-----Original Message-----
From: Deri James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:18 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Go Ahead: Blame Yourself (was: Heart procedure)
On Tuesday 13 February 2001 8:46 pm, Cleveland, Kyle E. wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> >From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
> Well, yeah, he did steal it, didn't he? Trouble was, we were on a tight
> schedule and I didn't have time to deal with it. Went something like
this:
>
> Me: "Oh, sh*t, hon! I can't find the 28mm!"
>
Laura "Nothing new there then!!"
Thanks, Deri...(there's always at least one in every crowd. Oy.)
> Laura: "Where did you have it last?"
>
> Me: "Where I was sitting on that bench outside the restaurant."
>
> (zoom back to park bench...no lens in sight, but an old gent with a
> shopping cart now ensconced where my lens used to be)
>
> Me: "Excuse me, Senor, but did you see a camera lens hanging across the
> back of the bench where your sitting?"
>
> Old guy: "Si. Was it a small Sigma lens with a Canon mount?"
>
> Me: "Why yes!"
>
> Old guy: "Oh, well, an hombre' grabbed it and ran that way (pointing east)
> about five minutes ago."
>
> Me: "Gracias, Senor!"
>
> (I jump back in the car and tell Laura, "Head east! Fellow says the guy
> that stole my lens went east!")
>
You know I get these mental pictures... You didn't actually slide across the
bonnet did you?
Nah. Had a rented mini-van. No bonnet. Stumbling back to and falling into
the car is probably a more accurate visual.
> Laura: "You, dear, are an idiot."
>
> Me: "Why aren't you zooming east, and why am I an idiot."
>
> Laura: "We aren't zooming east because your lens is probably headed west
> with that old guy?"
>
> Me: "Oh, so how do you know all this, 'Ms. Smart-A*s Detective'?"
>
> Laura: "Ok, El Stup-ee-do, how could he know what brand, type and size of
> lens unless he opened the case, took out the lens and pulled the caps?
> Stupid gringo..."
>
> Me: "Doh!"
>
> Never saw the old guy again....
>
>
> -Kyle
Cheers
Huggy Bear
Funny you should mention him. I just paid $60 for a pair of Huggy Bear
platform shoes. I be pimpin' an' struttin' an' showin' my fine now, baby!
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