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# Charming stories with an adventurous sheen reminded me of the Simpsons episode in which Lisa's guinea pig ruined their painting of a primitive little ship above the sofa, and they decided to replace it with something and, by luck, found at the Van Houtens
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/milye-istorii-s-prikliuchencheskim-bleskom-napomnili-seriiu-simpsonov-kogda-morskaia-svinka-lizy-ispoganila-ikh-kartinu-nad-divanom-s-primitivnym-korablikom-i-oni-reshili-ee-chem-to-zam/
- Published: 2019-10-10T13:04:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:43:29.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Observations, Society, Pop Culture, Humour

Charming stories with an adventurous sheen reminded me of [the episode](https://homer2.freehat.cc/episode/2515/?code=2515&ref=theparnassian.com) of The Simpsons in which Lisa's guinea pig ruined their painting of a primitive little ship above the sofa, and they decided to replace it with something and, by luck, found at the Van Houtens' garage sale a landscape that turned out to be the work of a famous artist. When the acquisition became public, society, to my surprise, split for some reason into two camps: some held that the Simpsons were obliged to return the valuable find to its unlucky sellers, while others were convinced that the painting, and the proceeds from its sale, should stay with the Simpsons. The question is a simple one: on what grounds should anyone return anything? I cannot even imagine what could make people think the reversal of such a deal just. I am not sure that any such inquiries followed a lucrative purchase of a Renoir or a Fabergé. So the hounding of the Simpsons is either the curse of a small town or I do not know what else, but such attacks infuriate me.