“Ullo Gazza, what do you see, what do you know?”
“Sit down Clivey, have a butchers at that”.
“Oh, yeah, it’s Mondrian, nice painting”.
“What’s it called then?”
“Composition with yellow, blue and red”.
“What about the black lines?”
“He didn’t have enough room on the bottom of the canvas to write black”.
“Why didn’t he write it on the back?”
“He didn’t want to get his brush dirty I suppose”.
“Shame”.
“Shame”.
Clive and Gary move to another room in the Tate.
“What the hell is that Clivey?”
“That is a Matisse Gaz”.
“A French mattress!”
“No you pranit, the artist Matisse. It’s called “The Snail”.
“What part of it?”
“What part of what”.
“What part of that painting is a snail then?”
“All of it”.
“Hold on a minute squire…”
“Why you walking backwards Gaz?”
“I’m giving me minces a chance to focus”.
“Focus”.
“Yeah, cos I can’t see a snail”.
“It’s modernism Gaz”.
“If it’s that modern, why don’t he know what a snail looks like?”
“He didn’t have a garden did he”.
“Shame”.
“Shame”.
After spending a few more minutes looking for the snail, they move on and stop in front of a painting of two nudes
“They look like a couple of nice birds Clivey”.
“Yeah, a geezer called Sigmar Polke painted ’em”.
“Bet they had a job standing still in that position”.
“He must have given them something to lean on, then painted it out Gaz”.
“Clever, very clever”.
“It’s called, “Girlfriends”.
“What, he had two of ’em?”
“Yeah the dirty sod”.
“Dirty sod”.
“Nice painting though”.
“How come you know so much about these paintings Clivey?”
“I broke down outside here the other day and I dived in for a quick butcher’s while I was waiting for the tow truck mate.
A short silence ensues
“Hold up son! I thought you were a mechanic!”
“I am mate, It was me afternoon off”
“Shame”
“Shame”
The End
Arse Gratia Arseoles
GREAT EDITING!
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A superb bit of editing by mate by Mr Clivey Dee. I was hoping he would include a paragraph on quantum physics. Never mind, he must of been busy making a Moose pie for the weekend…
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Fancy coming down the Npower offices for a game of baseball with the CEO’s head mate?
Where’s Danny Sparko when you need him eh?
Keep em coming me old china plate x
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Will do mate, Have you managed to milk that Octopus only I’m running out of ink…
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Brilliant stuff! Believable to! Cheers all.
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Thanks Inchy. Cheque’s in the wife’s meaty fist. You want it. You try and get it son 😉
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Unfortunately, I’m with Gaz. I look at modern art and never know what the hell it is I’m actually supposed to be seeing!
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Well it’s funny you should say that. I was round his house last week and he showed me a completely blank canvas.
“What’s this?” I enquired
“A cow eating grass” says Gaz
“Where’s the grass?” I asked
“The cow ate it all” he replied
“Well where’s the cow then?” I countered
“It cleared off when it ran out of grass” says he
😦
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Very funny…
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It’s all in the timing my dear 😀
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Now you know why I love him…:)
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Bang on Marissa. I often think the experts don’t know what they are looking at…Picasso, said he painted in his dreams. He must of slept sitting up in bed…
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Most likely!
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I notice more and more that Gary and Clivey play together nicely and they ignore Inchy and Mikey. Be nice, boys. Let the other young’uns play with you. 😉
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We did try but they kept taking our sweeties. Then there was all the hair-pulling 😦
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SMH. I hate it when that happens!
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Rachel, we hate them because they sleep on the top bunk. And both of them have problems finding the bathroom at night. Clive and I sleep under an umbrella…
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LOL! They told me you and Clive eat beans before bed. 😉
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