Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/20

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Zuiko?
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:19:15 -0500
 
At 02:03 PM 1999-01-20 +0100, Mikiro Mori wrote:
>At 8:07 PM +0100 99.1.19, Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote:
>>And wasn't KWANON some deity?  Later changed to Canon not to offend anyone.
>
>You are right, Peter.  A smart change.  "Cannon" might have been a better
>choice, though. ;-)
>


Well, this is the only known pun ever made by Hideki Tojo who, on his way
to be executed, noticed that his bath towels were of the American "Cannon"
brand, and quipped that he was going from one incarnation of "kwanon" to
another.

Marc

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Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!