Re: not butter, guns
William Hochman (wh14@is9.nyu.edu)
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:50:53 -0400 (EDT)
Actually, the incident your refer to was about shooting a chicken's head
off to prove that a luger was the superior hand gun...just read it today
in Alexander's bio, will
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, jason varsoke wrote:
> > --- 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?
>
> I believe he shot a chicken for no good reason but to demonstrate he was a
> man. As far as whitnessed, well I sometimes I think everything from that
> era is just a wonderful myth.
>
> -j
>