Absolutely correct, but a little shorter than the original?

Absinthe. Some say that we would have very little art without it. Degas, Manet, Toulouse Lautrec, Picasso, Hemingway, are all said to have acquired their creativity from that verdant libation. Consider too what you did to poor old Van Gogh’s ear !

Can you blame the poor football supporter then if he also want to cut off an ear……………………………………… someone else’s!