Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Should have been private meesage not post , was RE: [Leica] Canon 28/2.8
From: John Gong <jgong@cisco.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:29:45 -0700

Actually Alister,

Your humorous description was IMHO, a week's highlight of the LUG !

At 05:35 PM 10/28/1999 -0400, Stewart, Alistair wrote:
>Apologies to the easily offended if my post below is upsetting. It was meant
>to be a private message to Johnny, not a post.
>
>I'm donning my asbestos suit as I eat a very large portion of humble pie.
>When these tasks are complete I shall take myself off to the "Email 101 for
>dummies" class.
>
>Alistair
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stewart, Alistair 
>Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 4:03 PM
>To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Canon 28/2.8
>
>

>Went to see Tori Amos the other week, they wouldn't let cameras in. I
>stuffed the loaded II body in my underwear (being careful not to let my
>balls drop into the lens mount), and put the 28 in my pocket. I assumed my
>flaming pink persona as we got in line to be admitted. The security gorillas
>frisked me, and thankfully their homophobic tendencies kept the II body
>undetected. The lens wasn't so lucky.
>
>"That, honey? Oh yeah, It's my magnifying glass that I use to look at stamps
>and wild flowers" 
>:=)