Grandpa always wore an old fishing cap.
I remember it was covered from brim to brim
with all of these colorful & expensive fishing lures.
There were pink ones,
& green ones, & blue ones,
& yellow ones.
Some shaped like fish, and a few home-made ones
that didn’t resemble anything at all.
ii.
But grandpa was not a very good fisherman,
and was never known
to have ever caught anything of note.
Except for that one day, though,
when he removed his cap too quickly,
and grandpa caught
an entire human scalp.
A hair-raising tale! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)
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I am glad you didn’t!
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Have you seen “Big Fish,” a film by Tim Burton starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, and a number of other notable actors? Your post today reminds me of that film, which I have on DVD. It might inspire you to grow the legend of your grandfather…
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That movie may as well have been written about my father. I loved it.
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Yikes!
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That sums it up!
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LOL, one of your best!
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Thanks, BC!
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I take my hat and my cap off to your flamboyant forebearer.
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Why thank you, SP!
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Oh my! I have a cousin who loves to fish but he can’t stand to eat fish!
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My first time fishing was devastating. I had all this nice equipment, and I loved finding places for all my new stuff in my official fishing carry-case, with its many little pockets and flaps. But soon after I discovered that fishing involved actually killing a fish — and as my parents often repeated, I totally lost it.
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Oh man.
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Oh man, indeed
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Reblogged this on davidbruceblog #2.
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Thanks, dbb!
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Good eatin’?
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I would definitely recommend the ronto wrap. It was very good (photo at the Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland)
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Lovely
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😂
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Cheers, Cath
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I’m sure those hats cause a few injuries. That looks like a good meal you’re about to tie into.
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Hah! Kind of an uh-oh moment! 😳
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Marked as a fave.
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Hey! Thanks, Janny! That is really nice.
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It doesn’t sound like a fishy story at all 😃
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