Funny thing about the Mona Lisa: Mom is trying to take a picture of it, and if you've ever been to the Louvre, you know there's a separate little cubby for her and you have to go through a bunch of ropes and rooms and winding corridors until you actually get up to her. Once you make it past security, you're jockeying with everyone else in the museum just to get a look at her!
My mom did take this picture, by the way, and not without a lot of effort. She's in the middle of the room (having squeezed her way somehow from the back to the middle of the crowd) and is fighting with this Japanese guy who's about a foot shorter than she is, to get a good footing and actually take the picture without a lot of mess. The guy just won't budge, though! I thought she might as well give up, but not Mom! She stands behind the Japanese for a minute, then elbows him in the ribs to get him to shove off. He, in turn, take a sumo wrestler stance and holds his own, stepping on her foot. Now Mom's really mad! She whole hog pushes him down (or tries to) and bounces right off of him like rubber! It was THE FUNNIEST THING I have seen in a really long time! I tried to record it on my camera, but it happened so fast, by the time it was over, we were leaving the room - of our own accord, you know. At least the guards didn't kick us out...
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