Re: PF Exhibits on 02 JUL 05

[Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxx>]

Peeter Vissak wrote:

Well, don't expect me to apologise for sending a pretensionless photograph, because it wasn't pretensionless.

As Marilyn has pointed out, there ARE creatures in the forest (thanks, Marilyn!) and however shaked, misfocused and dull the shot may be, it has recorded (as truthfully as the magnetic media allows) the secret message. Who am I to translate with my feeble keyboard the boosted words,still humming in my brain semispheres: SHAKE, THOU, MORTAL - THE F-STOP SUCKS BIG TIME!

Peeter

Andy

What a dreadfully dull group of images.
      

Peeter, here would be a situation laden with poignant photos.  Why weren't you there?              Don

Estonians snatch world wife-carrying title again

SONKAJARVI, Finland (Reuters) - Estonia reigned supreme once again in the wife-carrying world championship on Saturday, as Margo Uusorg sprinted home to win the Baltic country's eighth straight title in the offbeat competition. Forty couples from 10 countries gathered in the remote Finnish village of Sonkajarvi to complete a 253.5-meter-long obstacle course. A man must carry a woman, not necessarily his spouse, through a pool and across hurdles. The few rules require a minimum weight of 49 kg (108 lb) for the "wife" and state that all contestants must have fun. Uusorg, 25, completed the course in 59 seconds with friend Egle Soll, 23, clinging to his back in the trademark "Estonian Carry" -- hanging upside down with her legs clenched around his neck. Uusorg's prizes were his partner's weight in beer and a high-tech mobile phone. It was his fourth victory, and the third in a row for h

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