what does it mean... when a tombstone reads "in loving memory of a man who met a fish he did not like"?

Question

and in the tombstone there was also a picture of the man who past away displaying a fish he had caught.....I guess he liked to go fishing.or something..but.from what the note said...he died b/c a fish ate.him?..or how would you interpret this message>?

also, could it be that he was a habit fisher that he love to fish and every fish he caught he loved?

also, could it be that he was a habit fisher that he love to fish and every fish he caught he loved?

Answer 1

It would certainly make more sense if it said NEVER met a fish he did not like, but MET a fish he did not like is just plain, well, a head scratcher. Who met a fish he did not like . . . .I doubt a fish ate him, maybe he was deep sea fishing and slipped pulling in a huge marlin . . . or maybe the tombstone people made a typo and it is after all, never met a fish he did not like. Yeah, I like that one! Hey, let me know if you find out!!!!

Answer 2

Maybe he died from food poisioning from a fish he caught and ate?

Answer 3

He was a man named Jonah and he loved to listen to Will Rogers.

http://www.bartleby.com/59/8/inevermetama.html

Answer 4

He probably ate it and had an allergic reaction or choked to death. At least he spent his final moments occupied in something he enjoyed.

Answer 5

shark attack gee i hope not i guess he loved fishing so much that he finally died when he could no longer fish

Answer 6

I would say he either drowned, or got terminal food poisoning.

Answer 7

it means he only went fishing. his poor wife.

Answer 8

or maybe cause he ate the fish and choked on his bones...

Answer 9

It means he was an avid fisherman

Answer 10

food poisoning