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Subject: RE: [Leica] Hookers, quality and satisfaction
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 14:34:38 -0600

Kim,

I really liked most of those analogies better than Ted's.

How about "Faster than Bill Clinton can have something not technically or
legally classified as sexual relations per se....."  Never mind. Too long.

A getting rotund and bald Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Teresa299@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 2:11 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Hookers, quality and satisfaction
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/10/02 6:54:09 AM, JRFjr@compuserve.com writes:
>
> << >
> >
> >>  Some switch gear as fast as a hooker changing pants on a
> Saturday night
> and
> >>  in doing so quite often keep their ability in question
> because they are
> >>  always playing and experimenting with new equipment.
> >>
> >>  If like the hooker with one toy to play with and rarely if
> ever changes
> her
> >>  toys, if the switching every so often photographer stayed
> with one camera
> >>  type and learned it thoroughly, they'd become as comfortable
> as the hooker
> >>  as a pro. ;-)
> >>
> >>  By the same token she may change things, but in reality she
> stays with the
> >>  same equipment and that's how she stays professional and confident in
> >>  knowing what she does. Produces quality & satisfaction! ;-)
> >
> >YES! Way to work a metaphor, Ted!
> >
> >(And I agree with your sentiments, although, I must admit to a
> little gear
> >changing myself; not quite like a hooker on Saturday night,
> maybe more like
> >one on Tuesday afternoon.) :)
> >
> >Craig
> >
>
> Actually, I found it offensive and silly. Not to mention sexist and
> embarassing.
> Since this is not an 'old-boys' club and women do read the posts I
> think it was inappropriate.
> John Fulton
> Fort Worth
> -- >>
>
>
>
> John,
>
> I think it's helpful to see how many men on the LUG are obviously
> well versed
> in the ways of hookers.  Leads me to believe that in addition to spending
> their money on Leica's they're accessorizing their sexual lives
> with paid sex
> (not that I have a problem with paid sex.)
>
> It's a matter of perspective I suppose.  If using an analogy, rather than
> saying....
>
> "Some switch gear as fast as a hooker changing pants on a Saturday night"
>
> I might be more apt to suggest:
>
> "Some switch gear as much as baseball players fondle their balls
> while on the
> baseball field...."
>
> or perhaps
>
> "Some switch gear as fast as Dick Cheney is shredding his files on Enron,"
>
> or perhaps
>
> "Some switch gear as fast as the Bush administration is apt to keep the
> Taliban and Al Queda in the news,"
>
> or maybe,
>
> "Some switch gear as fast as a middle aged man loses his hair on
> his head but
> gains weight on his waist,"
>
> or perhaps
>
> "Some switch gear as fast as a man (when confronted) denies to
> his wife that
> he's been getting blown by a hooker."
>
>
>
>
> -kim
>
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