Atomic DNA
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So a guy comes into my shop this morning. 375-400 lbs, unkempt, unshaven with glasses on crooked. He asks me a simple question:
Oddman: Can you do an Asian elephant?
Me: What do you mean by do?
Oddman: Paint, you know.
Me: Oh, paint. What type of substrate are you talking about?
Oddman: Sustrate?
Me: What do you want it painted on? Canvas, metal, t shirt?
Oddman: I would like it on canvas.
Me: Do you have a piece of reference material to take it from?
Oddman: Wha?
Me: Do you have a picture of the elephant you want?
Oddman: No. Do you have a Computer?
Me: Yes I have a computer. But unfortunately, I do not have internet
Oddman: Well, you don't have to have the internet to get the picture.
Me: So, what you are basically telling me is that I may already have a picture of an Asian elephant already on my computer?
He stops and tries to collect himself.
Oddman: Do you have internet on your cell phone?
Me: No. You will have to bring me in a picture if you want something like that.
He then walks further into my store and notices one of my originals: picture of a black/silver viper on canvas doing a burnout. Dimensions are 3' X 4'.
Oddman: How much for a picture like that?
Me: 4,500.
Oddman: No, I mean of the elephant.
Me: 3,500
Oddman: Well, I am asking for a friend. She wants one of her family on a 20 X 20. She has a lot of money.
Me: Well, we can do a 20" X 20" here.
Oddman: No. A 20' X' 20' canvas. A big one.
Me: That is a giant sized canvas. Are you sure? Where would she put such a thing.
Oddman: In her house. She has a huge house. She once paid a guy 30K to paint her bedroom in camouflage.
Me: Really? That's awesome. What type of profession is she in?
Oddman: Nothing. Her husband makes all the money.
Me: Oh, that explains it. Are they from around here, I might know them.
Oddman: No, they live a few miles away. He works for the stock market that is in New York. He flies up there every couple of days to work.
Me: Man, that is incredible. Why doesn't she commission the painting out to the fellow that did her camo bedroom?
Oddman: 'Cause he said he could make more money painting cars so he moved out to Las Vegas and makes 250K a week painting cars and motorcycles.
I didn't want to tell him that we do the same thing.
Me: Man, I am in the wrong business.
Oddman: How much are your license plates?
Me: 24.95.
Oddman: That's a good price. Well, I will be seeing you next Tuesday!
Oddman: Can you do an Asian elephant?
Me: What do you mean by do?
Oddman: Paint, you know.
Me: Oh, paint. What type of substrate are you talking about?
Oddman: Sustrate?
Me: What do you want it painted on? Canvas, metal, t shirt?
Oddman: I would like it on canvas.
Me: Do you have a piece of reference material to take it from?
Oddman: Wha?
Me: Do you have a picture of the elephant you want?
Oddman: No. Do you have a Computer?
Me: Yes I have a computer. But unfortunately, I do not have internet
Oddman: Well, you don't have to have the internet to get the picture.
Me: So, what you are basically telling me is that I may already have a picture of an Asian elephant already on my computer?
He stops and tries to collect himself.
Oddman: Do you have internet on your cell phone?
Me: No. You will have to bring me in a picture if you want something like that.
He then walks further into my store and notices one of my originals: picture of a black/silver viper on canvas doing a burnout. Dimensions are 3' X 4'.
Oddman: How much for a picture like that?
Me: 4,500.
Oddman: No, I mean of the elephant.
Me: 3,500
Oddman: Well, I am asking for a friend. She wants one of her family on a 20 X 20. She has a lot of money.
Me: Well, we can do a 20" X 20" here.
Oddman: No. A 20' X' 20' canvas. A big one.
Me: That is a giant sized canvas. Are you sure? Where would she put such a thing.
Oddman: In her house. She has a huge house. She once paid a guy 30K to paint her bedroom in camouflage.
Me: Really? That's awesome. What type of profession is she in?
Oddman: Nothing. Her husband makes all the money.
Me: Oh, that explains it. Are they from around here, I might know them.
Oddman: No, they live a few miles away. He works for the stock market that is in New York. He flies up there every couple of days to work.
Me: Man, that is incredible. Why doesn't she commission the painting out to the fellow that did her camo bedroom?
Oddman: 'Cause he said he could make more money painting cars so he moved out to Las Vegas and makes 250K a week painting cars and motorcycles.
I didn't want to tell him that we do the same thing.
Me: Man, I am in the wrong business.
Oddman: How much are your license plates?
Me: 24.95.
Oddman: That's a good price. Well, I will be seeing you next Tuesday!
