 20,000 “likes,” to which cops countered 10,000 and 15,000 was ultimately agreed upon, the lieutenant said.

“It will be difficult but is doable,” the police official wrote as he pleaded for Facebook users to “please ‘like’ this post.”

I wonder if this would work in the business world.

“I'll paint your house but you have to get my Facebook page 10,000 likes.”

“Are you kidding? That is not a 10,000 Facebook likes job. How about 4,000 likes and 20 shares of your latest post.”

“How about 8,000 likes and a thousand shares.”

“I'll give you 6,000 likes and five hundred shares and that is my final offer.”

“If you make it 6,500 likes and 600 shares you have a deal.”

“It's a deal, but we should also discuss your payment.”

“We'll worry about it later. We've got the important stuff out of the way.”

Simms even taunted police in the Facebook post, commenting: “Dam that’s a trash pick of me and only 13800 more likes to go nice job Torrington.”

The police department replied to Simms comment saying: “Jose, it’s the only one we had…hopefully, we will get a ‘good’ one soon.”

Some Facebook users got a kick out of the department’s modern-day way to catch a criminal.

I think Mr. Simms needs to realize the police are members of law enforcement and not a professional photographer's guild. I would have to say they can only post an image they have and probably didn't want him to provide a better picture of himself. I'm sure people on Facebook really enjoyed it. They're in a safe location, away from law enforcement as well as a fugitive and can offer their opinion in the cyber world.

I don't think this would work in my house.

“It's your turn to do laundry.”

“You just have to get me a few hundred more likes on my most recent post on Facebook post and it will be done.”

“How about you get a few hundred more ways to like doing the laundry.”

“I thought our marriage was about open discussions.”

“Yeah, and I'll be more open to discussing whatever you want once you're done with the laundry as you promised.”

“How about the likes on my Facebook post?”

“How about your liking of not living in a house with a wife who is angry at you.”

“Okay, but how about a few shares on Facebook?”

Due to the graphic nature of my wife's sign language, I won't tell you about the adult hand signals she was willing to share on my latest Facebook post.

Below is a link to the article.

https://nypost.com/2019/05/22/fugitive-offers-to-surrender-if-he-gets-15k-likes-on-facebook/

Constipation Causes Woman in China to Have Amnesia. A Real Story.

I'm sure we can all agree that having constipation is no laughing matter. When I have suffered from this condition, I have had people believe it was a laughing matter. They would tell me I was now full of crap in the literal as well as the figurative sense of the word. Some people passing themselves off as family would listen to me explain how this condition made me uncomfortable. They would then say they now know why my eyes are brown. My wife will tell me she doesn't want my opinion of something because she knows I don't give a crap. Living among so many amateur comedians can be challenging at times. This is a terrible pun, but when I've had this condition, it eventually passed. A woman in China probably had constipation worse than I have ever experienced in my life. This poor woman developed amnesia from being constipated. I know it can build up, but this level of buildup in a person's body must have set a new record.

Below are excerpts from the story with my valuable insights in italics.

A netizen shared his experience on the Internet. His mother had been in the toilet for a long time because of constipation. As a result, there was brief amnesia after coming out of the toilet. This phenomenon often lasted for 8 hours, and during these 8 hours, My mother’s memory seems to have returned 10 years ago, and I have no impression of what happened recently.

I can only imagine what it would be like to have your mother come out of the bathroom and wonder who you are and where she was at the moment.

“Mom, are you okay? You were in the bathroom for a long time.”

“Who are you?”

“I'm your son.”

“You are too old to be my son. My son is only ten years old. This doesn't look like my house. I live with my ten-year-old son in a small house by the river.”

“Mom, we lived in the house down by the river ten years ago. Something is wrong.”

“Could it be because I'm no longer constipated?”

“Maybe it's because your eyes are no longer brown.”

“Oh.”

According to Hong Kong media reports, the family found that the mother immediately went to the hospital for examination after amnesia, but everything was normal in the brain, and afterward, she had no impression of amnesia. This 8-hour amnesia seemed to be a mystery.

I'm sure it was an interesting conversation with the physician when they got mom to the hospital.

“Doctor, you have to help my mother.”

“What seems to be the problem?”

“She has forgotten everything about the past ten years for some reason.”

“What she hit in the head with a blunt object?”

“No.”

“Did she fall down and hit her head on something?”

“No.”

“What happened just prior to her having this episode of amnesia?”

“She was constipated and was in the bathroom.”

“I'll have to run some tests. Let us hope nothing important came out when she was in the bathroom.”

“Could she have suffered brain damage?”

“We will know more after the tests. It is a strong possibility if she starts liking music made by Yoko Ono.”

“Oh.”

The beating of the heart allows the blood with oxygen to enter the brain to function normally. However, if the abdomen exerts force due to constipation, abdominal pressure and intracerebral pressure Sudden rise, increased chances of jugular valvular insufficiency, resulting in transient amnesia in the brain hypoxia.

This is kind of scary. If this becomes too well known by personal injury attorneys in the United States, there will be so many lawsuits. I'm sure bathrooms could be someday be required to provide warnings signs about exerting force due to constipation. You may have Hollywood celebrities do public service announcements (PSAs) about how exerting force with abdominal pressure caused them to have brain hypoxia. I'm sure this could be used as a way to explain the behavior of many politicians as well as Hollywood celebrities. There will be government grants to study the connection between constipation and amnesia. Groups such as the Right to Be Constipated Without Amnesia (RBCWA) will be formed to lobby Congressmen and Senators in Washington. I know a simple thing like this in the United States can easily become very complicated.

