Great story, Cotty! Read it to Darrel, and he giggled as well! Cheers, Christine
On Nov 29, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29/11/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I remember the security guard at Museo de Orsay (forgive my spelling >> ...) in Paris telling me that I couldn't use my Leica. I then pulled >> out my Minox C and asked if I could photograph them ... and they said >> sure! So I took all my photos in that museum with the Minox. No one >> said anything to me. :-) > > Years ago I was filming at a crown court - just outside the court > precinct (the legally defined boundary of every court in the country, > UK, within which one cannot film on pain of arrest) - and the Clerk of > the Court came out and demanded to look down the viewfinder! I had been > on a tripod picking off individuals as they entered the car park and > walked to the entrance. Of course he had no right and I could have > flatly refused, but even then I had the makings of a brilliant diplomat.... > > I said of course he could and while I manoeuvred myself out of the way, > I deftly pressed on the zoom rocker to widen the lens right out. He > looked down, robes and all, and exclaimed 'Blimey - not a very good lens > is it - the building is a speck in the distance!' He retreated giggling > to himself, satisfied I was no threat to anyone's privacy. > > Of course, I had the last laugh - and always do ;-) > > -- > > > 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 > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- 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.
