Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] A Modest Proposal
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Thu Oct 19 19:22:40 2006
 
Thanks John. Now the thread title makes more sense to me. I am deficient on 
1700's literature.
Perhaps there is an emoticon for satire with a literary reference.

Cheers Hoppy 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
John Collier
Sent: Friday, 20 October 2006 10:35
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] A Modest Proposal

Nope, it is a literary reference. Google up Jonathan Swift + A Modest  
Proposal.

John Collier

On 19-Oct-06, at 6:25 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Buzz, let's hope you never achieve a position of power, then. Who  
> else is on your list?
> Perhaps you were being ironic, like the designer of the solar  
> powered torch ;-)
In reply to: Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] A Modest Proposal)