"Now that I've wiped him out, I kind of miss the little peg-legged b******."
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moby dick, herman melville, whale, whales, ahab, captain, captains, captain ahab, reminisce, reminiscing, nostalgia, nostalgic, literature, book, books, novel, novels, fiction, fictions, character, characters, personified, personification, regret, regrets, wistful, wistfully, whaling, whales, whaled, whaler, harpoon, harpooning"Instead of killing the whale for its blubber, we're going to do a little lipo."
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plastic surgeon, plastic surgeons, plastic surgery, plastic surgeries, whale, whales, whaling, whaling industry, whaler, whalers, harpoon, harpoons, harpooning, hunt, hunts, hunting, hunter, hunters, lipo, liposuction, nip and tuck, blubber, fat, excess fat, extra baggage, weight loss, lose weight, loses weight, losing weight, vanity, help, helps, helping, help out, helps out, helping out"It was a lot more satisfying before 'catch and release.'"
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, captain ahab, bar, bar flies, bar fly, catch and release, capture and release, irony, ironic, ironically, animal rights, animal rights activist, environmental, environmentalism, environmentalist, catch and release, catch-and-release, herman melville"Don't make eye contact..."
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whale, whales, whaling, harpoon, harpoons, hunt, hunting, sperm whale, sperm whales, moby dick, moby-dick, whalers, hunter, hunters, whaler, captain ahab, ahab, hermn mellville, melville, eye contact, eye-contact, draw attention, attention, awkward, awkwardness, worry, worried, worries, captain, captains, harpooning, subway, subways, transit, mass transit, public transport, mass transits, literature, book, books, novel, novels, transport, tube, train, trains"Happy?"
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, satisfy, satisfied, satisfying, satisfies, final, finally, happy, happiness, bliss, blissful, peace, peace, at last"Always the last place you look."
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whaler, whaling, harpoon, harpooning, seek, search, searching, whales, whale, sperm whale, crow's nest, look, looking, searched, crows nest, lost, hiding, hides, above, ocean, oceans, sea, seas, bot, boats, last place you look, moby dick, ahab, fiction, fictional, absurd, literature, big, huge, unmissable, unlikely"My New Year's resolution is to lose thirty-eight thousand pounds."
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whale, whales, whaling, whaler, whalers, whaled, fat, fatness, fatter, fattening, weight, weightloss, weight loss, weigh, scale, scaled, proportional, proportion, new year new me, new year's, new years, new year's resolution, resolutions, new year's resolutions, nye, diet, dieting, crash diet, crash dieting, extreme diet, extreme diets, perspective, vacation, vacations, holiday, holidays, christmas weightIce Whaling
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ice fishing, ice fisher, ice fishers, whaler, whaling, whale, word play, hunting, hunter, hunted, whales, arctic, arctic life, arctic circle, hole, holes, hole in the ice, size, sizes, waiting, wait, patience, patient, fishing, fisher, angler, anglers, angling, harpoon, harpoons, arctic landscape, arctic landscapes"I lost the hand to a shark, the leg to a barracuda, and the gallbladder to Dr. Steven Erlich."
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, captain, capn, cap'n, amputate, amputated, amputations, hook, hooks, peg leg, wooden leg, sailor, sailors, rugged, shark, barracuda, doctor, doctors, get well soon, get well, surgeon, surgeryThe White Whale Mounted On The Wall
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, satisfy, satisfied, satisfying, satisfies, final, finally, happy, happiness, bliss, blissful, peace, peace, at last"Huh. In my memory he was a lot bigger."
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herman, melville, moby dick, pequod, boat, boats, ship, ships, ahab, captain ahab, book, books, novel, novels, author, authors, writer, writers, whale, whales, ocean, sea, fish, fishing, fisherman, fishermen, whaling, whaler, whalers, fiction, fictional, voyage, voyages, baby whale, small whale, underwhelming, memory, memoriesMoby Dick Tracy"Ahoy! Yellow fedora off the standard bow!"
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hat, hats, fedora, fedoras, milliner, millinery, fashion, fashionable, fashionista, fashionistas, fashion police, style, styles, stylish, trend, trends, trendy, trending, herman, melville, moby dick, pequod, boat, boats, ship, ships, ahab, captain ahab, book, books, novel, novels, author, authors, writer, writers, whale, whales, ocean, sea, fish, fishing, fisherman, fishermen, whaling, whaler, whalers, fiction, fictional, voyage, voyagesCaptain Ahab (Ret.)
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herman, melville, moby dick, pequod, boat, boats, ship, ships, ahab, captain ahab, book, books, novel, novels, author, authors, writer, writers, whale, whales, ocean, sea, fish, fishing, fisherman, fishermen, whaling, whaler, whalers, fiction, fictional, voyage, voyages, peg leg, retire, retired, retirement, old, old age, elderly, elder, elders"He's Right Behind Me, Isn't He?"
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, right behind, right behind me, captain ahab, irony, dramatic irony, ironic"No health or dental, no stock options, and no severance package. We do, however, provide free burial at sea."
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, captain, capn, cap'n, hook, hooks, peg leg, wooden leg, sailor, sailors, rugged, shark, barracuda, benefit, benefits, medical, dental, insurance, insured, severance, free, freebies, bonus, bonuses, queequeg, burial, burial at sea, buried, dead, death, die, died, viking funeral, viking funerals"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, print, print culture, e reader, e readers, e-reader, e-readers, digital, digital versus, vacation, vacations, holiday, holidays"I've been thinking. Maybe we just got off to a bad start."
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herman, melville, moby dick, pequod, voyage, voyages, boat, boats, ship, ships, captain ahab, ahab, book, books, novel, novels, author, authors, writer, writers, whale, whales, ocean, sea, fish, fishing, fisherman, fishermen, whaling, whaler, whalers, fiction, fictional, animal, animals, apologies, apologize, apologise, patch things up"Who ordered the krill pizza?"
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whale, whales, rescue, rescuer, rescuers, rescued, rescue team, sealife, marine life, whaling, beluga, humpback, humpback whale, beached, beaches, beach, beached whale, fish, seashore, pizza, delivery, pizza boy, pizza guy, pizza man, deliver, delivered, pizzas, pizza delivery, krill, krills, order, order in, take away, takeaway, takeout, take out, animal, animals, modern, modern life, modern world"The ONE Day I Don't Put On Clean Underwear"
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whale, whales, sperm whale, whaling, whaler, whalers, beached, beach, beaches, beached whale, shore, washed up, washed, ashore, sea shore, sea, ocean, oceans, vacation, vacations, accident, accidents, accidental, underwear, murphy's law, murphys law, sod's law, sods law, accident, accidents, crowd, crowds, embarrassed, embarrass, embarrassing, parody, parodies, parodied"Now you're just being a jerk!"
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literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, captain ahab, ahab, jerk, leg, peg leg, vindictive, mean, overkill, over kill, leg, my leg, legs"Can't we just go after sailfish...?"
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, sailfish, light relief, hobby, hobbies, fishing, crew, crews, suburban, upper middle class, middle class, strange, weird, surreal, call to adventure, deniability, denied, deny