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 'Course we're thin-skinned. Everybody knows that only blue bloods and buffs use Leicas. Guy >>"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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html