Re: not butter, guns
Ed Fenning (ed361@yahoo.com)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:57:10 -0700 (PDT)
--- jason varsoke <jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Ed Fenning wrote:
>
> > Scottie -
> > Well written. It would be nice to get this into
> someone's syndicated
> > column over here.
> > I'm sure the soldier, I mean lout in khaki, who
> shot the pussy cat in
> > For Esme With Love and Squalor, brought his
> carbine home to suburbia,
> > joined the NRA and built a Fallout shelter.
> >
> > - Ed
>
> Actually, Ed, I think he went on to tote a big gun
> around Africa for a
> while, bought a nice shack on Key West, and ended up
> blowing his tonsils
> out the back of his head with a double barrel.
>
> -j
Jason -
OH GOD did THAT one ring a bell. I don't think I made the connection
when I read the story. I forgot ALL about Salinger meeting Hemingway
in Europe for some reason- it this alleged, or was it witnessed; that
Hemingway did something like that - took target practice at strays?
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