Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So this is what folks, who don't have to work, do... But the question begs... Is it real or is it imagination? Perhaps Memorex. ;) Jim At 06:06 PM 12/27/2001 -0800, kyle cassidy wrote: >so i was at ye local thrift shoppe today looking for leicas of course, there >are never any leicas. (there's an old voigtlander there for $25.) as i'm >walking through the shoe isle i see a pair of Mephisto Walking Shoes! the >Tilly Hat of leicasnobs (if you don't believe me, check out the archives). >my hands are trembling as i yank them down from the shelf, at $9.99 they're >a STEAL. quickly i unlace my fallingapart combat boot and squeeze my toe >into the mephisto. it's about four sizes too small. HA! i decide to wear it >anyway. how can any leica owner be caught dead without them? using a shoe >horn and three helpful bystanders i wedge my foot into the mephisto; tickled >to no end realizing how you all will turn green with envy when you see me >stylishly walking down the street like this: > >AUGH! AUGH! AUGH! > >three steps advise me to quickly put them back. my toes aching from being >folded beneath my foot like a closed book i am limping towards the door when >i see a pair of Definately Very Ugly-Ass Shoes. > >They look oddly familiar. > >could they be? > >yes INDEED! it's a pair of Bruno Magli's!!! the very shoes made fameous by >photographers harry scull and ej flammer when they both ponied up photos of >o.j. simpson wearing them at a buffalo bills games in 1993. (previously they >were made fameous by an unknown assailant who wore them while sawing nicole >brown simpson's head off.) > >i ripped off my combat boots and dove a foot into them: size twelve! a >perfect fit!!!! > >you are all so jealous. i know you are. and to rub it in, later in the week >i shall post photographs of my new shoes. > >kc > >p.s. to add even MORE photo content, on the bruno magli homepage >(www.brunomagli.it) there is a photo essay by ellen von unwerth of some >nearly naked model running around in spikey heels which must be bruno >magli's. > >p.p.s. these are indeed ugly ass shoes, but the really scary thing is that >the person who killed nicole brown simpson was wearing these shoes and a >black sweat suit. talk about bad taste. loafers and a sweat suit? give me a >break! > > > > > >-- >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