bad joke

A thief in Paris planned to steal some
valuable paintings from the Louvre.
 After careful planning, he got past
 security, stole the paintings
and made it safely to his van.

However, he was captured only two blocks
away when his van ran out of gas.

When asked how he could mastermind
such a crime and then make such an
obvious error, he replied,
"Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the
paintings.
I had no Monet to buy Degas
to make the Van Gogh."

(and you thought I didn't have
De Gaulle to send this on to someone
else. Well, I figure I have
nothing Toulouse.)