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FriarReb98		2012-02-01 08:36:18 PM

Sis-terrr.... So...you have a twin sis-ter....

\don't know why that's one of my favorite lines from the entire saga, maybe it's the inflection

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-02-01 08:48:20 PM

Screama Lisa?

Jamdug!		2012-02-01 09:55:42 PM

Dan Brown needs more money.

Dead for Tax Reasons		2012-02-01 10:38:09 PM

Grables'Daughter		2012-02-01 11:33:35 PM

FriarReb98: Sis-terrr.... So...you have a twin sis-ter....

Your feelings have now betrayed her, too.

ChrisDe		2012-02-01 11:37:00 PM

Rona Lisa?

Gonad the Ballbarian		2012-02-01 11:37:02 PM

"Experts" just now realized it was a Mona Lisa copy?

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros		2012-02-01 11:39:02 PM

Dya Lisa.

HideMonkey		2012-02-01 11:42:48 PM

Jamdug!: Dan Brown needs more money.

Dan Brown has already been vastly overpaid.

Porous Horace		2012-02-01 11:43:20 PM

Rentora Lisa

phrawgh		2012-02-01 11:44:02 PM

...as did your whore mother.

zedster		2012-02-01 11:44:06 PM

further clean up revealed this
i41.tinypic.com

rockin_science		2012-02-01 11:45:55 PM

Lisa Mona

My Bologna Has A Maiden Name		2012-02-01 11:46:58 PM

dewihafta		2012-02-01 11:48:03 PM

Gonad the Ballbarian: "Experts" just now realized it was a Mona Lisa copy?

This. Have they never seen the original before?

Make More Hinjews		2012-02-01 11:48:48 PM

I'd totally hit the one on the right first.

/ I know, I know... sharp knees and all that

butt-nuggets		2012-02-01 11:48:51 PM

Oceans 14?

AlteredChemical		2012-02-01 11:49:32 PM

It took them how long to figure out that they had basically a copy of one of the most famous paintings int he world?

It would be like Minnesota looking at a mountain and seeing a perfect copy of Mt. Rushmore

MuonNeutrino		2012-02-01 11:50:53 PM

Grables'Daughter: FriarReb98: Sis-terrr.... So...you have a twin sis-ter....

Your feelings have now betrayed her, too.

Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me.

Ambivalence		2012-02-01 11:50:55 PM

Is it odd that I like the painting by the apprentice better than the painting by the master?

cyberspacedout		2012-02-01 11:53:17 PM

FriarReb98: Sis-terrr.... So...you have a twin sis-ter....

\don't know why that's one of my favorite lines from the entire saga, maybe it's the inflection

I have to wonder what was the point of this sibling element of the storyline. It was completely irrelevant to everything else in the original trilogy... except of course for that scene in the beginning of Empire where Leia got to first base with Luke. I know, it was just to make Han jealous, but still... ew.

Snapper Carr		2012-02-01 11:54:55 PM

Dead for Tax Reasons: [images1.wikia.nocookie.net image 250x189]

Came for this

Grables'Daughter		2012-02-01 11:57:09 PM

MuonNeutrino: Grables'Daughter: FriarReb98: Sis-terrr.... So...you have a twin sis-ter....

Your feelings have now betrayed her, too.

Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me.

You are unwise to lower your defenses!

Confabulat		2012-02-01 11:59:47 PM

What I've never understood about the Mona Lisa is that freaky background. A barren nightmarish landscape is no place for a pretty young girl to be posing for a painting. Take the girl someplace nice next time, Leonardo DiCapro!

Bfett20		2012-02-02 12:00:00 AM

Craptastic		2012-02-02 12:00:34 AM

Why do they both have such fat hands?

Curse of the Goth Kids		2012-02-02 12:06:53 AM

Make More Hinjews: I'd totally hit the one on the right first.

/ I know, I know... sharp knees and all that

fark yeah, she looks... saucy.

red5ish		2012-02-02 12:07:25 AM

The reason it wasn't discovered earlier is because the background was different. Read the article.

MuonNeutrino		2012-02-02 12:08:22 AM

Grables'Daughter: MuonNeutrino: Grables'Daughter: FriarReb98: Sis-terrr.... So...you have a twin sis-ter....

Your feelings have now betrayed her, too.

Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me.

You are unwise to lower your defenses!

Bfett20: Grables'Daughter: MuonNeutrino: Grables'Daughter: FriarReb98: Sis-terrr.... So...you have a twin sis-ter....

Your feelings have now betrayed her, too.

Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me.
If you are not to turn to the DARK SIDE than perhaps she WILL.

You two are quoting things out of order. =P

The next line *should* be:

Now his failure is complete.

