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Cook serves up agony before Rahm resuscitation

Austin Cook winning the RSM Classic was a hammerblow
Austin Cook winning the RSM Classic was a hammerblowCredit: Michael Reaves

Did you see someone purchased a painting at a New York auction the other day for the incredible sum of $450m? Jesus Christ.

With all due respect to the artist, Leonardo da Vinci, no painting, even one of our esteemed Lord, can possibly be worth that much. And the person who bought it must be an absolute lunatic. How can you get $450m dollars worth of pleasure from a painting?

How many times a day would you have to look at it? The new owner of this supposed masterpiece probably spends 24 hours a day, or as long as eyes allow without sleep, just staring at the painting. And I bet there is a fair amount of regret forming around those eyes already.

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