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Old 02-11-2010, 16:16   #464
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Re: The value of public funded art

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Originally Posted by yerself View Post
If you went into a certain Oswaldtwistle bakery and saw a selection of pies on display and enquired of the pieman, "How much are those pies?", would you expect him to reply "I don't think it's fair you know in advance. I think it's unfair to decide whether to purchase my pie purely on how expensive it is. Take a pie home, eat it and when you come back I'll tell you the cost and you can tell me if you think it was worth it."
Think how demoralised the baker would be if you decided not buy his wares purely on a cost basis if you knew the price in advance.
Lol.

I very nearly used a pie analogy, but settled on fish 'n' chips.

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