[Leica] Quick Leica story

[charlie at droolassicpark.com (Charlie Meyer)]

This is why I live with DOGS.

Nothing at all against the other gender, but making someone sell to  
'make the rent' being 'tricked' into buying a Leica, goes four stops  
right off the bad end of the compatibility scale  (one of the much- 
touted 29 measures of compatibility on eHarmony.com?).   Did Ms  
Twisted pawn all her jewelry and possessions to help make the rent?   
The boyfriend might have discovered that fashion accessory makes  
photography fun...but will end up taking photos with some 10mp- 
worthless-next-year-plastic toy bought at WalMart or Staples.   
Opportunity lost.

My Basset Hounds have nothing against my Wetzlar stuff ('crons are  
not edible), but I certainly won't have the parcel from Luigi left on  
the porch either.  That's the nice part of older dogs...the leather  
chewing crack addiction has been given up long ago.

Did Princess Leia ever try to make Luke Skywalker sell his Jedi  
Knight Light Saber to buy new seat covers  for the Millenium Falcon?

Charlie

"Never underestimate the power of the Schwartz."
    - Mel Brooks Spaceballs

On Sep 20, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Philip Forrest wrote:

> The boyfriend's problem is that he sold the camera & kept the  
> girlfriend.
> Should have been the other way around.  The Leica will always be  
> faithful no
> matter what hell you put it through.
> Phil
>
>
> On Thursday 20 September 2007 00:47, bob palmieri wrote:
>> Y'all -
>>
>> So it seems, I was buying some cat food this evening when a store
>> employee, noticing the black thing dangling from my shoulder, called
>> out, "Is that a Leica??"
>>
>> To which I responded, "Yes."
>>
>> She said, "My boyfriend tricked me into agreeing to let him buy one
>> on Ebay.  He seemed to like to wear the thing, but I never saw any
>> pictures from it, so I made him sell it so we could pay the rent."
>>
>> Kinda reminds me of that character in "Catch 22" - (Injun Joe maybe?)
>> who was depicted as constantly carrying around some "complicated
>> black camera" but never having any pictures to show for it...
>>
>> At least my wife can't use this ploy against my M ownership. Not that
>> I think she's looking for such a thing, at least for the moment.
>>
>> Bob Palmieri