He had always loved calamari. In fact, he loved squid in every form in which it could be prepared. Italian-style, in red sauce. With balsamic vinegar as salad. Fried, baked, stuffed or pickled. With ink or in butter sauce and garlic, it was all delicious to him.
His wife teasingly told him that one day a giant squid mother would come up from the deep and grab him, crying “You ate my children!”
And that’s exactly what happened (minus the shouting), that day. He was walking alone, by the quiet waters. By the gentle sea as the shades of evening drew on, a long, dark tentacle snaked up the sand. Before he had time to recognize what was happening, he felt himself being dragged out to sea.
As the waters closed over his head, his final thought was “Damn. My wife was right! Again!”
So funny! Yep, they never learn, do they.
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I warned him. “Stay away from the docks,” I said. “There’s some giant mama squid out there that’s seriously pissed off with you.” But no, he’s a man, Never listens.
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LOL
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Hating the thought of eating all things tentacled, I should be safe from that danger… A large and vengeful crab, however, might be something else…
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Or a giant, angry lobster. So many types of shellfish, so little time.
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Ha ha! This is great. We humans will never learn – nature will get us back eventually, it’s just lying in wait haha :p. KL ❤
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I warned him 🙂 But he loves to eat squid!
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They always hate to admit it too!
Leslie
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A high price to pay for hubris!
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Indeed!
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Ha! Of course she was right!
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Ignore sound advice at your own peril, you guys. Your wife, she knows.
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Well I don’t have a wife anymore, but I have plenty of women friends who act as surrogates. Imagine, advice is coming from all around you, from several sources, which you still ignore. Not to worry.., It’s all part of being a “MAN.” 🙂
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If Moses had be a woman, she would have asked directions.
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Yeah maybe, but he wasn’t, and he didn’t.., so we’re left to figure it out on our own, and that means all of us regardless of gender.
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Poor chap. Ha ha 🙂
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He should have listened. Consuming all those baby Kraken! The acid reflux alone could kill’ya!
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giggle, giggle, giggle, snigger……….lol
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😀
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I did it my way……
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Usually fried at The Daily Catch 🙂
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