the list of 9 for march 21, 2007:
NINE ART HISTORY "YO MAMA" JOKES
Many say that the origins of modern-day rap music lie in the inner city practice known as"signifying," wherein two young friends or rivals spar by hurling hilarious, often vulgar insultsat each other - usually involving crude remarks about somebody's mother. These quickly becameknown as "Yo Mama" jokes. Now, there is probably only a very slim overlap between people who tellYo Mama jokes and people who study art history. In fact, this overlap may consist solely ofme and my wife. Nevertheless, here are nine art history Yo Mama jokes. Warning: These aremeant to be stupid.
- Yo Mama's so fat, even Rubens wouldn't let her pose forhim.
- Yo Mama's such a ho, she's got more fingerprints on her than a ChuckClose portrait.
- The original title for Munch's The Scream was Look, It's YoMama.
- Did you hear about Joseph Beuys' latest performance? He spends threedays locked in a cage with Yo Mama.
- Yo Mama talks so much, Van Gogh cut off his own ear so he wouldn't have to hear her.
- James McNeill Whistler painted a portrait of Yo Mama. He called itArrangement in Grey, Black and Ugly.
- Picasso's Old Guitarist looks so sad because he's married toYo Mama.
- Marcel Duchamp painted that moustache on the Mona Lisa because hewanted to make her look like Yo Mama.
- My Mama was the model for the Venus de Milo. Yo Mama was the modelfor the Venus of Willendorf.
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