Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/07
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Thanks, Kyle.
At 4:16 PM -0400 7/7/06, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>"This is my friend, Jill Bleenberg," said the Juice, waving his martini
>at the svelt 30something woman walking in the door of the Baffled
>Rooster, our new favorite hangout -- since the "Incident" at the
>Borgotta had gotten us blacklisted at pretty much any place in Atlantic
>City.
>
>"Bleenberg?"
>
>"Greenberg," said the woman, takin OJ's drink from his hand and pouring
>it in his lap.
>
>"Pleased to meet you," I said, suavely. "I'm Kyle Cassidy."
>
>"I know who you are," she inserted, producing a cigarette from a purse
>shaped like a miniature Domke-J bag, "I follow the PLUG. Do you mind if
>I smoke?"
>
>"Only if you're on fire," I replied, pulling the cigarette from her over
>made-up lips and flinging it behind the bar."
>
>"I like you," she said, giving OJ a shove. He toppled off of his stool
>and made a soft clattering sound on the ground, like a bag of apples, "I
>like, bold men."
>
>"That's good," I replied, waving the bartender over and ordering another
>Shirly Temple.
>
>"In fact, I like you so much I'm gonna take your picture," she said,
>producing a Minox Hello Kitty spy camera from her garter belt.
>
>I smiled, my best smile. She paused a long time with the camera in front
>of her eye.
>
>"Are you going to take a picture?" I asked.
>
>"Goddamn amature!" she bellowed, reaching over and slapping me across
>the face. It was like I'd been punched by an Irish boxer with a bag of
>nails in his glove. My head spun sideways, everything flashed white, I
>was pretty sure my skull had cracked like a coconut beaten by a gorilla
>with a hammer. I burst into tears. She took my photo.
>
>"That's my friend, Bleenberg!" shouted OJ from somewhere on the floor.
>
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