12Aug09
The painter was required to render an itemized bill for his repairs on various pictures in a convent. The statement was as follows:
Corredcted and renewed the Ten Commandments............6.00
Embellished Pontius Pilate and put a new
ribbon on his bonnet..................................3.06
Put a new tail on the rooster of St. Peter
and mended his bill...................................4.08
Put a new nose on St. John the Baptist and
straightened his eye..................................2.06
Replumed and gilded the left wing of the
Guardian Angel........................................5.06
Washed the servant of the High Priest and
put carmine on his cheeks.............................2.04
Renewed Heaven, adjusted ten stars, gilded
the sun and cleaned the moon..........................8.02
Revived the flames of Hell, put a new tail
on the devil, mended hes left hoof and did
several odd jobs for the damned.......................4.10
Put new spatter-dashes on the son of Tobias
and dressing on his sack..............................2.00
Rebordered the robe of Herod and readjusted
his wig...............................................3.07
Cleaned the ears of Balaam's ass and shod him..........2.08
Put earrimgs in the ears of Sarah......................5.00
Put a new stone in David,s sling, enlarged
Goliath's hand and extended his legs..................2.00
Decorated Noah's Ark...................................1.20
Mended the shirt of the Prodigal Son, and
cleaned the pigs......................................1.00
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53.83
1941, Roosevelt and Churchill sign Atlantic Charter.
1942, Stalin and Churchill meet in Moscow.
1982, Henry Fonda dies.
1985, A Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashwes into Mount Osutaka, killing all but four of the 524 aboard.
1988, National Geographic celebrates its 100th birthday.
Quote for the day:
When a woman says, "You flatter me."---do so!
