Pink Weenie

A couple attending an art exhibition at the National
Gallery was staring at
a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting
depicted three
very black and totally naked men sitting on a park bench.
Two of the figures had black weenies, but the one in the
middle had a pink weenie. The
curator of the gallery realized that they were having
trouble interpreting
the painting and offered his assessment. He went on for
nearly half an
hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of
African-Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal
society. 'In fact,' he pointed out, 'some
serious critics believe that the pink weenie also reflects
the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay
men in contemporary society.'
After the curator left, a you ng man in a Kentucky
T-shirt approached the
couple and said, 'Would you like to know what the
painting is really about?'

'Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than
the curator of the gallery?' asked the couple.

'Because I'm the guy who painted it,' he
replied. 'In fact, there are no African-Americans
depicted at all. They're just three Kentucky coal
miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.'