Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:45 PM 3/14/06 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: >Probably is...:-) Of course Jane Mansfield was probably a triple G or some >such, while I believe Marylin was a nice, normal C, but I'll bet there's a >link there somewhere.... > >Apologies to Tina and others of the female persuasion.... Mel Brooks once pointed out that the use of the term "Jewish persuasion" was ridiculous, as no one had "persuaded" him to be born Jewish. He suggested that Jews be described as, well, Jews. A friend of mine once was, in my presence, asked if he was Jewish, and he simply grinned and replied that he was "tinged with Mediterraneasism", which reduced all of us to hoots of laughter, but you've not lived if you've never observed a stalwart Southern Jew deal with intolerant remarks. They are aces at the craft and they make the rest of us look foolish for not speaking up before they do. (Syd is still a friend of mine and will be picking up some of my cases as I close my law practice. He is an ace of a fellow. No one persuaded Tina to be a woman. No one persuaded me to be a man. It just hapened, and we all have to deal as well as we can witht he rsults. Tina has obviously done quite well with her abilities, and she is an inspiration for many of us. "Persuasion" rather smells of BLAZING SADDLES. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505