Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is kind of a thin-skinned bunch here on LUG. I don't think you appreciate my jokes. James Mason >"James Mason, Arctic Sounder" wrote: > >> [snip just enough to remove original context] If you guys don't want to >> hear the truth, I'll just make stuff up from now on. >> > ><sarchasm> > Sounds good - I've always been dead-set against any truth that goes >against my beliefs anyway. ></sarchasm> > >BTW: what is the element of truth to the statement: > >"Any working news photographer will tell you, the purpose of a Leica >is to hang around your neck for the publicity photo after you win an >award. Work with the EOS, pose with the Leica..." > >Is that like saying that there is an element of truth to the statement >'Porsches are only good for showing off to the neighbors'? I say it is >hyperbole, not truth. Of course, I am not a working news photographer so >what do I know. > >I guess I am bored today, waiting for it to get dark so I can make some >prints. >- marc > >> >> James Mason >> >> >i was going to make the same observation myself about mr. mason >> >after the "pose with the Leica" post. >> > >> >pity; he was so memorable as professor humbert humbert ... >> > >> >-rei >> > >> >> -- >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html