> >> It is snowing hard, again, with 12-18 inches forecast for Philly. > >> > >> Escape was necessary. So, here is the door of the village > church in > >> Stow-on-the-Wold, England: > >> > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10660976 > >> > >> (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 400, f/4 @ 1/10) > >> > >> Rick > > > > They put those studs into old church doors to stop > elephants leaning > > against them - bet you didn't know that. > > African or Asian.?? >
English. A subspecies which evolved from the Anglo-Saxon war elephants that came across with Hengist and Horsa. Characterised by their polite demeanour and grey skin colour, which tends to a subtle pin stripe, they developed their door-leaning habits following the Dissolution of the Monsteries, when they could no longer get into the convent kitchens to steal buns, so took to sneaking through church doors to get to the sacristy for the communion wafers. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
