2006 PDML quotations list: Part 1

[Bob W]

Jeez, a whole feckin' year and I only said 3 witty things.

--
 Bob
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On 
> Behalf Of Mark Roberts
> Sent: 01 January 2007 21:03
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: 2006 PDML quotations list: Part 1
> 
> The server doesn't allow posts of over 10k is size and, this being a

> particularly prolific year for our local fonts of wisdom, I was
faced 
> with a choice: Either edit the list down or break it up into 
> two posts. 
> Being loathe to remove any of these deserving gems (ahem), I
selected 
> the latter option. Also, it's less work than reading through 
> everything 
> again and deciding what to leave in and what to leave out.
> 
> Oh yeah, there was a third option: Get the listmeister to put 
> this post 
> through manually. But I haven't heard anything from Doug yet and I'm

> sure no one wants me to postpone this any more.
> 
> So here they are, in no particular order (for the most part):
> 
> ------2006 PDML quotations list: Part 1------
> 
> "Well, the first thing we need to do is panic."
>  - Doug Brewer
> 
> "Battery is charging! Rejoice, rejoice!"
>  - Ken Takeshita
> 
> "I'm pretty close to Cotty's height when I have my ears on."
>  - Frank Theriault
> 
> "Now, let me tell you how flawed you are..."
>  - Norm Baugher
> 
> "My glasses are clean but my mind isn't."
>  - Annsan
> 
> "Personally, I think a gorilla should cost a lot more than 
> 800 pounds, 
> but that's eBay for you."
>  - Bob Walkden
> 
> "Have you considered the joys of snakeskin?"
>  - Frank Theriault
> 
> "I *do* know a Hippo's bum when I see one."
>  - Mike Wilson
> 
> "Photography isn't necessarily about making an exact 2 dimensional 
> duplicate of what was in front of the camera."
>  - Bill Robb
> 
> "I was too excited to read the fine print"
>  - Cory Papenfuss
> 
> "The amusing flame wars here are well worth pressing a little green 
> button every now and then."
>  - Juan Buhler
> 
> "I'm not a fondler. I'm a photographer." 
>  - Paul Stenquist
> 
> "MARNIE CLEAN OUT YOUR MAILBOX!"
>  - Traditional
> 
> "Was your dog in danger when you bought the DS?"
>  - Shel Belinkoff
> 
> "The (aperture simulator is) now a vestige of the evolution of this 
> mount. Pretty much like the human appendix, it's there and can 
> sometimes cause inflammation (like the aperture simulator 
> periodically 
> does on this list).
>  - Gonz
> 
> "A great lens feel is nice, but a superb rendering is better."
>  - Paul Stenquist
> 
> "Complicated cameras are often made for people who believe 
> they can buy 
> 'skills' they don't have themselves :-)"
>  - Jens Bladt
> 
> "It's Santa photos fer Gawds sake, it ain't high art."
>  - Bill Robb
> 
> "Killfiles work miracles, not wimps"
>  - Kostas Kavoussanakis
> 
> "Maybe phones don't take great pix, but Holgas make worse phones."
>  - Frank Theriault
> 
> "Gawd, will I be happy to not have to type those asterisks*****."
>  - Paul Stenquist
> 
> "The more you know, the better your results."
>  - Shel Belinkoff
> 
> "I think I'll check to see if I've used up this year's quota 
> of commas."
>  - Doug Brewer
> 
> "That's what happens when you write an English posting while you're 
> sitting in Germany and listening to French radio."
>  - Ralf R. Radermacher
> 
> "An axiom is that no matter how well a digital camera 
> performs, people 
> will complain about noise. Corollary to that axiom is the 
> fact that all 
> digital cameras do have noise."
>  - Godfrey DiGiorgi
> 
> "You can define things any way you like. This doesn't imply that
your 
> definition is correct."
>  - Bill Robb
> 
> "It's sometimes quite handy to have a second-grader around the
house."
>  - Doug Brewer
> 
> "I'm skimming all of these posts and still have no idea what the
hell 
> an aperture simulator is. I guess it can't be too important 
> if I never 
> knew I needed it."
>  - "J and K Messervy"
> 
> Adam Maas: "I'm just wondering what the heck Ingorant means"
> Mark Roberts: "It's a large black seabird related to the cormorant."
> 
> Paul Stenquist: "Tell me, Bill. How do you always manage to say what

