Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] was Italy.now Brits x-raying film..
From: "Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 08:18:14 -0400

Funny! Absolutely caught the flavor and feeling of dealing with bureaucrats!
I thought I pop a gusset reading that!
Dan

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Guido Soprano <guidosoprano@hotmail.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] was Italy.now Brits x-raying film..


> Mark,
>
> How dare you address me as "Sir!".
>
> You cannot possibly be a part of OMWBS, since you obviously can read and
> write.
>
> Snippet of conversation with security retard
>
> He "WASSINABAGZUR?", looks away
> Me "Excuse me?"
> He "WASSINABAGZUR?", looks at me listlessly
> Me "Excuse me?"
> He "DABAGDER. WASSINIT? CANYUPINITUPFERME?, looks at me like he knows I'm
a
> retard because he's in charge of this part of my travel itinerary, and why
> can't I follow him? He needs to get back to hanging with the women
security
> retards, doesn't need to be bothered with all this stuff.
>
> And so on...to the denouement, when I almost miss my flight because I
refuse
> to allow my film to be X-Ray'd, and the supervisor (who is the only human
> being in the world capable of determining, by visual inspection, that my
> film canisters don't contain anything but film, can't be found in under 15
> minutes.
>
> Guido.
>
>
>
> >From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] was Italy.now Brits x-raying film..
> >Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:54:00 -0700
> >
> >Guido Soprano wrote:
> > ><snip>Recently, at Chicago's O'Hare International Apology For An
> > > Airport, one of the obese, minimum wage mutants was able, after
several
> > > unintelligible, rudely shouted commands to me, ><snip>
> >
> >Excuse be Mr. Soprano Sir!
> >But I am head of PR for the OMWMBS, The obese, minimum wage mutant
> >betterment society.
> >We have meetings every year at the Red Lion, would you care to come and
> >make a speech!
> >We have roast beef with those infrared lights on it!
> >
> >Mark :-) Rabiner
>
>
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