I have posted it before. It's from "Scoop" by Evelyn Waugh (actually it's an amalgam of 2 lists). The innocent reporter, William Boot, is kitted out for his trip to Azania (Abyssinia) by an unscrupulous retailer of tropical and safari equipment.
Boot has been told that runners in Azania carry messages in cleft sticks, and that's how he will have to file his copy to the Daily Beast. "I want some cleft sticks, please." ... "We can have some cloven for you." -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 06 September 2006 22:02 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: the way it was ... the way it is (was: amusing > product review) > > I have seen that list somewhere before, but can not remember where. > Please refresh my momory. > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Bob W wrote: > >> I don't think anybody, going off for a day's solo shooting, > >> takes along anywhere near the amount of gear that is brought > >> to a PDML meet (or to GFM, or to any other show-and-share > >> event). > > > > I have found the following to be the absolute minimum necessary for > > any trip longer than 1 night away from home, and further than > > Tunbridge Wells to the south, or Chingford to the north: > > > > a well-furnished tent > > 3 months' rations > > collapsible canoe > > jointed flagstaff and Union Jack > > hand pump and sterilising plant > > astrolabe > > 6 suits of tropical linen > > sou'wester > > camp operating table and set of surgical instruments > > portable humidor > > Christmas hamper with Santa costume and mistletoe stand > > cane for whacking snakes > > coil of rope > > sheet of tin > > several cleft sticks > > > > riding breeches for winter and summer > > bush shirts > > a sola topi > > a double-brimmed sun hat > > a camp bed and sleeping bag > > long boots to deter mosquitoes at sundown > > quinine pills to protect against malaria > > slabs of black chocolate for energy > > metal uniform cases > > a cedarwood trunk lined with zinc to keep ants out > > silk pyjamas to avoid typhus > > several more cleft sticks > > a stick cleaver > > > > > > Bob > > (with thanks to William Boot) > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
