Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those of us working in higher education suddenly got some time off, and we don't budget time well when a lump of it is dumped in our laps. JLS > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 6:58 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: INCREDIBLE photo-related content in my SHOES! > > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html