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Re: [OM] Lest we lose the real perspective...

Subject: Re: [OM] Lest we lose the real perspective...
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:55:25 -0700
Reminds me of the difference between the sixties and the naughties.

In 1969, a man walks into a drugstore and says loudly, "I'll have some  
cigarettes," and then whispers, "and some condoms."

In 2009, a man walks into a drugstore and says loudly, "I'll have some  
condoms," and then whispers, "and some cigarettes."

> Reminds me of an old Smith & Jones sketch.
> Man dying in hospital bed surrounded by friends and family. His
> oldest friend leans over to here his dying words.
> "I have a terrible confession to make."
> "Yes Mel? What is it, old friend?"
> "I," pained pause, "I never really liked Woody Allen's films."
> Jones recoils in horror, "Oh my GOD!", as do the other bedside
> mourners. Some talk animatedly among themselves, horrified. Some
> leave in disgust.
> They all weep with the shame of it.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Thank you. This is the first time in my life that I've been called
>> fashionable. And I didn't even know it.
>>
>> We were in a gallery in Santa Fe that had quite a number of fairly
>> large
>> prints of Adams more famous shots, and as we were looking, my wife
>> said in
>> asoft voice, "Do you like this stuff?" In an equally soft voice, I
>> noted
>> that Idon't like to spread this about, but I really don't, but I"m
>> afraid to
>> mention it out loud around other photographers.


:::: Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in  
rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Casey ::::
:::: Jan Steinman <http://www.EcoReality.org> ::::



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