Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Someone Persuaded him. >What woke you up, Marc? >On 3/14/06 8:01 PM, "Marc James Small" <msmall at infionline.net> wrote: >> At 07:45 PM 3/14/06 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: >>> Probably is...:-) Of course Jane Mansfield was probably a triple G or >>> some >>> such, while I believe Marylin was a nice, normal C, but I'll bet there's >>> a >>> link there somewhere.... >>> >>> Apologies to Tina and others of the female persuasion.... >> >> Mel Brooks once pointed out that the use of the term "Jewish persuasion" >> was ridiculous, as no one had "persuaded" him to be born Jewish. He >> suggested that Jews be described as, well, Jews. A friend of mine once >> was, in my presence, asked if he was Jewish, and he simply grinned and >> replied that he was "tinged with Mediterraneasism", which reduced all of >> us to hoots of laughter, but you've not lived if you've never observed a >> stalwart Southern Jew deal with intolerant remarks. They are aces at the >> craft and they make the rest of us look foolish for not speaking up before >> they do. (Syd is still a friend of mine and will be picking up some of my >> cases as I close my law practice. He is an ace of a fellow. >> >> No one persuaded Tina to be a woman. No one persuaded me to be a man. It >> just hapened, and we all have to deal as well as we can witht he rsults. >> Tina has obviously done quite well with her abilities, and she is an >> inspiration for many of us. >> >> "Persuasion" rather smells of BLAZING SADDLES. >> >> Marc >> >> msmall at aya.yale.edu >> Cha robh b&s fir gun ghr&s fir! >> >> NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505