Banksy

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006 - 12:34 a.m.

John was home sick yesterday with something that's been bothering him all weekend. He finally went to the doctor on Monday morning, and she couldn't find anything wrong with him on the face of things. He gets to go back today and donate some fluids, which he hates to do. Send him good vibes.

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Good Ol' Banksy. I love this man, I really do. Here's his latest:

An exhibition by headline-grabbing UK artist Banksy has been criticised for including a live painted elephant.

The animal, called Tai, was covered in pink and gold paint and placed in a mocked-up house to represent how world poverty is widely ignored. Officials from the Los Angeles Animal Services Department told the Associated Press they would never again issue permits for such a "frivolous" purpose.

The elephant's owner said the dye was non-toxic and welfare was paramount. Ed Boks, head of Animal Services in Los Angeles, said: "I think it sends a very wrong message that abusing animals is not only OK, it's an art form.

"We find it no longer acceptable to dye baby chicks at Easter, but it's OK to dye an elephant."

You stupid fuck. It's MAKEUP, just like the kind a woman puts on her face.

Okay, sorry, anyway, go ahead...

Mr Boks said he tried to withdraw permits for the elephant on grounds of public safety last Friday, but found the three-day exhibition would be over before they took effect.

"Permits will not be issued for such frivolous abuse of animals in the future," he said.

Tai's owner, Kari Johnson, denied that the 38-year-old Indian elephant had suffered as a result of the paint job.

She said: "Tai has done many, many movies. She's used to make-up."

The British graffiti artist's Barely Legal exhibition, which took place in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, finished on Sunday.

The artist was not available to discuss the California show, which focused on global poverty and injustice.

Let me tell you something else about elephants.

They have extremely thick (as in diameter) hair on their skin. It's about the size of a mechanical pencil lead, and if you sit down wrong on that hair, you will get stabbed.

No razor in existence can safely cut elephant hairs without damaging the elephant or the blade. So you know what they do instead?

They flash fry it off with a fucking BLOW TORCH.

NO, it does NOT hurt the elephant. it whisks over the elephant's skin so fast the elephant doesn't feel it. But this is standard elephant maintenance for show business or saddled elephants, and it keeps their skin smooth.

And if anybody out there doesn't like the thought of poor elephants being painted? Then for god sakes, never slather any dye in your hair or polish on your nails or makeup on your face or you'll be approving of what Banksy has done to this poor beleagured animal.

Jesus on a pogo stick.

For god's sakes PLEASE stop anthropomorphizing animals. It makes them feel so embarrassed.

:-)

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Okay, that's it. Have a good Tuesday.

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