The “unadulterated” Hemingway by Carl D’Agostino

April 30, 2011

Carl D'Agostino

Categories: collage humor Tags: Hemingway, old man and the sea

25 responses to “The “unadulterated” Hemingway by Carl D’Agostino”

WordsFallFromMyEyes
January 27th, 2013 at 00:33

You tagged it ‘collage humour’ – 🙂 🙂 🙂

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 27th, 2013 at 21:30
  
  Thanks for visit to some “way back ” posts. This really is one of my favorites although it wasn’t much of a hit.
  
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Steve
May 10th, 2011 at 08:30

That is a delightful story. Should be dedicated to the memory of Al Pflueger, Taxidermists – wherever he may be. Is there still a local taxidermist, or has that gone the way of the buggy whip & typewriter?

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- carldagostino
  May 10th, 2011 at 13:51
  
  I remember that guy
  
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carldagostino
April 30th, 2011 at 23:29

You activated the dynamic in my awareness so I am conscious of it. We’ll see how it evolves.

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Sana Johnson-Quijada MD
April 30th, 2011 at 23:22

perspective is everything… wait. i’ve said that here before! ah well. u make it new for me every time. love this.

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carldagostino
April 30th, 2011 at 22:30

Right now I am working on The Pizza Dough Also Rises

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- Mark Petruska
  May 1st, 2011 at 02:32
  
  Perfect! I’ll bet the characters all speak in an Oregano accent.
  
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  - carldagostino
    May 1st, 2011 at 07:08
    
    Yes, oregano gives flavor to language
    
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Mark Petruska
April 30th, 2011 at 21:05

I suppose in your version of The Sun Also Rises, it is the bull emerging victorious over the man? That would be a book worth reading. You could do at least as adequate a job as Hemingway, I’m sure.

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Carol Ann Hoel
April 30th, 2011 at 18:34

I think I may have read that book, The Old Man and the Sea. A mind is a terrible thing to lose. I can’t remember what it was about. I bet it was about an old man and the sea. Like fishing. Was that the book where the old guy was kind of obsessed with a certain fish? Maybe the fish WAS looking for the man. Anyway, I like the cartoon, Carl.

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- carldagostino
  April 30th, 2011 at 22:28
  
  Spenser Tracy did a great job in the movie
  
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  - Carol Ann Hoel
    April 30th, 2011 at 22:42
    
    I like Spenser Tracy. How’d I miss that? I might have seen it. I think the book was required reading back in the day.
    
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Rick Flynn
April 30th, 2011 at 16:44

Sorry, the whole things sounds fishy to me………:-)

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- carldagostino
  April 30th, 2011 at 17:12
  
  You fell for it hook. line and sinker.
  
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Maxi
April 30th, 2011 at 13:21

The man may skin and bone by the time he does catch him.

David used to work the race tracks, many years ago, before he spent 37 years with the Post Office, kept the ticket machines working.

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- carldagostino
  April 30th, 2011 at 14:24
  
  I had Alydar a long time ago. $2.20, $2.20, $2.20
  
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Paul Russo
April 30th, 2011 at 11:33

I think he was alone on an 84 day losing streak at Gulf Stream Park and can now be found at Calder.

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- carldagostino
  April 30th, 2011 at 14:23
  
  Gulfstream is open now I think
  
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Carl
April 30th, 2011 at 10:44

Good piece!

I had always thought that the fish would have been going to parties and asking other fish how the water was.

Imagine how carpy the man will taste once he is caught and eaten!

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- carldagostino
  April 30th, 2011 at 14:22
  
  Reverse the a and the r in carpy and you’ll have it
  
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Laura Best
April 30th, 2011 at 08:10

Just wondering what the fish be fishing for–an old man, perchance?

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- carldagostino
  April 30th, 2011 at 09:28
  
  If I was the fish I’d be looking for a mermaid. Well that’s second choice. Need a sunken Spanish galleon for the gold.
  
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carldagostino
April 30th, 2011 at 07:54

I once battled a tarpon in Biscayne Bay (Miami, Florida) for two hours. In February if you get a day in the upper 30’s you go by the power plant which releases warm water from cooling the nukes stuff and they hang at the point where the warm water meets the cold water. He got away though. But he weighed 187 5/8 pounds. How did I know? He had scales on his back. In Havana this story is known as “cagada de la toro”

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blackwatertown
April 30th, 2011 at 07:31

I once met the old man near Havana. The fish must have been out… fishing.

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