> the rest of us are thinking?"
> Bill Robb: "Tourette Syndrome."
> 
> "I feel so...dirty."
>  - D. Glenn Arthur (Re: Purchasing a *digital* SLR)
> 
> "You have a French name. That makes you a gourmet."
>  - Bob Walkden
> 
> "Is it just me, or does it seem like a bad idea to make a 
> decision on a 
> camera system based on a single consumer-zoom lens?"
>  - Mat Maessen
> 
> "Canon aren't exactly going broke making some of the worst 
> entry-level 
> DSLRs available, and selling them by the truckload to people 
> who don't 
> know any better."
>  - John Francis
> 
> "I have a lot of opinions. Some of them *must* be wrong."
>  - Rich Tietjens (A friend who's not on PDML but deserves to 
> be quoted 
> anyway)
> 
> "I found the LA water to be awful, but then I was drinking it 
> straight 
> up."
>  - Shel Belinkoff
> 
> "It's a good thing that Pentax doesn't offer new flagship cameras
too 
> often. This way even I can - kinda - keep up!"
>  - Jens Bladt
> 
> "My interpretation is typographically correct, although 
> perhaps unduly 
> optimistic"
>  - Bertil Holmberg
> 
> "You're not kicking me when I'm down, you're just kicking me."
>  - Frank Theriault
> 
> "I once saw Frans Lanting in Mike's eyebrows."
>  - Bob Walkden
> 
> "No camera I've owned has been perfect."
>  - Godfrey DiGiorgi
> 
> "Complaints about problems which exist only in speculation is really

> stupid."
>  - Godfrey DiGiorgi
> 
> "My istD used to take 6MP photos in 2004. Now it is down to 
> 1600x1200, 
> and that's only when I shoot cats and flowers. Also, it takes Canon 
> lenses now. I better upgrade before it gets even worse."
>   - Juan Buhler
> 
> "I've never camped alone before as a woman, or as a man either :-)"
>  - Marnie aka Doe
> 
> "Having more than one lens enables you to have the wrong lens
mounted 
> at any given time."
>  - Doug Brewer
> 
> "He looks like his emails."
>  - Annsan (Don't remember who she was writing about, but does 
> it really 
> matter?)
> 
> "My favourite photographic accessory for shooting aggressive 
> and lethal 
> wild animals is a helicopter.
>  - John Forbes
> 
> "It has the flare resistance of a 1970's Led Zeppelin groupie."
>  - Mike Wilson (though which third-party lens he was referring to is

> long forgotten...)
> 
> "It's a DATA POINT, for Pete's sake, not something chiseled 
> in granite!"
>  - Keith W
> 
> "Specifications are cheap to produce."
>  - Bill Robb
> 
> "And naturally, if you are going to quote someone, better me than 
> Cotty."
>  - Marnie aka Doe
> 
> "I tend to eschew the whole street photography thing in the 
> same way I 
> eschew jazz music. I don't get it, and I don't really feel 
> the need to, 
> either."
>  - Bill Robb
> 
> "Right now Magic Hour is about 8:30 to 9:30 in Yorkshire. I am told 
> there's another one in the morning, but so long as there is a Snooze

> button, I have no chance of ever seeing it."
>  - Jim Kerslake
> 
> "Why would I want a new lens? My digicam has a 12X digital zoom on
it 
> AND it records video!"
>  - Russell Kerstetter
> 
> "Exposure is much more than a reading from a meter. It's an 
> intelligent 
> decision that the photographer must be prepared to make."
>  - Paul Stenquist
> 
> "Why would I take photos of people when I already know what they
look 
> like?"
>  - Amita Guha
> 
> "Wives are allowed to arrange furniture, but they are never
permitted 
> to have any control over the purchase, placement or operation of 
> high-tech toys."
>  - Paul Stenquist
> 
> "Maybe that's what the fellow on eBay was talking about, but more 
> likely he just doesn't know what he is talking about."
>  - Bob Shell
> 
> 
> 
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