http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/0...08_micro_2.html
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Goodness me; thought I'd stumbled into a Mapplethorpe pit!
Rob C
Rob C
How could this one not win?
QUOTE (Rob C @ Oct 16 2009, 07:27 PM) 
Goodness me; thought I'd stumbled into a Mapplethorpe pit!
Rob C
Rob C
I didn't see any urine-drenched crucifixes...
QUOTE (Jonathan Wienke @ Oct 18 2009, 05:53 AM)
I didn't see any urine-drenched crucifixes...
Piss Christ was by Andres Serrano. Mapplethorpe was better known for his flower and celebrity images along with some more controversial stuff right before his death.
QUOTE (DarkPenguin @ Oct 16 2009, 08:59 PM)
How could this one not win?
Mr P
Karate also helps it beat the odds. On the other hand, its victims are said to die of fright.
All that said, I would suggest the moral is that one should never drink direct from the bottle, particularly in low lighting.
Rob C
QUOTE (DarkPenguin @ Oct 18 2009, 04:28 PM)
Piss Christ was by Andres Serrano. Mapplethorpe was better known for his flower and celebrity images along with some more controversial stuff right before his death.
You're right. Mapplethorpe did the similarly controversial self-portrait with the bullwhip in his anus...
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