[Leica] story behind who

[leica at web-options.com (Bob W)]

Well done!

Bob 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Sonny Carter
> Sent: 30 December 2008 03:33
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] story behind who
> 
> OK, here's the story.  I'm walking down Front Street Saturday Evening.
> 
> We have several thousand extra people in town, because it is 
> the last night
> of fireworks before Christmas Fest ends.  I look ahead, and 
> see a woman
> still photographer, a girl in a gown, a guy with a video camera on a
> hand-held boom, and another fellow who is a little too 
> put-together for the
> weather and location also a guy about my age, schlepping the 
> camera bag, all
> of them way oressed verdfor fireworks night.
> 
> Naturally, I raise my camera, and suddenly the whole gang 
> shouted, "Don't
> take any pictures!"
> 
> I said to myself, "Self, these people are on my main street." 
> So I take a
> picture. I was only interested in the Tout Ensemble, anyhow.  
> I walked past,
> and said, "This is a public place, you can't tell me not to 
> take pictures."
> 
> This seems to enrage the crowd of five, none I've ever seen 
> before in my
> town.  I walked past, turned, and started to take another shot.  The
> skinny-too-put-together guy, stepped out of the little crowd, 
> raised his
> forefinger and shouted at me.  "Stop taking Pictures! Right 
> Now!"  He said
> it twice.
> 
> I almost raised my ted-finger, but did not, then I said "No!"
> 
> I walked away.  The guy schlepping the gear came over to me, 
> and said, "the
> bride was nervous."  I explained that I'm a local 
> photographer, that I shoot
> for  Louisiana Life magazine, and have a Photography website.
> 
> He said "that's the problem, She doesn't want to end up in 
> some magazine or
> on some website."
> 
> I said "She's on the street, and I can take pictures on the 
> street, and I do
> not appreciate the skinny guy threatening me."
> 
> Of course, had the skinny guy been braver, one of two things 
> might have
> happened; I would have found out how an M8 works as a 
> protective device, or
> the skinny guy would have been jailed for attacking an 
> elderly handicapped
> old goat with a camera.
> 
> And that's the story behind this blow-up
> 
> http://www.sonc.com/who.htm
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
> 
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