That bad gun terminology and other sins

[kshapero]

many of our sponsers are hidden sinners

1. Leica - I leica shot some pictures (shameful)
2. Cameraquest - secret for "go get'm and shoot'm"
3. Popflash.photo - so obvious what pop means
4. Gordy camera straps - something to do with whipping
5. Robert White - wasn't he a serial killer in Boston, er or wasn't that Jack the Ripper, oh well close enough.
6. Shphoto.de - in Russian means " I shot it good" (sinner)
7. Photovillage - the town that shoots (oh the horror)
8. Leicatime - Everyone knows Luigi wouldn't hurt a flea but he leica to.
9. Zeiss Ikon - Ikon put you on Zeiss. (brrrr, mean)

We bow our collective heads in shame (sic)

Ok, I got it out of my system. I feel much better.

 

[Silva Lining]

YES!

And have you noticed that if you re-arrange the letters of 'Rangefinderforum' you'll receive two insidious messages!

'Err...find a gun for me'

&

Fine, murder of Gran.

 

[DMG]

don't Silva such chants will invoke the beast

 

[dll927]

All of a sudden, there are two postings here about "gun terminology". Are we suddenly losing sight of linguistic possibilities? Most people accept terminology used in a particular context - as long as it isn't vulgar or demeaning.

Speaking of rearranging letters --
1. Dormitory - dirty room
2. Presbyterian - best in prayer
3. Desperation - A rope ends it
4. The Morse code - here come dots
5. The eyes - they see

And we've all played the game of taking a fairly long word and seeing how many other words you can make up from the letters, using each letter only once.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Very spurious bike - Your Kiev is superb

But what's even more disturbing:
Santa Claus - Satan Lucas

 

[Richard Black]

Too much time on your hands

Too much time on your hands

You guys have too much time on you hands. The owner of a local camera shop just called and is willing to loan my a new Sony A100 to test drive. I think my time will be filled, making images, can't say the s***t word here.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

let's take all the gastronomical analogies out of photography ... like GAS

 

[mwooten]

...But what's even more disturbing:
Santa Claus - Satan Lucas

Ever own a british car?

 

[smiling gecko]

prince of darkness electrics...

prince of darkness electrics...

hmm, satan lucas - the designer of the electrics for brit bikes (aarrghhh) and cars - surely some have heard of "lucas, prince of darkness lighting.


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hasta la vista, voyez-vous plus tard, daskorava,fino al prossimo tempo, auf wiedersehen, vedali piu sucessivamente, shalom, zaijian, ... later y’all

kenneth lockerman
NEVER FORGET BESLAN
www.neverforgetbeslan.com

 

[BrianShaw]

Equally funny is how the Microsoft Word dictionary once tried to correct a "mis-spelled" word: 'Disneyland' to 'disenchantment'

 

[bgb]

" Lucas Prince of Darkness " and British cars ... oh dear why did you have to bring back all those memories, just as i was starting to get better.
Italian motorcycles have a similar wiring demon ... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
I like rifles and guns and the terminology is older than photography and it pops up in all sort of everyday terms.

 

[thanatos]

Is it true that FIAT stands for 'Fix it again Tony'?

 

[SDK]

Actually "fiat" is Latin for "it's done" or "it's made." Perhaps as in "we're done and now it's your problem"?

I know a kid named Lucas who can be a bit of a hellion, but not quite Satan. His Pa is a good photographer (though of the Canon SLR & Pro Zoom sort).

 

[Flinor]

Question: Why do the British drink warm beer?
Answer: Because they have Lucas refigerators.