Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]PN: It's Carnival time in Venice, just for that on-topic touch... and definitely known as top photo op. AJQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FROM THE SECRET LEICA ARCHIVES: GETTING TO KNOW YOU A Leica R-E / 28mm f/2.8 Elmarit-R, no filter, toting fellow met a beautiful lady and he decided he wanted to marry her right away. She said, "But we don't know anything about each other." He said, "That's all right, we'll learn about each other as we go along." So she consented, and they were married, and went on a honeymoon to a pricey resort island. So one morning they were lying by the pool, when he got up off of his designer towel, climbed up to the 10 meter board and did a two and a half tuck gainer, this followed by a three rotations in jack-knife position, where he straightened out and cut the water like a pro. After a few more demonstrations, he came back and lay down on the towel. She said, "That was incredible!" He said, "I used to be an Olympic diving champion. You see, I told you we'd learn more about ourselves as we went along." So she got up, jumped in the pool, and started doing laps. After about thirty laps she climbed back out and lay down on her towel hardly out of breath. He said, "That was incredible! Were you an Olympic endurance swimmer?" "No," she said, "I was a hooker in Venice and I worked both sides of the canal...