Subject: Re: My wife refused... (Nikon wide angle revisted)
From: Alan Browne
Newsgroups: rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Matt Clara wrote:
>
> ...to condone the purchase of the 17-35mm AFS IF-ED
> geewhiz wonder lens. But she didn't say "no", either,
> so I bought one off of ebay tonight for a grand.
>
> Ouch.
> Now I feel guilty, but there's a little smile inside shining through!
>
A marriage made in heaven:
M: Wow, I really think I've decided on a new lens
W: No, Matt, we've discussed this and agreed, no more lenses for a while.
M: But Honey! I'll do all the painting, I promise, starting with the living room.
W: NO new lens
M: And tear out the bathroom and re-build, I promise, before your parents visit in May.
W: NO new lens
M: And I'll attend those Wed. evening art apreciation classes with you,I promise
W: NO, NO, NO, Read my lips: " NO new lens !!! "
M: But, Honey, I'll buy a used one from e-bay, and save a bundle!!
W: Well, how much will you save?
M: Oh, you know, HUNDREDS!.
W: Well, if you do all those things and save hundreds, then okay honey, I know you work hard and photography is your hobby...
2 hours later...
M: Yippee, I won a lens on e-bay.
W: Great Honey, how much did you pay?
M: And we'll go to Hawaii next winter, I promise.
W: HOW MUCH?
M: And you know, we can get enough money for your old klunker to buy a new mini-van for you, if we trade in those low yield bonds.
W: <tapping foot, crossed arms> HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR THE LENS!
M: Well, honey, you have to understand it's one of the finest lenses there is, all my really good friends on r.p.e.35mm (even that jerk Alan)said to get one.
W: How MUCH DID YOU PAY????!!!!
M: Oh, listen the baby's crying.... I'll go see what's up! <runs>
...Will Matt survive?
...stay tuned....for the next chapter of
"MATT'S CONFESSIONS: I was a wide angle wascal."