Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Deliverworst was bad - but now Dominoes puts it on pizzas and brings it to your house. Stuart Phillips - -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mark@markrabiner.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:12 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] This is what I do. "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > You missed a few earlier posts, Mark - Anyone with a quarter of a brain > would THINK that that's what that phrase means in the particular context. > But Leica means by that phrase is the pile of crap that comes with the > camera - cords, memory card, etc....in other words, accessories..... > A translational mishap. See when the Germanic tribes were fighting the Romans they loaded up their catapults with what then was called: deliverworst. It was the worst liver they could send out for. The Romans would break ranks when that stuff was flying at them and go home. "Chiao!" Later of course it was confused with the catapult itself. A mobile thing.. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html