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Napoleon
cafram - in the states. Started conversation Jun 8, 2000
Here's something I bet you didn't know (and probably didn't need to...)
Napoloen dresses to the right.
If you don't understand, ask your mother (no, actually, ask your father).
I'm very sorry. The pictures in my History textbook are just too acurate. 
Napoleon
Mustapha Posted Jun 11, 2000
I had no idea Napoleon had any nude portraits done. No doubt some 18-19thC paparazzo portraitist was sitting on a nearby hill with a canvas, an easel and a spyglass while Boney paraded around his Waterloo...
Napoleon
cafram - in the states. Posted Jun 12, 2000
Nope, it was actually a legitimate painting by a French chappie called François Bouchout of when Napoleon 'seized power'....no trashy magazines in THOSE times...or not...
Napoleon
Mustapha Posted Jun 12, 2000
Don't you believe it, mate! All those big famous painted nudes usually ended up in some toff's 'private chambers'. That's why classical themes were so popular, lots of flimsy togas and general naughtiness.
Napoleon
cafram - in the states. Posted Jun 13, 2000
Yeah....and Lady Liberty running around on battlefields topless!
Really!
Napoleon
cafram - in the states. Posted Jun 13, 2000
Or men with very tight pants raping and pillaging all of the poor defenceless villagers, while the toppless women run around wearing silly hats waving the tricolour flag screaming "Oh, tight-panted-men, stop it, stop it or I shall beat you with this silly hat, and then we shall have to have hot, gratuitous sex upon this flag, and then you shall have to beat me, you big, strong, revealing-pant-wearing-men..."
I'm sorry, I think I got a bit carried away.......
Napoleon
Mustapha Posted Jun 13, 2000
If I remember that painting correctly (and of course, I do), the dead (or dying) guy that Liberté is striding over isn't wearing any pants. (Hey, what a coincidence! )
Napoleon
Mustapha Posted Jun 15, 2000
Depends what constitutes a natural death with one's pants around one's ankles. Like getting 'caught' in the vacuum cleaner...
Napoleon
cafram - in the states. Posted Jun 18, 2000
Or with the goldfish around your....hmmmmmmm.......ANYway...
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