[Leica] Alaska Leica Snob

[Tony Rowlett <rowlett@alaska.net>]

Forgive me, but I just have to submit a response to this:

> 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.

Toyota Camry, but only in the summer; in the winter, we use
dog sleds.  And we don't have any malls in Alaska.

> like to brag about drinking chianti, but inwardly groan at the thought of
> taking another sip of the caustic swill.

I drink my own home brewed beer, but when my stop bath turns purple, I
turn
to it instead. 

> were the first ones to rush out and join smoking clubs when the cigar
> craze began.

Marijuana is the smoke of choice for Alaskans.

> subscribe to Scientific American, but can't even decipher the table of
> contents.  It makes a great coffee table item in their house.

We don't live in houses in Alaska.  We live in Igloos.

> have a son named Cody and a daughter named Brianna.  Cody has a swimming
> coach, and Brianna takes interpretive tap lessons.

Alaskans don't swim or dance.  We hunt, fish, and go skiing.

> 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, 

We got a new Starbucks stand at the airport.  (I'll take a picture of it
with my C**** the next time I travel!

> enjoy the snobbery of having the smallest lens section in the camera
> store.

We don't have any real camera stores in Alaska.

> ran out and got the same type of dog Alec Baldwin had in that movie, but
> then told everyone they had theirs first.

Alaskans use dogs for pulling sleds.  For pets, we adopt reindeer.

> join Classic Literature book clubs because they like to think the postman
> will be impressed when he delivers their packages.

My only Classic Literature is called "Leica Photography!"

> still think it's hip to order quiche in a restaurant.

We don't have restaurants in Alaska.  But we eat a lot of Salmon.

> like the security of never having to consider printing their own pictures
> by themselves.  Ever.

In Alaska, it's a requirement to do your own printing, because it's too
far and too expensive to send your films to have a professional lab do
it, and they don't usually accept Salmon as payment.

- -Tony Rowlett
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