Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can't give you an authoritative OED-like answer, Rei, but it has literally for decades been a line used by what I would term gun-nuts - in fact as far back as the late 60s, I seem to recall, one would pass pickup trucks with bumper stickers reading - "You Can Take My Gun When You Can Peel It From My Cold, Dead Fingers." Or something very close to that. Quite a pros pro, actually...;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rei Shinozuka Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:13 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Slippery digital slope out of curiosity, from what source exactly where did the "cold dead hand" phrase eminate? i know charleton heston used it to good effect, but where was it coined? my OED does not help me here. - -rei On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:42:17PM -0700, Douglas Herr wrote: > Oliver Bryk <oliverbryk@attbi.com> wrote: > > > > > I can see it now...one or more of us, LTM or M raised high, > > declaiming "you can't pry this from my cold, dead hand!" > > > > I'm already doing that with my SL. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- 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