Fish Tales, Fishy Tales and Unfinished, Fishy Fish Tales

Fish Tales and Tale Tellin'--

Shar pipes in with a tale of an adventure gone awry. I was going to publish it, but then I thought, "You know, this could be a pretty good story. As it is, it is told too fast, and we don't get to immerse ourselves in the tale, and therefore, the tale falls a bit flat. BUT IT COULD BE GREAT!

So, I'm gonna challenge Shar to a rewrite. In fact, I'm gonna poke and prod and cajole and squeeze and carry on in the hopes that we can get Shar to really make this a TALE TO BE RECKONED WITH.

Here is the original story from Shar--

Three of them went sea-angling inna boat not 18 foot long with a 2hp outboard motor. Hours later, the weather turned nasty and the waves were even nastier. So, they decided it would be prudent to head back to shore.About a mile out, the engine went bust. Whilst me cousin was huffing and puffing away, trying to crank up the o/b, one of the other guys was like going "Oh God, oh god, don't let me die. My kids are still young. No, not like this. What did I do to deserve this". Yeah, bloody wimp!This went on for about five, ten minutes and me cousin screamed "Either help me get this goddamn engine started or get off the boat and swim for your life, for heaven's sake". This guy actually got off the boat and dunk himself in duh choppy waters. Brave? Ungrateful? Traitor? Nah! Just plain stupid coz it was 3 foot deep.


OK. So a great CORE for a story. But, what about them apples? When you read this, you are left wondering Who? Where? When? Why? What color boat? Fishing for what? How far out at three feet deep? What time of year? Yaddy yaddy yadda...

Now I realize Shar is like most or all of us-- busy, and he gets his quips and anecdotes in as he finds the time.... So, we'll all be patient and let Shar (if he's game) take his time telling his tale.

And we'll help him by asking questions and "getting to the bottom" of this shallow fishy story...