(humor)Ho Chi Minh in Las Vegas
chuotcon
In this year, Nong Duc Manh , a Vietnamese Communist Party Chairman
wished to commission a portrait to be entitled, "Ho Chi Minh in Las
Vegas," in honor of the seventieth anniversary of the Vietnamese
communist party. However, Vietnamese painters, being schooled strictly
in the realist school, were unable to paint an event which never
actually occurred. "Comrade Nong Duc Manh, we would like to do it, but
we cannot. It goes against our training," replied each of the many
artists approached by Chairman Nong.
Finally, in desperation, Nong Duc Manh was forced to ask the old
American painter, Sharon. "Of course, I prefer to portray actual
events, but I'll do the painting for you, Comrade. It would be my
great honor." Sharon commenced work on the painting. However, every
time Nong visited her studio in an attempt to see the work in
progress, Sharon rebuffed her efforts, telling him that she never
allowed her unfinished works to be viewed.
Finally, the day of the unveiling arrived. Sharon stood proudly by the
cloth draped over her work. Nong introduced Sharon and gestured to her
gift to the Vietnamese communist people on the seventieth anniversary
of the Vietnamese communist party , a picture commemorating Ho Chi
Minh's historic visit to Las Vegas. Everyone gasped as the cloth was
removed to reveal a picture of a man and a woman together in bed.
Nong was stunned. "Who is that man?" he stammered. "Why, that's Le Kha
Phieu." "And who," Nong inquired, "is that woman?" "That is Phan Van
Khai's wife, Comrade Nong." "But where is Ho Chi Minh?" "He's in Las
Vegas," Sharon explained.
JR Hess
JR
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> Ho Chi Minh in Las Vegas
>
> In this year, Nong Duc Manh, a Vietnamese Communist Party Chairman
> wished to commission a portrait to be entitled, "Ho Chi Minh in Las
> Vegas," in honor of the seventieth anniversary of the Vietnamese
> communist party. However, Vietnamese painters, being schooled strictly
> in the realist school, were unable to paint an event which never
> actually occurred. "Comrade Nong Duc Manh, we would like to do it, but
> we cannot. It goes against our training," replied each of the many
> artists approached by Chairman Nong.
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