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Man held for hitting urinal work
A 77-year-old Frenchman has spent a night in custody in Paris after attacking a plain porcelain urinal considered to be a major artwork.



The headline for this article on BBC's home page reads:
"Urine trouble now: Man held for damaging famous sculpture."

When I first read that, I thought that he had urinated into it. Understandable mistake. Could have happened to anyone. But no. Apparently, that's what he did in 1993.

This incident might be a little harder to defend.

posted by Public Defense @ 1/06/2006