$18,000 paid for soap made from Berlusconi's liposuctioned fat

[underpants]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4110402.stm

An art work purportedly made from excess fat from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sold for $18,000 (£9,862).

Switzerland-based artist Gianni Motti claims to have bought the fat from a clinic where the leader had a liposuction operation performed.

The work was put on display at the Art Basel fair in Switzerland and was sold to a private Swiss collector.

Motti gave it the title Clean Hands as a reference to an anti-corruption campaign of the 1990s. It reflects the artist's view of the current government.


The bar of soap went on display in Switzerland

"I came up with the idea of because soap is made of pig fat, and I thought how much more appropriate it would be if people washed their hands using a piece of Berlusconi," Motti told Weltwoche magazine.

[commander bunnypants]

1. mmmmmmmmm

ok

CB

[Hugin]

2. Dang... Just when I thought I was going to enjoy my lunch for once.

:puke:

[underpants]

6. Bon Appetite'

as they say in Roma

[MrScorpio]

3. I heard that a keychain from Pinochet's kidney went for a cool million

Silvio is slackin'

[name not needed]

4. Just what I need

I hear washing yourself with Berlusconi's assfat is good for your skin.

[smartvoter]

5. It can also be used to grease a pan before sauteeing vegetables. nt

[underpants]

7. By the same people who use animal crackers for fried chicken

no doubt

[supernova]

8. Why?

:shrug:

[matcom]

9. you said WHAT little Johnny? now, go get the soap boy!

[underpants]

11. It tastes like a**!!!

but with Italian flair

[redqueen]

10. Danke...

now I have "Marla" going in my head.