[Leica] still more on Leica "rumour"

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

........... en Espa?a o en Catalu?a ..........?

B.

On 4-jan-2006, at 17:10, Thinkofcole@aol.com wrote:

> Here's what may have happened:
>
> On Dec. 29, a photography site in Spain called Caborian.com ran  
> what it
> called an April's Fools item in Spanish {see its dec. 29 posting}   
> saying that in
> Spain the equivalent of April fools is celebrated on Dec. 28 and  
> that  "on
> Caborian we wanted to maintain the tradition, publishing false news  
> of the
> merger of Canon and Leica." Here is the Dec. 29 posting...[it does  
> not mention
> Asahi Shimbun].
>       _D?a  de los inocentes _
> (http://www.caborian.com/index.php? 
> option=com_content&task=view&id=486&Itemid=109)     escrito  por  
> Administrator
> Thursday, 29 de December de 2005
> En Espa?a el equivalente al April fools, se celebra el 28 de   
> Diciembre, y en
> Caborian.com hemos querido mantener la tradici?n,  publicando una  
> noticia
> falsa, la de la fusi?n de Canon y Leica ;)
>
> What's missing from Caborian, apparently, is what was its Dec. 28   
> posting.
> It cannot be found at Caborian and Caborian does not permit  non- 
> registered
> searchers.
>
> Next, PhotographyWeblog --saying it passed along the Spanish  
> "rumor"  by
> running its own rumor in a Dutch-language version...
>
> Then Jancology picked up the Dutch version and ran its own version in
> English...
>
> Thus, it's just a December April Fools joke from a Spanish   
> photography web
> side... some joke!   regards, bob  cole
>
>
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