Comments on: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine… http://www.hollandodiet.com/2005/08/17/a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine.html The Internet's Best Diet Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Will Crawford http://www.hollandodiet.com/2005/08/17/a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine.html#comment-92 Will Crawford Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:23:21 +0000 http://www.hollandodiet.com/2005/08/17/a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine.html#comment-92 Holland, do you know what <i>happened</i> to Ahab? Holland, do you know what happened to Ahab?

]]> By: Holland A. Sullivan, Jr. http://www.hollandodiet.com/2005/08/17/a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine.html#comment-96 Holland A. Sullivan, Jr. Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:36:54 +0000 http://www.hollandodiet.com/2005/08/17/a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine.html#comment-96 Yes, I remember from reading Moby Dick all the way back in tenth grade. The way I see it, he lost his ship, his life, and all but one of his crew... but did we ever see the whale again? It "sounded" so deeply that it took the ship down. Melville doesn't say that the whale survived. Despite the decidely hopeless ending (nailing the dove to the sinking mast, etc.), I say Ahab got his whale. And Ishmael alone survived to tell the tale. Call the hidden six-pack underneath my belly Ishmael. It will survive to tell the tale of the Hollando Diet. Yes, I remember from reading Moby Dick all the way back in tenth grade. The way I see it, he lost his ship, his life, and all but one of his crew… but did we ever see the whale again? It “sounded” so deeply that it took the ship down. Melville doesn’t say that the whale survived. Despite the decidely hopeless ending (nailing the dove to the sinking mast, etc.), I say Ahab got his whale. And Ishmael alone survived to tell the tale. Call the hidden six-pack underneath my belly Ishmael. It will survive to tell the tale of the Hollando Diet.

]]> By: Holland A. Sullivan, Jr. http://www.hollandodiet.com/2005/08/17/a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine.html#comment-97 Holland A. Sullivan, Jr. Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:43:41 +0000 http://www.hollandodiet.com/2005/08/17/a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine.html#comment-97 Addendum: I may be wrong. I think the whale rammed the Pequod first and then pulled the ship down, but I've forgotten. Actually, I think the true story on which the ending was based involved a group of castaways who survived the ramming of their ship by an angry sperm whale. Didn't they resort to canabalism? Perhaps that's the metaphor's analogue to my body metabolising its own fat? Random: does this site have a spellchecker? Addendum: I may be wrong. I think the whale rammed the Pequod first and then pulled the ship down, but I’ve forgotten. Actually, I think the true story on which the ending was based involved a group of castaways who survived the ramming of their ship by an angry sperm whale. Didn’t they resort to canabalism? Perhaps that’s the metaphor’s analogue to my body metabolising its own fat?

Random: does this site have a spellchecker?

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