Following this story…

A thief in Paris decided to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of petrol. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied: “Monsieur, I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh.” (And you thought I lacked De Gaulle to send you a story like this.)

Someone responded:

Without being accused of being a ghoul with tendencies towards bestiality and sadism (for flogging a dead horse!) another escape hatch for our new friend the thief has occurred to me. He could have pretended to be a street lamp, thus gaining the credibility of being a X

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Post-Impressionist!

Enjoy your lunch, unless this has put you off your appetite.