Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: photographer's humor?
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:32:07 +0000

Come on....Like Clinton? substitute the name of some public figure you 
don't like...It's Friday afternoon, it's a funny joke, and it did at least 
have a tangential link to photography.....


B. D.

At 03:57 PM 1/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Sorry...wrong forum for this type of humor.
>
>There are LUGGERS that will find this offensive.  I know it is hard for some
>to believe that Clinton's favorability rate is still above 60%.   Also,
>there are many Democrat LUGGERS that will be offended by this.
>
>Bad posting judgement.
>
>Rob
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andrew M. Moore" <moore@rscs.net>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 2:48 PM
>Subject: [Leica] OT: photographer's humor?
>
>
> >
> > I usually don't forward jokes around the Internet but this one, well,
> > it seemed rather funny^H^H^H^H^Hon topic. :)
> >
> > ------
> >
> > This is a moral question for you.  It is an imaginary situation, but
> > it is fun to decide what you would do.
> >
> > The situation: You are in the Midwest, and there is a huge flood in
> > progress.  Many homes have been lost, water supplies compromised,
> > and infrastructure destroyed.
> >
> > You are a photographer out getting still photos for a news service,
> > traveling alone, looking for particularly poignant scenes.
> >
> > Suddenly, you stumble across Bill Clinton struggling to keep from
> > being swept away in a raging river and you have the choice of rescuing
> > him or getting a Pulitzer prize-winning photograph of the death of a
> > President
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > What shutter speed would you use?
> >
> > (on topic: on your M6)
> > NO ARCHIVE