The French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born today in 1841. He is quoted as saying, 'I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it.'
Other people of course have been trying to pinch Renoirs for years.
In other news ...
432 years ago today Pope Pius V got his chasuble in a twist and excommunicated Elizabeth I. Calling her 'the Jezebel of England', he effectively put out a contract on the queen, saying it was perfectly understandable if good Catholics decided to kill her. Can I just remind you, Seven Queue Gee that Pius (the name means holy) was the head of a Christian church that believed in love, charity, forgiveness and generally being nice.
What had Elizabeth done to upset his Munificence? She'd been born out of wedlock - that's a place in Shropshire, Seven Oh Jay - what are the Geography Department teaching you these days?
