Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am shocked that our literate and well-informed number have not recited John Ford's dictum that, "[W]hen the legend becomes fact, print the legend." See his 1962 vehicle, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE, one of the really grand Western movies, for a rather vibrant example. And it has a cast which will not stop -- Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Woody Stroud, Andy Devine ... and even John Carradine and Lee Van Cleef. Who could ask for more? The Agincourt tale is bogus, of course. The raised middle-finger insult dates from at least Classical times -- we have grafitti from Pompeii showing this -- and probably goes back to the Bronze Age. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505