Thanks, Igor and Brian. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Quoting "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmatyola at gmail.com>: > >> Only us old codgers will get the reference, but this fish is uglier >> than the one in Igor's PESO: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17667344 > > > Dan, it's an unusual-looking fish. I believe I had seen one somewhere > before. > I didn't know the culture reference, as it was before my time, and > I am bad with remembering names. But do recall hearing the sign-off > quoted by Don G. ("Good night, Mrs Calabash, wherever you are"). > Now I got to read about the history of it. > > > I agree with what Brian wrote about the looks of the fish. > Besides, I know people frequently say about various creatures (especially > insects) that those are ugly. But in reality, I think, that comes from > the projection of the looks of those creatures onto human looks, and > judging by humans understanding of beauty. > I think measuring everything by humans' look is limiting. > Besides, not all cultures have the same ideas about what is beatiful, > and what's ugly. > E.g. in some south-eastern Asia (Burma, Thailand?), there are tribes > that value large ears, long necks, etc.. > See, e.g. these images: > http://goo.gl/Ur6zUD > From the point of view of a "western" culture, those look bizarre. > > In response to your blue fish, I'll post my "blue fish". :-) > > Igor > > > > -- > 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.
