Bullfighter survives terrifying face goring

[Admiral Yi]

Really?  Which part?

The whole thing.  They go to Pamplona and get blootered, the hero's ex-squeeze runs off with the bullfighter.

OK, I remember now the part in For Whom The Bell Tolls that talked about bullfighting.  Takes backs.

[Razgovory]

Hemingway had a pathological hatred for cows.  He glorified their killing in many books.

[Razgovory]

Incidentally, if I ever visited Spain, I would go to a Bull Fight.

[Tonitrus]

That is my understanding.

But my source is Hemmingway, who was writing about bullfighting in the 1930's. 

He also claimed that if a bull puts up a particularly inspriing fight the crowd can lobby for him to be spared before he gets a sword in the heart.

Yeah, I seem to recall that as well.  I read Death in the Afternoon too.  Still, before anti-biotics, a bunch of spears in the back was probably fatal.  It is curious how he supported the Reds who were kind of luke warm on bull fighting over Franco who heavily promoted it.  Incidentally, I remember reading that For whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway's other bull fighting themed book, was a favorite novel of both John McCain and Barak Obama.

In that case, "being spared" probably means being walked off the field before going to the butcher, as opposed to going on a cart.

[Razgovory]

I dunno.  Yi and I are basing this on books we read written in the 20's and 30's by a guy who eventually blew his own brains out.

[Martinus]

That is my understanding.

But my source is Hemmingway, who was writing about bullfighting in the 1930's. 

He also claimed that if a bull puts up a particularly inspriing fight the crowd can lobby for him to be spared before he gets a sword in the heart.

Yeah, I seem to recall that as well.  I read Death in the Afternoon too.  Still, before anti-biotics, a bunch of spears in the back was probably fatal.  It is curious how he supported the Reds who were kind of luke warm on bull fighting over Franco who heavily promoted it.  Incidentally, I remember reading that For whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway's other bull fighting themed book, was a favorite novel of both John McCain and Barak Obama.

Insane alcoholic closeted homosexuals are rarely consistent in their views. Just look at Languish.

[Siege]

I never understood why people play with food.

[dps]

I thought the scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind where the guy builds the mountain with his mashed potatoes was cool.

[Siege]

Lets conquer space.

[Neil]

Lets conquer space.

You can't.

[Razgovory]

Insane alcoholic closeted homosexuals are rarely consistent in their views. Just look at Languish.

Hemingway wasn't gay, you twit.