*Then* you can taunt Luke about trying to turn Leia to the dark side. ^^

Grables'Daughter		2012-02-02 12:10:12 AM

Bfett20: Grables'Daughter: MuonNeutrino: Grables'Daughter: FriarReb98: Sis-terrr.... So...you have a twin sis-ter....

Your feelings have now betrayed her, too.

Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me.
If you are not to turn to the DARK SIDE than perhaps she WILL.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

EllenTheBad		2012-02-02 12:10:30 AM

Craptastic: Monthly edema? She looks like she was PMSing big-time!

TeddyRooseveltsMustache		2012-02-02 12:11:33 AM

I need to have a buddy of mine take a look at it before I can make an offer. He knows everything there is to know about Mona Lisa paintings.

Canton		2012-02-02 12:13:03 AM

Ambivalence: Is it odd that I like the painting by the apprentice better than the painting by the master?

Nope. Mona Lisa's twin does look younger...

DON.MAC		2012-02-02 12:13:54 AM

A friend has a side view of the Mona Lisa that was done by one of Leonardo's students. I wonder if that painting is also a copy.

worthlessjuan		2012-02-02 12:14:18 AM

Sorta like all the "Postman" paintings by Van Gogh. Saw one in Melbourne Australia and another, almost identical, at the Kimbell in Ft. Worth, Texas within a month. Shait that thing gets around I thought then found out there are like twenty + versions of the postman, similar mostly but not the same and all over the place (world).

glassgnost		2012-02-02 12:17:44 AM

It's a man, baby!

Skyfrog		2012-02-02 12:19:34 AM

Canton: Ambivalence: Is it odd that I like the painting by the apprentice better than the painting by the master?

Nope. Mona Lisa's twin does look younger...

The "original" is covered with a layer of old varnish which makes it look like crap. This one has been cleaned up.

FROGSTOMPER		2012-02-02 12:21:05 AM

her neck looks even more freakishly long than the original, I've never liked the painting because of that, and some issues with her face.

As a matter of fact I think some of the other ninja turtles were better artists but I've found if I mention that to other art lovers I get screamed at. If I don't say the Mona Lisa is the best painting ever then I just don't understand art.

It's almost as bad as telling a farker that I like the original Battlestar Galactica was better that the new one.

God's Bathroom Floor		2012-02-02 12:21:05 AM

What? That's so awesome.

Igor Jakovsky		2012-02-02 12:23:22 AM

Gonad the Ballbarian: "Experts" just now realized it was a Mona Lisa copy?

I was thinking the same thing. TFA says the copy has been on display. Its not as though it was just forgotten in the basement somewhere and just now was rediscovered.

AaronB1138		2012-02-02 12:24:29 AM

Ambivalence: Is it odd that I like the painting by the apprentice better than the painting by the master?

No, the copy has eyebrows, better color harmonies and contrast, and actual human facial proportions. You should definitely like it better.

Also, if those are accurate representations of what both artists saw, Mona had some serious man hands.

/Two wenches, one chalice... awesome, new keyboard, etc.

johnson442		2012-02-02 12:27:33 AM

For some reason, it reminded me a bit of Angelica Huston.

D-Liver		2012-02-02 12:32:42 AM

I always preferred Fernando Botero's version

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johnson442		2012-02-02 12:32:52 AM

FROGSTOMPER:

It's almost as bad as telling a farker that I like the original Battlestar Galactica was better that the new one.

Haters gonna hate.

/Fine line between "realistic" and "I'll just die now, kthxbye"

Dahnkster		2012-02-02 12:33:03 AM

Spain is also known for their delicious ham.

Bucky Katt		2012-02-02 12:35:14 AM

FTFA: The copy had been on display at the Madrid art museum for years without experts being aware of its importance.

Experts are stupid.

Ambivalence		2012-02-02 12:36:13 AM

Canton: Ambivalence: Is it odd that I like the painting by the apprentice better than the painting by the master?

Nope. Mona Lisa's twin does look younger...

I'ts not just the colors. I like the facial dimensions of the copy better. it looks more authentic.

steamingpile		2012-02-02 12:36:42 AM

Ok, someone explain to me what the fark is it with women wanting their picture taken standing in front of the painting with the mona lisa in the background?

Is it some crazy woman thing that I have missed or is it just women wanting to stand in front of the most famous female painting?

nanobyte		2012-02-02 12:37:36 AM

AaronB1138: Ambivalence: Is it odd that I like the painting by the apprentice better than the painting by the master?

No, the copy has eyebrows, better color harmonies and contrast, and actual human facial proportions. You should definitely like it better.

Also, if those are accurate representations of what both artists saw, Mona had some serious man hands.

/Two wenches, one chalice... awesome, new keyboard, etc.

That's because she was a man, baby! The master himself (depending on who you want to side with).