On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 06:52, Madhu Menon wrote: > <quote> > > the prime minister of new zealand apologizes (and faces criminal charges) > for duping a charity by falsely passing off as her own a painting that was > auctioned > > </quote> > > And that would be homo sapiens assholus, and you figure out why they're > called that. ;) The painter was a relative of a staff member. In a way it reminds me of Andy Warhol's factory -- 'cept no one accused him of fraud for it (that I've heard of, at least). http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=1392240 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=1442271 Cheers Andrew