[Leica] Quick Leica story

[rpalmier at depaul.edu (bob palmieri)]

Y'all -

So it seems, I was buying some cat food this evening when a store  
employee, noticing the black thing dangling from my shoulder, called  
out, "Is that a Leica??"

To which I responded, "Yes."

She said, "My boyfriend tricked me into agreeing to let him buy one  
on Ebay.  He seemed to like to wear the thing, but I never saw any  
pictures from it, so I made him sell it so we could pay the rent."

Kinda reminds me of that character in "Catch 22" - (Injun Joe maybe?)  
who was depicted as constantly carrying around some "complicated  
black camera" but never having any pictures to show for it...

At least my wife can't use this ploy against my M ownership. Not that  
I think she's looking for such a thing, at least for the moment.

Bob Palmieri