Drawn a blank.

[theclaud]

The joker has an unwritten obligation to stick to "the spirit" of any practical joke. For example, if I burgle you and leave an anonymous "funny" card, is that a joke?

There's a good film with a similar premise...

 

[Pale Rider]

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Don't be such a spoilsport, I'm quite enjoying this new news board.

 

[theclaud]

Don't be such a spoilsport, I'm quite enjoying this new news board.

Not spoiling anything, Paley, except by way of inflicting the brief ordeal described by @winjim above. Just pointing out the obvious.

 

[matticus]

There's a good film with a similar premise...

Sounds interesting, haven't seen it.

If I read that Wiki page right, they don't actually take anything of value away from the houses? In which case it's far closer to a joke than a crime. (probably more of a stunt than a joke, really - which is of course what our Danish artist under discussion is claiming to have done ... )

 

[theclaud]

they don't actually take anything of value away from the houses?

Just the ideological security of the upper classes.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

Just the ideological security of the upper classes.

This is true. The working classes are famously relaxed about strangers breaking into their homes.

 

[theclaud]

This is true. The working classes are famously relaxed about strangers breaking into their homes.

The film's not about that, though, is it?

 

[Dolorous Edd]

The film's not about that, though, is it?

Consider my comment a critique of the film's premise, then.

 

[theclaud]

Consider my comment a critique of the film's premise, then.

Move over, Mark Kermode.

 

[biggs682]

Here's my attempt at drawing a blank

 

[matticus]

The film's not about that, though, is it?

It's not about a shark, either.

 

[Drago]

Emperor's new clothes?