[rollei_list] Re: OT - Gloria Mundi (was: "Advantage of 4x5 over medium format" (was: Austin ...)
- From: Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:24:16 -0400
On Apr 20, 2005, at 7:08 PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 06:51 PM, Allen Zak wrote:
>
>> Occasionally I visit the tomb of Graflex to reflect upon sic transit
>> gloria mundi.
>
> Shouldn't that be "SICK transit Gloria Mundi"? (And who WAS Gloria
> Mundi, anyway, and why was she sick of the transit?)
Re-read, you will find that it was the bus that broke down and that
Miss Vanderbilt would not arrive until after the weekend.
Glad to be of assistance.
Allen Zak
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