I saw on Yahoo! today that the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum has made a not-so-little wager depending on who wins the Superbowl. If the Steelers win, which they will, then the Milwaukee Art Museum will lend the Carnegie Museum of Art one of its top works, Gustav Caillebotte's "Boating on the Yerres." If Milwaukee somehow wins, the Carnegie museum will send over Renoir's "Bathers With a Crab" to the Milwaukee Art Museum. This is what the director of the Carnegie Museum said:
"In Pittsburgh, we believe trash talk is bad form," Carnegie Museum's Lynn Zelevansk, said in a statement. "We let the excellence of our football team, and our collection, speak for itself."
And this is what the director of the Milwaukee Museum said:
"I'm confident that we will be enjoying the Renoir from Carnegie Museum of Art very soon," Daneil Keegan said in a statement. "I look forward to displaying it where the public can enjoy it and be reminded of the superiority of the Green Bay Packers."
The gauntlet's been thrown in a very sophisticated way. So, tell me campers. What do you think about the wager? Also, do you have any Superbowl bets going? If the Steelers' win, will you have to go to work naked? If the Packers win, will you shave your head? Let's discuss. I myself have no bets going on, but I might make one with a guy I work with.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Green-Bay-Pittsburgh-museums-make-Super-Bowl-be?urn=nfl-313785