Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Even more off topic, but, speaking of bank robbers... Back in the mid-70s we were living in Charleston, SC. At a major intersection near us was a bank with the then-popular pneumatic tubes to run your transaction to/from the interior of the bank. A fellow drives in and puts a note into the carrier saying "This is a robbery, put all your money in the cannister and return it to me." The teller, thinking quickly (and probably trying not to laugh) puts in one of their standard notes that said: "I'm sorry, we don't handle that kind of transaction at the remote tellers, you'll have to park and come inside." Which the robber did and was promptly arrested. Clearly a possible entry in the Darwin Awards. Now he probably has auctions on eBay. <grin> AB On 11/26/05, Stephen Gandy <leicanikon@earthlink.net> wrote: > Stupidest Auction Copyright Thief EVER ?? > > OK, I know this is off topic, but it is SO funny! > > Someone emailed me an auction, which I instantly recognize as containing > one of my pics from a classic camera profile. > > I thank him in my reply, saying I will have auction site stop the > auction. I thought he emailed the auction to me, like often happens, > because he recognized it was my photo in the ad. > > He emails me back asking why should I stop the auction, it is HIS camera! > > I inform him the pic is taken from my site which is a copyright > violation, and I give him the URL of the page from which it was taken. > > He continues to claim thru two replies that it is HIS pic -- and he is > obviously lying. . > > Finally he changes the pic in his auction, without admitting his own > thievery or how amazingly stupid he is. > > This reminds me of the bank robber who left his wallet in the bank. > > The moral of this story is that if you are going to steal pics for an > auction ad, > don't email the auction to the guy you stole the pics from! > > Stephen Gandy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >