[rollei_list] Re: OT - Gloria Mundi (was: "Advantage of 4x5 over medium format" (was: Austin ...)
- From: Ardeshir Mehta <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:50:40 -0400
On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 07:24 PM, Allen Zak wrote:
>
> 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.
You mean it was the VAN that broke down, don't you.
Cheers.
Ardeshir <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir>
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