[Leica] OT: LIFE IS LIKE THAT! :-) DEAD PEOPLE & A DEAL! :-)

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)]

Could have been funny, if #2 was involved.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 10:33 PM
Subject: [Leica] OT: LIFE IS LIKE THAT! :-) DEAD PEOPLE & A DEAL! :-)


> Hi Crew,
>
> Some of you may think this is just not possible! :-)
>
> However as absolutely as true as I sit here typing, it is!
>
> My brother-in-law, younger by more than several years and one of the
> greatest guys in the world.  Also a very a fine photographer.
>
> We had an agreement for years, "whomever hit the silk first, the remaining
> one would buy a bottle of the finest single malt scotch, drink it then pee
> on the others grave!"
>
> We even put two one hundred dollar bills into a jar to cover the purchase
> that neither of the sisters, our wives, knew we'd done to buy the very 
> best!
> Unfortunately he bailed out first! :-(
>
> But a deal was a deal.
>
> Not long ago I had the good fortune to follow through on our agreement. 
> :-)
>
> My problem was a visiting grave yard family saw me peeing on his grave and
> became quite, one might say, rather carried away about my desecration and
> all that nobility crap! Sh-t! He was dead and the best damn friend I ever
> had in my life! We had a deal and I wasn't going to break it!
>
> They were annoyed, got someone from the graveyard staff to come and do 
> what
> was proper to this person doing this vile thing on an unfortunate person
> buried there!
>
> So as usual, some higher than mighty a-s hole arrived and started with the
> crap, police etc! I thought, "if only I had saved some, I'd piss on you
> right now and give you something to bitch about!" :-)
>
> So in about two and half seconds I was at him and set him straight, 
> finished
> him off with. "F. off mate or I'll call the police for a disturbance of 
> the
> peace while I mourn my brother!" Kind of shook him a bit, but he left.
>
> I'm sure I could hear my brother-in-law Bruce laughing his head off! :-)
> He'd have done the same thing for me if the roles were reversed!
>
> Now that's as true as it gets my friends. Honest!
>
> I thought it might give some of you a weekend chuckle! :-)
>
> ted
>
>
>
>
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