In a message dated 4/1/2009 3:46:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: Over here you have to be licensed by the Academy. You're not allowed crayons until you're 14 years old and able to prove that you don't self-harm. Classes in self-harm don't start until your 7th year of academic training, by which time you've already spent 3 years in Mental Unhingement, a class taught outdoors in all weathers, mainly in fields full of crows and sunflowers. After 14 years of rigorous training you may be invited to submit a portfolio of your oeuvre to be considered by the Royal College of Academicians, who are appointed by senior managers from Accenture and the Department of Art, Culture and Football, and confirmed in post by Her Majesty's Inspector of Artists (2nd Equerry), popularly known as Black Rod. If the academicians decide to put your name forward for the next round you will be examined by the Rods Equitable, an ancient order founded in medieval times and named after dynastic Royal families - Rod Plantagenet, Rod Tudor, etc. The practice came to an end, of course, with the Civil War, so since 1649 all artists have been personally inspected by Rod Stewart. Only if you can satisfy Rod Stewart on at least 3 occasions within one night will you be nominated as one Her Majesty's Artists of the Realm (Second Elevation), or Royal AR(SE).
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