oh, yes. forgot about that. Is this an albatross? http://photos28.flickr.com/38882475_70e64f5c57_o.jpg -- Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Sorenson > Sent: 05 July 2007 17:25 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos > > Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks > Had I from old and young ! > Instead of the cross, the Albatross > About my neck was hung. > > from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" > > -p > > Bob W wrote: > > you're probably thinking of a Prince Albert (which is not > worn on the > > neck...) > > > > -- > > Bob > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of graywolf > >> Sent: 05 July 2007 13:56 > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos > >> > >> Gee, I thought albatross was was an ornament you wore around > >> your neck. So much for a public education. > >> > >> graywolf > >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com > >> http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > >> "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > >> ----------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> Bob W wrote: > >>> because he was formerly a sailor cast adrift. During the drifting > >>> voyage his companions fed him what they said was albatross, and he > >>> greatly enjoyed it. On tasting real albatross he realises > >> that he had > >>> in fact been eating human flesh, probably his own children or > >>> something, otherwise why kill yourself over it? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Bob > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>>> Behalf Of AlunFoto > >>>> Sent: 05 July 2007 07:45 > >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos > >>>> > >>>> Ah, > >>>> > >>>> some divide humanity in two groups depending on knowledge, or > > lack > >>> of > >>>> such, on the significance of the number 42. :-) > >>>> > >>>> The "taste of albatros" is kinda similar, relating to a guessing > >>> game > >>>> where you are given the end of a story and have to unreel the > > story > >>>> line by asking yes/no questions to the story-"master". The end is > >>>> about how a blind man enters a restaurant down on the harbour and > >>>> orders albatros from the menu. After taking just one bite, he > > walks > >>>> out and commits suicide. The challenge is to find out why. > >>>> > >>>> Puffins, otoh, were regular food in parts of Norway until the > >>> collapse > >>>> of the herring populations in the sixties. AFAIK, it is > >> still on the > >>>> menu in Iceland. > >>>> > >>>> Jostein > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Jostein > >>>> > >>>> 2007/7/4, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>>>> On 4/7/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>>>> > >>>>>> What's it taste like. It tastes like bloody albatros.:-) > >>>>> What have you got against the humble albatro ? > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> Cotty > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ___/\__ > >>>>> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > >>>>> ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > >>>>> _____________________________ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > >>>> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > 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

