Sunday, December 25, 2005

Bob the Boyfriend

Every year we have something they stays etched in our minds about the current holiday season. This season, it was Bob. Bob is the boyfriend/man-toy of my mother's oldest sister, Joyce, who after 30 some-odd years of marriage, recently found herself an eligible divorcee. They met as neighbors in one of the local "retired, but not dead" communities. They attend dances together, travel, go to movies, etc. etc. One of things they've recently taken up is painting.

Admittedly, Joyce has had a long career in painting as really is quite good. Bob, however, is just learning. And while most amatuers readily admit their novice status and usually beg for understanding when presenting their work, Bob suffers from the inability to see that his work sucks. And I mean REALLY sucks. To make matters worse, Joyce encourages this behavior by telling him it's good. So much so that this Christmas Bob decided to my parents a gift of his creation. A serious gift. As in "I am giving you this to hang in your bedroom as a celebration of your love" kind of gift.

Now, I'm no art expert. And I generally shouldn't laugh at anyone trying to be artistic, because I'm about as artisitic as a rock. But boy-o-boy, you gotta see this to believe it.

The original:

Bob's interpretation:
And the laughs just keep on comin...

2 Comments:

At 11:09 AM, Blogger Jess said...

Oh no. I'm no art critic and won't venture an opinion on the painting. However, giving something that dependent upon personal taste is just a bad idea, unless you truly know it's something the person loves.

I suppose this type of thing happens quite a bit at the holidays, but it's just not good.

 
At 12:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh my ... i almost fell off the chair. You should give out warnings man, it was the funniest painting i've ever seen. It takes some courage to give a painting like this as a Christmas gift, so you gotta give the guy credit for that. Besides where else can you find another piece of work like that?

 

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