[Leica] Warning to Noctilux owners; disruptions in the time space continuum.

["Khoffberg" <khoffberg@email.msn.com>]

The other day I was hanging around with a friend of mine bench racing, lying
about our various exploits, and talking photo gear.  Low and behold, he was
a Leica shooter and had recently acquired a Noctilux.  After a little while
he took my outside with M body and Noctilux in tow.

"Watch this" he said as he took the Noctilux off the camera body.

Almost before I could say something, he held the lens up at what I guessed
to be about 22.5 degrees and began to rapidly rotate the aperture ring
through it's full range of motion.  As I choked back a scream he gradually
increased the rate of rotation.  I knew it was going to happen but no, he
wouldn't listen.

And then it did.

Right before my eyes the time space continuum warped.  There was this great
ripping sound and suddenly, like you were looking through water, there was
the famous lost squadron.

Time and again Noctilux owners have been warned about these sorts of
shenanigans.  It turns out he'd done this before so no telling who's running
around here from another time dimension.  Unfortunately, this time the
results were cataclysmic.  As the time warp began to close it caught my
friend by the foot.  I was frozen with indecision.  Should I save the lens
or my friend?  As I reached for the Noctilux the warp window closed and they
were both gone.

So the question is, should I tell his wife or just keep the M4-P?

Cheers
Kevin Hoffberg