Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > The following short IQ Testconsists of 4 questions and tells whether you are > > qualified to be a "professional". Scroll down for the answers. The > > questions are not that difficult....and, this is serious stuff!! > > > > 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? > > The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and > > close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things > > in an overly complicated way. You shouldn't be concerned whether the > > refigerator will hold the giraffe! > > >> > > > >> > > > 2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator ? > > Wrong Answer : Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the > > door. > > Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the > > elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the > > repercussions of your actions. > > >> > > > >> > > > 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference, all the animals attend > > except one. Which animal does not attend? > > Correct Answer : The Elephant. The Elephant is in the refrigerator. This > > tests your memory. > > > > > > OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions, correctly, you > > still have one more chance to show your abilities. > > >> > > > >> > > > 4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. How > > do you manage it? > > Correct Answer: You swim across. All the crocodiles are attending the > > Animal Conference. This tests whether you learn quickly from your > > mistakes. Photo Phreak wrote: > > --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> wrote: > > After reading 30 messages, I'd like to alter my first > > answer. I retain > > my comment that if a person needs 100+ messages on > > choosing a camera > > bag, he is better off saving the money for a brain > > transplant-- > ============================================================ > > This has some validity. but only to a point. The > decline in photography as a "serious" hobby has closed many > photo stores. The snapshot people go to WallyWorld, > Walgreen, or Target, etc. So both information and > availabilty for inspection are very limited. > > I will also submit that the bags in many camera stores > are not high quality, nor well designed. Fashion trends > seem to be a dominant factor. > What is the great enemy of film and equipment? > HEAT! > And what color absorbs heat fastest in the summer sun? > BLACK! > And what color have all the "fashionable, trendy bags > been for the last ten or so years? > > It is a very valid point that bags marketed for other > purposes may actually be more suitable for us than the so > called "camera bags". > So where are inquiring minds going to find first hand > information? Or at least opinionated information...... > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- http://63.164.201.182/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html