A small story to share... [Archive]

Ryan Valle

01-10-2010, 05:57 PM

So a few weeks back, my dad had won a free TV (32" Toshiba 720p) and I just got around to setting it up today. I connected a blu-ray player to it to see how it'd look on it and my dad comes along and asks me, "what are you doing?"

I respond, "Testing out the blu-ray player on this. I just want to see how HD looks on this tv" (For everyone's curiosity, it looks like crap, but hey, it's a free tv)...

Then he goes on looking at the TVand starts talking again, "So what's next? Yellow-ray? Red Ray?"

Then at that moment, I started to chuckle inside of me...haha

Ryan S

01-10-2010, 11:20 PM

Heehee...nice.

Joseph Ward

01-11-2010, 10:25 PM

Haha, Good one!

Ramesh Jai

01-12-2010, 04:22 AM

On a location a curious bystander asked me what was the camera I was shooting with. I told him it was RED. "But it's Black..." said he, looking at me like Duh..huh..

Joseph Ward

01-12-2010, 10:50 PM

Haha, another good one!:biggrinjester:

Gary Paul Walker

01-13-2010, 05:18 AM

I was talking to my dad about getting together funds for the RED Scarlet , and my mum chimed in to say that 'for a camera that was black, it seemed silly to not only name it a colour, but a specific shade of that colour.'

I asked her what she would call the camera, to which her reply was:
'A damn expensive hobby'

Ramesh Jai

01-13-2010, 05:23 AM

I was talking to my dad about getting together funds for the RED Scarlet , and my mum chimed in to say that 'for a camera that was black, it seemed silly to not only name it a colour, but a specific shade of that colour.'

I asked her what she would call the camera, to which her reply was:
'A damn expensive hobby'

LOL! Sounds like my mum!!

Emyr R. E. Pugh

01-13-2010, 11:50 AM

My mother once referred to the Red in Welsh as the 'cochyn', which literally means 'a red one' but is also a slang term for someone with ginger hair. There's also a famous rugby team in Wales called 'The Scarlets' whose fan club is, believe it or not, called Clwb Cochyn - i.e. 'The Red One Club'.

http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/fans/clwbcochyn.php

Their mascot is a large red dragon called 'cochyn' (if you look closely you'll see the kids have the word 'Scarlets' written on their foreheads:

http://www.scarlets.co.uk/images/content/mascot_kids.jpg

I wonder if Jim is secretly a fan of Welsh rugby?

Andrei Gatu

01-13-2010, 11:54 AM

My mother once referred to the Red in Welsh as the 'cochyn', which literally means 'a red one' but is also a slang term for someone with ginger hair. There's also a famous rugby team in Wales called 'The Scarlets' whose fan club is, believe it or not, called Clwb Cochyn - i.e. 'The Red One Club'.

http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/fans/clwbcochyn.php

Their mascot is a large red dragon called 'cochyn' (if you look closely you'll see the kids have the word 'Scarlets' written on their foreheads:

http://www.scarlets.co.uk/images/content/mascot_kids.jpg

I wonder if Jim is secretly a fan of Welsh rugby?

Cool! Why sell only Red T-shirts. Try forehead Red Stamps too.

Carlo Rho

01-13-2010, 06:30 PM

A little story from southern Europe.
Once I was shooting a commercial in Lisbon and the DoP came up, cover with gaffer tape the word RED on the camera body and write GREEN instead.
I ask "Why are you doing this?"
He answer me: "Red sucks! I can't shoot with it."
Afterwards I understand, Red is the colour of Benfica and he was a Sporting fan, the other Lisbon's football team.

James McLellan

01-13-2010, 08:44 PM

Our school had just recently taken delivery of our red and knowing that I was excited another staff member asked me "What kind of camera is it?". I said proudly "A Red One". They responded while walking away "I'm not that much of a technical idiot. You can tell me more than what color it is. Just say Sony or Canon..."

Antonio Forjaz

01-17-2010, 10:51 PM

:emote_happyhappy::emote_happyhappy:
I really get this one as I am a Sporting Lisbon fan....
GREEN not RED....
hahahaha
But really, for once RED is great....

A little story from southern Europe.
Once I was shooting a commercial in Lisbon and the DoP came up, cover with gaffer tape the word RED on the camera body and write GREEN instead.
I ask "Why are you doing this?"
He answer me: "Red sucks! I can't shoot with it."
Afterwards I understand, Red is the colour of Benfica and he was a Sporting fan, the other Lisbon's football team.