---- Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > 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).
There is the slightly better qualification of Royal AR(SE) Higher Order Leading Element but this is only examined by the lesser-known (and much harder to get hold of) Rod Argent. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
