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Old March 17th 12, 04:12 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Robert Coe
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Default Bad body in humans, boring in cars, functional in cameras?

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:24:48 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
: I refer to this as the Japanese car design disease. Lack of any
: angularity. It plagues most middle-class cars on the road.
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Many years ago I read a joke (in Reader's Digest, IIRC) that I think captures
Rich's Weltanschauung with uncanny accuracy. It went something like this:

There were four guys who liked to get together at a local poker club for a
game once or twice a week. There was a fifth guy who didn't play but would
hang around the table and kibitz, making a pain in the ass of himself by
second-guessing everything the players did. So one evening the four got
together before their game and formulated a plan to thwart the kibitzer.

As usual, the game began with each of the four players drawing a card to
choose a dealer. But on the first hand the dealer dealt four cards to the
first player, five to the second, and four to the third. Then he tore the next
four cards into quarters and dealt the pieces to the other three before taking
six cards for himself and turning up two on the board. The players stared at
their hands for a while; then the player to the dealer's left opened the
bidding: "I have a mingle, so I'll bet $100." "Well, I have a snazzle," said
the second player, "So I'll call and raise you $200." The third player folded
without betting, and the dealer studied his cards at length. Throughout these
proceedings, the kibitzer was becoming visibly agitated, rolling his eyes and
shaking his head. Finally the dealer said, "I have a farfle, so I'll raise to
$500." The kibitzer could no longer contain himself. "Are you out of your
mind?" he bellowed. "Trying to beat a mingle and a snazzle with a lousy
farfle?!!"

Bob
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Old March 17th 12, 05:24 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Savageduck[_3_]
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Default Bad body in humans, boring in cars, functional in cameras?

On 2012-03-17 08:12:27 -0700, Robert Coe said:

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:24:48 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
: I refer to this as the Japanese car design disease. Lack of any
: angularity. It plagues most middle-class cars on the road.
:
: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=40899162

Many years ago I read a joke (in Reader's Digest, IIRC) that I think captures
Rich's Weltanschauung with uncanny accuracy. It went something like this:

There were four guys who liked to get together at a local poker club for a
game once or twice a week. There was a fifth guy who didn't play but would
hang around the table and kibitz, making a pain in the ass of himself by
second-guessing everything the players did. So one evening the four got
together before their game and formulated a plan to thwart the kibitzer.

As usual, the game began with each of the four players drawing a card to
choose a dealer. But on the first hand the dealer dealt four cards to the
first player, five to the second, and four to the third. Then he tore the next
four cards into quarters and dealt the pieces to the other three before taking
six cards for himself and turning up two on the board. The players stared at
their hands for a while; then the player to the dealer's left opened the
bidding: "I have a mingle, so I'll bet $100." "Well, I have a snazzle," said
the second player, "So I'll call and raise you $200." The third player folded
without betting, and the dealer studied his cards at length. Throughout these
proceedings, the kibitzer was becoming visibly agitated, rolling his eyes and
shaking his head. Finally the dealer said, "I have a farfle, so I'll raise to
$500." The kibitzer could no longer contain himself. "Are you out of your
mind?" he bellowed. "Trying to beat a mingle and a snazzle with a lousy
farfle?!!"

Bob


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