Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Owners and Stereotypes

[tedgrant@islandnet.com (Ted Grant)]

Will responded:  beautifully!!! :)  Thank Will good sense of perspective
and humour. :)
ted

>Just for fun... It is interesting how stereotypes evolve, and how seldom they
>reflect the truth. In a message dated 98-08-06 13:46:07 EDT, F Baker quotes
>someone named Ruth:
>
>>Leica owners are the type of people who:
>
>> -- buy incredibly expensive, glamorous, powerful SUVs but never take them
>any farther off road than the mall parking lot.
>
>Honda Civic.
>
>> -- like to brag about drinking chianti, but inwardly groan at the thought of
>taking another sip of the caustic swill.
>
>Riesling, Viognier. And ohmygawd, the occassional single malt.
>
>> -- were the first ones to rush out and join smoking clubs when the cigar
>craze began.
>
>Smoking cigars since 1972, about one a month.
>
>> -- subscribe to Scientific American, but can't even decipher the table of
>contents.  It makes a great coffee table item in their house.
>
>Work in a top Government weather lab.
>
>> -- have a son named Cody and a daughter named Brianna.  Cody has a swimming
>coach, and Brianna takes interpretive tap lessons.
>
>No kids other than a 120 lb St. Bernard/Pyrenees mix, 9 years old. Named
>Digger.
>
>> -- like to drop their Tai Chi lessons into conversations:  "You know, this
>morning I was on my way to the Starbucks kiosk right after my Tai Chi, and..."
>
>Kung Fu, 1972-1974, more since.
>
>> -- enjoy the snobbery of having the smallest lens section in the camera
>store.
>
>Werner's in Denver has more Leica than Canon, about the same as N****.
>
>> -- wear pleated pants.
>
>Blue jeans.
>
>> -- ran out and got the same type of dog Alec Baldwin had in that movie, but
>then told everyone they had theirs first.
>
>He has a St. Bernard/Pyrenees named Digger? Cool!
>
>> -- join Classic Literature book clubs because they like to think the postman
>will be impressed when he delivers their packages.
>
>Did belong to the Science Fiction book club for a while. Use a PO Box.
>
>> -- still think it's hip to order quiche in a restaurant.
>
>Indian food, especially Chicken Tikka Saag.
>
>> -- like the security of never having to consider printing their own pictures
>by themselves.  Ever.
>
>Darkroom since 1971.
>
>Hum, maybe that's why my Leicas refuse to operate  :-)
>
>Speaking of stereo types, Mac 225 and a 12AX7 custom preamp.
>
>Will von Dauster