Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No good deed goes unpunished... On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > Darwin Award Candidates, eh? > > Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time in Africa looking at game > has seen Darwin award winning kinds of behaviour. Somewhere out there > there is video footage of me hauling a woman back into our truck in > Chobe National Park literally by her plaited hair after she got out of > said truck, ostensibly to photograph a lioness with cubs*. Before we > left the guide had said a dozen times that we were safe in the truck > and that nomatter what happened we were to stay in the truck. When I > got her back into the truck she had the temerity to hit me, causing me > to briefly consider throwing her back, literally to the lions. > > Most times it's survival of the adequate, not the fittest. > > Marty > > *As anyone with the merest glimmer of intelligence would guess, this > is a very dangerous situation. Mothers are protective of their > offspring. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler Redwood City, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com