[Leica] Good News! (was Re: sell me your digilux! (so i can stop taking photos with my phone!))

[leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the LUG)]

A deal may have been reached. 

I bid on a Digilux but swiftly received a counter offer from an attorney 
representing "a concerned group" who explained if that if I would cease this 
pursuit of a Leica and promise not to represent myself as "a photographer 
who uses Leica gear, at all, ever" they would offer me a sum of money and 
some gear of a competitor. I replied "go jump in a lake, I only use Leica 
gear!" at which point two gentlemen appeared at my door. I recognized them 
after a moment as Jesse "the Body" Ventura and Alex Trebeck. They wrestled 
me into a bag and drove me to a barn where I heard a few men speaking in 
German -- the only words I remember were repeated again and again as they 
poured freezing cold water over me: "Viel Gem?se ist ver?rgert. 
Winkelst?ckenergie. Fischha?t?rkn?ufe!"

When it became woefully apparent that they spoke no English and I spoke no 
German, they took me out of the bag and pantomimed what I think was the plot 
of the pilot for Father Knows Best but I wasn't sure. After a while they 
handed me a Digilux while at the same time distributing a powerful electric 
shock. Every time I touched the camera, the same thing happened; electricity 
would shoot through my body and the men would shout: "Langsamer Toastermann. 
Feiern Sie! Langsamer Toastermann. Feiern Sie!" They got really worked up. 
But I couldn't stop picking up the shiny shiny beautiful Leica. This went on 
for a long time.

Eventually they gave up and dropped me off in the park. 

I called the guy who's Leica I'd bid on and he said he'd put it in a box and 
ship it out.

So. In the near future, I will most likely have new Leica photos for you!!!!!

kc