Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]MArk- Not entirely an alien thought as clocks were originally used in the middle ages to let people know when to say their prayers- matins and vespers timed to the church clock. It would make sense that His Holiness, The Pope would have some sort of timepiece, simply for the historical significance! Dan - - My reality check bounced.... - ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] uncle walter > Summicron1@aol.com wrote: > > > > he shoulda known walter outranks all but the pope. > ><snip> Finally, Johnson asked Cronkite where he got his watch > ><snip> > > >Dan C. > > I'm trying to picture the pope with a watch and I can't. I would think > the site of the Pope wearing a watch would be ironic on a high level. I > think there would be an implication that the Pope would be beyond time. > A watch is a pretty Copernicun device. But Copernicus was Polish! > Mark Rabiner