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According to the Pentax forum on DP Review (from which I've, once again,
been banned by Uncle Phil) Pentax have sold about 250,000 dslr's since the
introduction of the *istD

Which compares rather meagrely with Canon's 125,000 units per month.

However, there are advantages in a low volume system - not least from the UK
Arts Council, an eclectic body of homosexuals, feminists, progressive
thinkers, and bearded liberals, who exist solely to ladle out vast amounts
of taxpayers cash to 'new age' artists - particularly artists from
disadvantaged minority groups.

The Pentax owner can now take his/her rightful place in the queue for a
wheelbarrow full of Fifty pound notes, rejoicing in the knowledge that
he/she is most definitely a minority applicant - why, at a mere 250,000
cameras sold over a three year period, there are more one-legged Hindu
transvestites getting Arts Council cash than Pentax owners!

Grab a Pentax, and come along on the journey to El Dorado!.....

"Pentax Fan" <> wrote in message
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> According to the Pentax forum on DP Review (from which I've, once again,
> been banned by Uncle Phil) Pentax have sold about 250,000 dslr's since the
> introduction of the *istD
>
> Which compares rather meagrely with Canon's 125,000 units per month.
>
> However, there are advantages in a low volume system - not least from the UK
> Arts Council, an eclectic body of homosexuals, feminists, progressive
> thinkers, and bearded liberals, who exist solely to ladle out vast amounts
> of taxpayers cash to 'new age' artists - particularly artists from
> disadvantaged minority groups.
>
> The Pentax owner can now take his/her rightful place in the queue for a
> wheelbarrow full of Fifty pound notes, rejoicing in the knowledge that
> he/she is most definitely a minority applicant - why, at a mere 250,000
> cameras sold over a three year period, there are more one-legged Hindu
> transvestites getting Arts Council cash than Pentax owners!
>
> Grab a Pentax, and come along on the journey to El Dorado!.....
>

Gosh, to think "Uncle Phil" banned someone of your obvious intellect and charm
boggles the mind.

Oh come on, you have to appreciate his senses of humor and sarcasm.

"Pat" <> wrote in message
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> Oh come on, you have to appreciate his senses of humor and sarcasm.
>

No. He's a pompous, supercilious ass.

In article <wfGZf.56141$> ,
JTS Brown <> wrote:
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>"Pat" <> wrote in message
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>> Oh come on, you have to appreciate his senses of humor and sarcasm.
>>
>No. He's a pompous, supercilious ass.

Far from unique amongst posters here, then...

On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 01:58:34 +0100, "Pentax Fan"
<> wrote:

>According to the Pentax forum on DP Review (from which I've, once again,
>been banned by Uncle Phil) Pentax have sold about 250,000 dslr's since the
>introduction of the *istD
>
>Which compares rather meagrely with Canon's 125,000 units per month.
>
>However, there are advantages in a low volume system - not least from the UK
>Arts Council, an eclectic body of homosexuals, feminists, progressive
>thinkers, and bearded liberals, who exist solely to ladle out vast amounts
>of taxpayers cash to 'new age' artists - particularly artists from
>disadvantaged minority groups.

This sounds like...CANADA!!!
>
>The Pentax owner can now take his/her rightful place in the queue for a
>wheelbarrow full of Fifty pound notes, rejoicing in the knowledge that
>he/she is most definitely a minority applicant - why, at a mere 250,000
>cameras sold over a three year period, there are more one-legged Hindu
>transvestites getting Arts Council cash than Pentax owners!
>
>Grab a Pentax, and come along on the journey to El Dorado!.....
>

I want a grant to use sonoluminescense as a power source for nano
material self-assembly. Can I get a grant of say...$100,000?
-Rich

Rich wrote:
>
> On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 01:58:34 +0100, "Pentax Fan"
> <> wrote:
>
> >According to the Pentax forum on DP Review (from which I've, once again,
> >been banned by Uncle Phil) Pentax have sold about 250,000 dslr's since the
> >introduction of the *istD
> >
> >Which compares rather meagrely with Canon's 125,000 units per month.
> >
> >However, there are advantages in a low volume system - not least from the UK
> >Arts Council, an eclectic body of homosexuals, feminists, progressive
> >thinkers, and bearded liberals, who exist solely to ladle out vast amounts
> >of taxpayers cash to 'new age' artists - particularly artists from
> >disadvantaged minority groups.
>
> This sounds like...CANADA!!!
> >
and bitter *******s

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"JTS Brown" <> wrote in message
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>
> Gosh, to think "Uncle Phil" banned someone of your obvious intellect and
> charm boggles the mind. <


Sarcasm, my dear Brown, is best applied with surgical precision - a deft
snip here, a skilled stitch there.

To watch you attempting it, is rather similar to witnessing a builder's
labourer performing open heart surgery with a mortar trowel - grotesque, yet
strangely compelling.

In news:,
Paul Heslop <> scribed:

>>>
> and bitter *******s

What are you doing in here??! By noooooo stretch of the imagination can you
call your Oly Zoom a D_S_L_R! Get back where you belong THIS INSTANT! )

DG thataway ------------------------------->

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I have no evidence for stating the above, but this is usenet, so I don't
need any.

Siggy wrote:
>
> In news:,
> Paul Heslop <> scribed:
>
> >>>
> > and bitter *******s
>
> What are you doing in here??! By noooooo stretch of the imagination can you
> call your Oly Zoom a D_S_L_R! Get back where you belong THIS INSTANT! )
>
> DG thataway ------------------------------->
>
> --
> I have no evidence for stating the above, but this is usenet, so I don't
> need any.

:O) Blame the x-posting poster
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