Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.
from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" -p Bob W wrote: > you're probably thinking of a Prince Albert (which is not worn on the > neck...) > > -- > Bob > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of graywolf >> Sent: 05 July 2007 13:56 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos >> >> Gee, I thought albatross was was an ornament you wore around >> your neck. So much for a public education. >> >> graywolf >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com >> http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf >> "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" >> ----------------------------------- >> >> >> Bob W wrote: >>> because he was formerly a sailor cast adrift. During the drifting >>> voyage his companions fed him what they said was albatross, and he >>> greatly enjoyed it. On tasting real albatross he realises >> that he had >>> in fact been eating human flesh, probably his own children or >>> something, otherwise why kill yourself over it? >>> >>> -- >>> Bob >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>> Behalf Of AlunFoto >>>> Sent: 05 July 2007 07:45 >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: Re: GESO - demostration photos >>>> >>>> Ah, >>>> >>>> some divide humanity in two groups depending on knowledge, or > lack >>> of >>>> such, on the significance of the number 42. :-) >>>> >>>> The "taste of albatros" is kinda similar, relating to a guessing >>> game >>>> where you are given the end of a story and have to unreel the > story >>>> line by asking yes/no questions to the story-"master". The end is >>>> about how a blind man enters a restaurant down on the harbour and >>>> orders albatros from the menu. After taking just one bite, he > walks >>>> out and commits suicide. The challenge is to find out why. >>>> >>>> Puffins, otoh, were regular food in parts of Norway until the >>> collapse >>>> of the herring populations in the sixties. AFAIK, it is >> still on the >>>> menu in Iceland. >>>> >>>> Jostein >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Jostein >>>> >>>> 2007/7/4, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>> On 4/7/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >>>>> >>>>>> What's it taste like. It tastes like bloody albatros.:-) >>>>> What have you got against the humble albatro ? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Cotty >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ___/\__ >>>>> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >>>>> ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >>>>> _____________________________ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >>>> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
