[LargeFormat] Reply to Ken - read at your peril

[Karl Wolz]

A hunnert 'n' ten degrees and everybody wants off the bus!

Are you still considering the NM trip?

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: <Schuyler.Grace@AmericaWest.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 1:27 PM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Reply to Ken - read at your peril


> Dick,
>
> Are you in need of a studio assistant?  I don't have much experience in
> greasing up Aussie models, but I do appreciate fine Scotch, and I'm a
> willing and fast learner.  Please consider this my letter of application.
I
> will be packing my bags in eager anticipation of your reply in the
> affirmative.
>
> Schuyler Grace
>
> Phone:        480.693.3569
> FAX:          480.693.7555
> CO-MAIL:        52N-AWT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Hough [mailto:k4sb@niia.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 12:12 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Reply to Ken - read at your peril
>
>
> Good God Dick! I'm including my original question to this post lest the
> members wonder what I was thinking. here goes:
>
> One of the problems with your postings is that I'm afraid to open
> them.
> You always have my point of view as to "how to" do something. And
> thats  great. Its what follows that keeps me on the floor laughing. I
> have to ask this:
> What the hell is a Bucket O' Frogs pose? I did an internet search for
> it.  Found a frog legs restaurant. Could they benefit from table
> dancers doing  the "Bucket O' Frogs" pose while diners eat?
> Ken
>
> Your Reply:
> Dear Ken,
>
>     I am sending an open reply as your server has refused my previous
> letter. This shows a sense of good taste on the part of your computer, but
I
> shall not let that stop me. Once I have a computer keyboard and a glass of
> Glenfiddich I am dangerous.
>
>      The Bucket O' Frogs is actually a contraction of the complete phrase
"
> As slippery as a bucket of soapy frogs ". In the context of the nude poses
> it refers to the practise of greasing the model.
>
>     We used to use baby oil but the smell became too much - it tends to
> cling to all the curtains and once you get it into a stucco wall the stain
> is there forever. Ditto Crisco or olive oil. These tend to attract bugs as
> well.
>
> >>>>A nude model against a stucco wall? How mean! Or how tough the
> skin of those aussie women are!
>
>
>     We have settled on a light coating of hospital grade examination
> lubricant. I get it from Ramsay Surgical in a 20 litre tub and this goes a
> long way, particularly if the models are ticklish. When we are done they
can
> be hosed off in the shower or out on the back lawn. I once made the
mistake
> of doing this on the front lawn verge, thinking to save water. You should
> have seen the neighbor's curtains shooting open and closed! Any rate a
blast
> from the fine spray clears most of it and the sea lion likes to play
around
> in the water as well.
>
> >>> Oh My God.....A sea lion? They bite. I know ( do not ask )
>
>     Uncle Dick
>
> PS: Never set a greased model up on the top of a playground slide at
> McDonalds. It's just asking for disaster and a lot of these places have
> gravel pathways under the slide.
>
> PPS: No, I don't smear it on them myself. I have an assistant to do this.
It
> costs $ 100 a week, but that is all he can afford to pay.
>
> >>>>>OK on the floor..............can se th kys of puter................It
> hurts
> laffing.......
> Ken
>
>
>
>
>
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