Physicians also reminded those people who frequently use defecation, heavy objects or emotional excitement are high-risk groups, but the chances of such things are actually not high, but if you really have amnesia, you must go to the hospital for further examination and avoid recurrence. Recurrence, or the fan rate is probably 30% more than the average person.

I wonder if this means you could get worker's compensation if you have constipation and it leaves you with amnesia. I'm sure it will be important to tell a constipated person to calm down because their excitement combined with constipation could cause them to have amnesia. This may work in their favor as they would forget what got them so excited. I hope we don't see people sitting on the sidewalk with a tin cup and a sign that reads Please Help. Have Amnesia Because of Constipation. I would hate to be the unlucky person who is constipated and gets amnesia more than once. You could come out of a public bathroom and not realize ten years have passed. This would be a good Hollywood movie. If there is anything that is constipated these days, it is Hollywood.

Below is a link to the story.

https://www.chinatimes.com/cn/hottopic/20190522002897-260805?chdtv

Couple Takes a Baby Picture of Vehicle Supercharger. A Real Story.

One of the first things that often happen after a couple gets married is the in-laws may start dropping hints about the new couple becoming parents. I have had people tell me their in-laws would come to their home and see a spare room. They would then make a comment about how it would be a perfect room for a nursery, when they are ready to be parents, of course. These are in-laws who will talk up all the benefits of having a child. They will also have amnesia when it comes to the early days of diaper changes, regular feedings and experiencing more of a baby's bodily functions than a parent wants to know about. It seems a couple wasn't ready to be parents, but they were ready to buy a supercharger for their vehicle. It seems to have worked out well for them.

I imagine an interesting conversation took place between the young couple.

“Do you feel ready to start a family?”

“No, I know I'm not ready for that yet.”

“Do you want to have a pet?”

“No, I know we both work such long hours we can't provide a pet what it needs to be happy.”

“Do you think we are ready for a supercharger?”

“I believe we are ready to commit to a supercharger.”

“I can't wait to tell our parents.”

“They'll be so proud.”

Below are excerpts from the story with my valuable insights in italics.

Brayden and Payton Tomicic posted family-style portraits of them with their new “baby:” an Eaton twin-screw supercharger for Brayden’s 2007 Ford Mustang GT. While it’s not a traditional ‘family,’ the couple does look extremely happy (probably because their prank worked better then they thought it would).

I'm sure it is a tradition that when you make a commitment to bring an Eaton twin-screw supercharger into your family, it is important you take a portrait with it and share it with your family. It's obviously a big moment. You can have your boring, common, baby or pet pictures. If you want to step out from the crowd and be unique, you take a baby photo with your Eaton twin-screw supercharger.

Could this lead to people having pictures being taken with other car parts like an exhaust pipe or carburetor? I'm sure people who love computers could have a baby photograph of their new laptop. Families in the future could get baby pictures of their married children with their smartphones, smart televisions or refrigerator and more. This couple may have unknowingly started a new inanimate object baby picture trend. I think they may not realize what pioneers they are when it comes to the baby picture taking industry.

The Facebook post is set up to look exactly like any other baby announcement. It says, “So not many of you have known this but it’s finally the right time to post this. The last two years Payton and I have been preparing for this moment and finally, the time has come. It’s something I have always wanted but never knew how soon it was going to happen. We have been truly blessed this last year and finally, it is here. We would love to welcome this Supercharger into our household! It is going to be whining a lot but can’t wait for all of the fun!”

This couple is brilliant. I know from personal experience, there are people who will take this seriously. I know people who would not think this was a joke.

I can see some women I know reading this notice on Facebook and getting emotional.

“Look at this, Payton and his wife finally have a Supercharger. I'm so happy for them.”

“Why are you so emotional? They did this as a joke. It is a part for his 2007 Ford Mustang GT. Anybody can get one if they want one.”

“Oh, why can't you just enjoy someone's happiness for once? Not all couples can afford to have an Eaton twin-screw supercharger. Some couples have to wait for years to be in a position to have one. There are also couples who have to live their lives together without a supercharger. These people have one, and they are happy about it. Why can't you just be happy for them?

“It's a car part.”

“So you won't be happy until they purchase a new furnace for their house or lawn mower? You seem to have supercharger issues. Maybe you should seek counseling to resolve them.”

“I think you are the one who is out of their mind.”

“I think your serious supercharger issues keep you from being happy for other people.”

“If a supercharger makes you so happy, I know what to get you for your birthday.”
“What?”

“The idea came from seeing all the newborn photos on social media and having my mother always asking when we are having kids," Tomicic told Yahoo Lifestyle. “We’re both car enthusiasts and have been planning on supercharging my car. We figured since it was our baby we would make a little joke to tease the idea that she would be a grandma, but with a supercharger instead."

I wonder if their mom has fun with this prank.

“Here is a baby picture of my granddaughter.”

“Here is a baby picture of my grandson.”

“Here is a baby picture of my son and his wife's Eaton twin-screw supercharger. I'm so proud.”

“Wouldn't you rather have a picture of a grandchild?”

“Anybody can have a picture of their grandchild. How many people have baby pictures of their married children's Eaton twin-screw supercharger?”

“I think you may be the only one.”

“If you want to go and see the little bundle of supercharger joy, I'll ask my son and daughter-in-law to bring it over. It is the cutest Eaton twin-screw supercharger you have ever seen.”

“I think all grandparents of Eaton twin-screw superchargers say that about them.”

“I believe you're right.”

I hope the family takes time to enjoy their Eaton twin-screw supercharger. These parts seem to wear out and need to be replaced before you know it. I'm sure time will pass so quickly for them.

Below is a link to the article.

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/baby-pictures-supercharger