Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh Gosh! I, who also have a M2 without a self timer, have been remiss! Everyone is welcome to submit entries and win regardless of camera type and whether it has a self timer or not. So come all you MP, M1, M2, MD, MDa, MD2, MD22, M3 (some did not have self timers), MP2, Post Camera, Cutaways, Dummies, Wooden and any others I have missed, and please submit your odes. Heck you do not even have to have a camera! John Collier Who is finding the organisation involved in running a poetry contest quite complicated. If anyone else feels they ought not to write poetry, you are wrong! You ought to! Who can forget that first magic moment in life when you realise that moon, June and croon all rhyme. > From: khmiska <khmiska@umich.edu> > > What about us poor folks with timerless M2s??? > Kurt Miska > M2 967xxx > > John Collier wrote: > >> I am afraid I have still not recovered fully from the injuries suffered >> during the infamous Black Mechanical Watch thread. My doctor is convinced >> that some modest revenge is necessary for a complete recovery. This, coupled >> with the knowledge that I have not given anything away for awhile, and, that >> the artsy crowd has been taking it on the chin lately, leads me to propose a >> poetry contest for the Leica-users. First and only prize will be a Hanza >> mechanical self timer for all of you who have M4-2 and up cameras and have >> no way of getting your ugly mug in the picture. The contest will run one >> week starting now (noon Mountain Standard Time in Edmonton, Alberta, >> Canada). The only rules will be: >> >> 1) It must be about, however loosely, Leicas, their products or the products >> of their products. >> >> 2) Ten lines or less. >> >> 3) It must be posted on the Leica-users with your full name (no R2D2s >> please) and email address. >> >> The judge will be my much beloved wife Janet and no one related to myself or >> her will be considered eligible. >> >> Good Luck, >> >> John Collier >> >> PS If any one thinks that rhyming Planet with Janet will bring home the >> bacon, let me remind them, she has seen that movie and was not amused! >