[Leica] Quick Leica story

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Sep 20, 2007, at 4:44 AM, Charlie Meyer wrote:

> 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


likewise Tikwa sees the leica and immediately sits, posing  
beaitifully for the photo...he won't chew them or pee on them...


Steve



> ('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
>
>
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