Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I knew there would be someone who could make sense of this! :-) Thanks, Kyle. At 4:16 PM -0400 7/7/06, Kyle Cassidy wrote: >"This is my friend, Jill Bleenberg," said the Juice, waving his martini >at the svelt 30something woman walking in the door of the Baffled >Rooster, our new favorite hangout -- since the "Incident" at the >Borgotta had gotten us blacklisted at pretty much any place in Atlantic >City. > >"Bleenberg?" > >"Greenberg," said the woman, takin OJ's drink from his hand and pouring >it in his lap. > >"Pleased to meet you," I said, suavely. "I'm Kyle Cassidy." > >"I know who you are," she inserted, producing a cigarette from a purse >shaped like a miniature Domke-J bag, "I follow the PLUG. Do you mind if >I smoke?" > >"Only if you're on fire," I replied, pulling the cigarette from her over >made-up lips and flinging it behind the bar." > >"I like you," she said, giving OJ a shove. He toppled off of his stool >and made a soft clattering sound on the ground, like a bag of apples, "I >like, bold men." > >"That's good," I replied, waving the bartender over and ordering another >Shirly Temple. > >"In fact, I like you so much I'm gonna take your picture," she said, >producing a Minox Hello Kitty spy camera from her garter belt. > >I smiled, my best smile. She paused a long time with the camera in front >of her eye. > >"Are you going to take a picture?" I asked. > >"Goddamn amature!" she bellowed, reaching over and slapping me across >the face. It was like I'd been punched by an Irish boxer with a bag of >nails in his glove. My head spun sideways, everything flashed white, I >was pretty sure my skull had cracked like a coconut beaten by a gorilla >with a hammer. I burst into tears. She took my photo. > >"That's my friend, Bleenberg!" shouted OJ from somewhere on the floor. > -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com