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> Art Theft - Louvre
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>   Recently a guy in Paris nearly got away with stealing several
>  paintings from the Louvre.
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>   However, after planning the crime, breaking in, evading security,
>  getting out and escaping with the goods, he was captured only two blocks
> away
>  when his Econoline van ran out of gas.
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>   When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an
>   obvious error, he replied:
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>   --(brace yourself)
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>   --(this is going to hurt)
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>   --(really bad)
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>  --(ready?)
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>   "I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."
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