Dr. Peterson, have you aver visited Paris?

[_solomarineris]

I believe you did, maybe you haven't.
If you have, have you visited Musee D'orsay?
Now that would be a choice guidance I'd request from your tour operators.

[_Daniel Peterson]

I've visited Paris many times, though it's been somewhat more than a year since I was last there. My wife lived in Paris for several months.

I've been to all of the major Paris museums, including the Musée d'Orsay -- most of them several times. (We've taken our kids there, too.)

Lately, though, we've spent more time in Vienna. We're particularly fond of Gustav Klimt and the Vienna Secession.

[_LifeOnaPlate]

I haven't even been to Lagoon this year.

[_harmony]

I've been to Paris, ID. On my way to Bear Lake. Does that count?

[_Jersey Girl]

I haven't even been to Lagoon this year.

I went to "a" lagoon this summer. Do I get points for that?
Of course, it was in Jersey.

Okay, nevermind.
:-)

[_Daniel Peterson]

Ah. I get it. It seems that soloselfmarinator's post about the Musée d'Orsay was inspired by a very similar post over on the so-called "Recovery" board -- I doubt that Quinlansolo and soloselfmarinator are the same individual, despite the partial similarity in their names, as Quinlansolo writes much more coherently -- in which a "recovering" poster amuses himself by contemplating a tour, led by me, to that museum. Apparently, were my prudish Morgbot eyes ever to alight upon one of the painted nudes on display there I would need my smelling salts. Members of my hypothetical tour group would be clustered on their knees around my unconscious form, fanning me with copies of the Ensign and praying for help.

It's true that I've never taken a tour through the Musée d'Orsay, so there's no telling what might happen in such a case. However, I've taken my wife and children there, and we all seem to have survived fairly well.

I tend to prefer to do art museums on my own, or, even better, with my wife, but I can think of at least two to which I've taken members of tour groups: the Hermitage, in St. Petersburg, and the Galleria Borghese in Rome. (I'm omitting more archaeologically-oriented museums in Egypt and Israel.) There are plenty of exquisite marble nudes in the Borghese by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. I don't ever recall passing out there. The Galleria Borghese is one of my favorite small museums.

[_harmony]

Ah. I get it. It seems that soloselfmarinator's post about the Musée d'Orsay was inspired by a very similar post over on the so-called "Recovery" board -- I doubt that Quinlansolo and soloselfmarinator are the same individual, despite the partial similarity in their names, as Quinlansolo writes much more coherently -- in which a "recovering" poster amuses himself by contemplating a tour, led by me, to that museum. Apparently, were my prudish Morgbot eyes ever to alight upon one of the painted nudes on display there I would need my smelling salts. Members of my hypothetical tour group would be clustered on their knees around my unconscious form, fanning me with copies of the Ensign and praying for help.

How could anyone think Mormons are prudes? Do they think all those kids were immaculate conceptions?

[_Thama]

How could anyone think Mormons are prudes? Do they think all those kids were immaculate conceptions?

After reading and posting on that board for a short while during my own exit, I ended up with the impression that very few of the denizens of that board had ever been Mormons or known real Mormons very well at all. Either that, Utah Mormonism was even more detached from the rest of the Church and the world than I had imagined (and my imagination, on that point, was vivid).

[_harmony]

How could anyone think Mormons are prudes? Do they think all those kids were immaculate conceptions?

After reading and posting on that board for a short while during my own exit, I ended up with the impression that very few of the denizens of that board had ever been Mormons or known real Mormons very well at all. Either that, Utah Mormonism was even more detached from the rest of the Church and the world than I had imagined (and my imagination, on that point, was vivid).

I've been LDS for almost 40 years, my Sweet Pickle has been all his life. While not purveyors of pornography, we know what is art and what is not.

A friend of mine, her husband being a former bishop and high councilman, buys her "frisky" wardrobe from Fredrick's of Hollywood, as do at least 2 other members of my ward Relief Society.

While we don't pose nude, we don't parade around in our birthday suits, and we try to appear modest, those of us with hot tubs on the patio have been known to go skinny dipping with our hubbies. We're kinda like just about everyone else that way...

Maybe it helps that we're all farmers here (closer to nature) and we're thousands of miles from Utah, in both mind and body.

[_solomarineris]

Ah. I get it. It seems that soloselfmarinator's post about the Musée d'Orsay was inspired by a very similar post over on the so-called "Recovery" board -- I doubt that Quinlansolo and soloselfmarinator are the same individual, despite the partial similarity in their names, as Quinlansolo writes much more coherently -- in which a "recovering" poster amuses himself by contemplating a tour, led by me, to that museum. Apparently, were my prudish Morgbot eyes ever to alight upon one of the painted nudes on display there I would need my smelling salts. Members of my hypothetical tour group would be clustered on their knees around my unconscious form, fanning me with copies of the Ensign and praying for help.

It's true that I've never taken a tour through the Musée d'Orsay, so there's no telling what might happen in such a case. However, I've taken my wife and children there, and we all seem to have survived fairly well.

I tend to prefer to do art museums on my own, or, even better, with my wife, but I can think of at least two to which I've taken members of tour groups: the Hermitage, in St. Petersburg, and the Galleria Borghese in Rome. (I'm omitting more archaeologically-oriented museums in Egypt and Israel.) There are plenty of exquisite marble nudes in the Borghese by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. I don't ever recall passing out there. The Galleria Borghese is one of my favorite small museums.

Aww, shacks...I'm exposed.....
DCP, you are a fake most of your life. You act half-assed genuine when you come on these type of boards.
The reason I emphasized D'orsay was to find out what you thought about it and I believe your sincere assessment of it.
Now, the reason I am saying you have to act "Fake" is that you are working for an entity as a "Lapdog", pimping their creed and yet allow yourself & your family & Children to be exposed to such "Filth"!
This is how your Church regards D'orsay Arts. How do we know that? (You're not gonna be naïve enough to ask this Q?)
Well, do you remember Rodin's Kiss being booted from YBU Campus?
The Brass thought that sculpture was naughty, you're telling me that you've exposed your children's fresh minds to those cleavages, breasts, buttocks, genitalia. Good for you.

Now, I don't brag about visiting Paris, They can have all the art & cities of Europe and shove it where sun doesn't shine, (it doesn't shine anyways most of the day).
I was just trying to check out your reaction and I got it; You are a hypocrite. If you do what you say you are not following the Brethren. I am sure they could label some paintings & Sculptures as child pornography.

And you have audacity to come here and brag about being a "Normal Guy".
"Normal" definitely you are.
You passed the test.
Congratulations.