Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LOL! -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Neal Friedenthal Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:40 PM To: leica users group Subject: [Leica] (no subject) Someone Persuaded him. >What woke you up, Marc? >On 3/14/06 8:01 PM, "Marc James Small" <msmall at infionline.net> >wrote: >> 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 at aya.yale.edu >> Cha robh b&s fir gun ghr&s fir! >> >> NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information