Truthfully your honor, I showed it to her but then I had to kill her.
Your honor, she asked me if that was a new 350mm f2.8 Zuiko lens she saw
in the
trunk the other day. I answered truthfully that it was not. It was used.
Gary Edwards wrote:
> Lighten up, Mike. We're mostly joking. <g>
>
> Gary Edwards (who is married to a judge and doesn't dare lie, even about
> Zuikos. . .)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <miaim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 7:18 AM
> Subject: [OM] Advice for sneaking stuff past spouse
>
> > DON'T DO IT!!!!
> >
> > I think that if I had to pick one single thing that is most wrong with
> > society it would be the ease at which most people will lie. It's easy to
> > lie to a telemarketer that you don't want to talk to, or a boss that
> > presses you on a trivial item of little consequence, etc. But it
shouldn't
> > be so. Lying to a spouse; about anything at all, is to breach the
trust of
> > the one person that should be one's most trusted partner. It's akin to
> > lying to one's self.
> >
> > Telling a little fib about a camera or lens purchase may not seem like
> much
> > to you, but perhaps telling an untruth about something of greater
> > importance may not seem like that much to her. It's a no win situation.
> >
> > We have only one ironclad rule in this house. NO LIES about anything at
> > all. Trust and understanding form this incredible bond that seems to just
> > get stronger and feel better as time goes by.
> >
> > Mike Swaim
> >
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