Tunaholics: Desperate Plea

Mark Mc · 03-10-2003, 08:55 PM

Help! I still need the story / biographical factoid (or "other hobby" or anything interesting about your past) from quite a few people. Thanks much to those of you who have sent it already. E mail by this Wed. pm to:

waterwise@attbi.com

If it's any incentive, this is for a little game (at the 3/15 Newport mtg) for which the 1st prize is a custom made tuna gaff. But ya gotta pay to play (or at least that's the threat!).

Thanks! Mark

[ 03-10-2003, 09:56 PM: Message edited by: Mark Mc ]

skein · 03-11-2003, 09:00 AM

Oh yeah, sure, we're gonna tell you something about our past and let you post it for a bunch of reprobate (reprobait) Salty Dogs to latch onto and hound us (groan) until we can actually go fishing and forget all this on-shore madness. Yeah, right.

What if I sent you a story about my wife? Would that work? Wait a minute - that might not be too clever. Hmmmmm. Can one Salty send a story about another Salty? Nah, that would be too easy to guess. I guess we're just gonna have to cough up the real, known-only-to-us thing. Just when we thought our past had passed.

Okay, I'm brave (dumb). The story is in the mail.

Skein

Pilar · 03-11-2003, 10:04 AM

Mark,
You have mail...

Mark Mc · 03-11-2003, 12:04 PM

Thanks you guys! I don't know why some folks automatically assume it has to be an embarassing story. It can be as benign as:
- was in the crane operators union for 30 years
- was on your high school (fill in the blank)team
- you play the bagpipes
- rode a bicycle from Seattle to San Francisco
- your therapist is John Kitzhaber's sister
- you pick wild mushrooms in your spare time
- you once hallucinated that a billfish took the rod you dropped overboard.

Keep 'em coming!

OceanBlue · 03-11-2003, 12:15 PM

Mark: that wasn't a hallucination and Bill TOOK the rod! It wasn't dropped.

(Ooops! I didn't give it away, did I?) :tongue:

corrirod · 03-11-2003, 12:54 PM

Top 10 things NOT to mention to Mark:

10. Your wife is also your sister.

9. How your son looks just like the mailman.

8. Your last sentencing.

7. How your favorite meal is Native Springers w/Bald Eagle soup.

6. Your dream of a thousand naked women throwing small pickles at you.

5. The idea you have that sheep aren�t just for food. (Keta)

4. Any college frat parties involving you in a speedo and logging boots.

3. The fact you are only showering once a month to conserve water.

2. How you enjoy a good fresh Herring smoothie before every fishing trip.

and the number one thing NOT to mention:

1. The only thing you love more than your spouse/mate, is your boat! :tongue:

(Sorry, watching too much Letterman lately)

[ 03-11-2003, 01:54 PM: Message edited by: corrirod ]

OceanBlue · 03-11-2003, 01:03 PM

Corrirod - Let's hope your wife doesn't read this. I think you would have some explaining to do about #6! Just in case, you can practice that explanation on me, okay? :grin:

fishwhenican · 03-11-2003, 06:27 PM

Mark Mc, in regards to #6 I've never had any dream like that? Similar, maybe, but not like that. What did you eat or drink that night? Just in case :grin:

Popeye · 03-11-2003, 06:29 PM

Mc....Tell me more about the pickles :grin:

Mark Mc · 03-11-2003, 09:08 PM

Uh, I hope you guys noted that Corrirod posted that list, not me. And it's "things not to mention to me" (because I might put them in the get-to-know-each-other game). Furthermore, if I did have a dream involving 1000 (or even one or two) naked women, it would hopefully not involve pickles (thrown or otherwise) nor would I tell anyone about such dream unless I was in the Rogue Brewery or in my therapist's office.

I do like the herring in a blender idea though. Pickled or with sour cream?

corrirod · 03-12-2003, 10:04 AM

Sorry folks, the pickle thing is a quote from Mr. Val Kilmer in the movie "Real Genius".

As far as the Herring smoothie goes, I like mine with chunks!

OceanBlue · 03-12-2003, 10:10 AM

Rod: then wouldn't it be called a herring "chunky"? :grin:

skein · 03-12-2003, 10:16 AM

Quote: ...unless I was in the Rogue Brewery or in my therapist's office.

That is where my therapist's office is.

:grin:

Who would want it any other way?

Skein

Popeye · 03-12-2003, 10:16 AM

Mc....I know it was Rod's post....I just thought he might have devulged some info to you that you might be inclined to share :grin:

Mark Mc · 03-12-2003, 04:08 PM

Actually I have received quite a few replies, some of them veeeery interesting. This is turning into a lot of fun for me; you will soon see why once the stories & pictures are revealed on Saturday.