Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/20

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Subject: [Leica] Good News! (was Re: sell me your digilux! (so i can stop taking photos with my phone!))
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:51:53 +0200
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Ach, so ein Kerl !

;-)

Ph

Le 20 sept. 10 ? 21:47, kyle cassidy on the LUG a ?crit :

>
> i recognize your accent.
>
> On Sep 20, 2010, at 3:41 PM, philippe.amard wrote:
>
>> Schlaf gut,
>> traum s?ss ,
>> und mach ins Bett
>> kein Gem?ss
>>
>> Ade
>>
>> Der Filip
>>
>> Le 20 sept. 10 ? 21:27, kyle cassidy on the LUG a ?crit :
>>
>>>
>>> A deal may have been reached.
>>>
>>> I bid on a Digilux but swiftly received a counter offer from an  
>>> attorney representing "a concerned group" who explained if that if  
>>> I would cease this pursuit of a Leica and promise not to represent  
>>> myself as "a photographer who uses Leica gear, at all, ever" they  
>>> would offer me a sum of money and some gear of a competitor. I  
>>> replied "go jump in a lake, I only use Leica gear!" at which point  
>>> two gentlemen appeared at my door. I recognized them after a  
>>> moment as Jesse "the Body" Ventura and Alex Trebeck. They wrestled  
>>> me into a bag and drove me to a barn where I heard a few men  
>>> speaking in German -- the only words I remember were repeated  
>>> again and again as they poured freezing cold water over me: "Viel  
>>> Gem?se ist ver?rgert. Winkelst?ckenergie. Fischha?t?rkn?ufe!"
>>>
>>> When it became woefully apparent that they spoke no English and I  
>>> spoke no German, they took me out of the bag and pantomimed what I  
>>> think was the plot of the pilot for Father Knows Best but I wasn't  
>>> sure. After a while they handed me a Digilux while at the same  
>>> time distributing a powerful electric shock. Every time I touched  
>>> the camera, the same thing happened; electricity would shoot  
>>> through my body and the men would shout: "Langsamer Toastermann.  
>>> Feiern Sie! Langsamer Toastermann. Feiern Sie!" They got really  
>>> worked up. But I couldn't stop picking up the shiny shiny  
>>> beautiful Leica. This went on for a long time.
>>>
>>> Eventually they gave up and dropped me off in the park.
>>>
>>> I called the guy who's Leica I'd bid on and he said he'd put it in  
>>> a box and ship it out.
>>>
>>> So. In the near future, I will most likely have new Leica photos  
>>> for you!!!!!
>>>
>>> kc
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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