alright, last one from me.
An american friend of mine is a bit of a pirate. Lovely chap, great fun, doesn't go anywhere without a fuck-off big knife and a sewing kit. Anyway, he has this notion that when you catch a tuna, all the adrenaline from it's failed bid for freedom concentrates in it's heart. So naturally you must cut it out as quickly as possible and eat it. Hmmmmm. First time he did this was a bit of a shock, but a few minutes later he started shouting (more than usual) and dropped to the ground to do some press-ups.

I used to be a veggie. I'm cured now, thank god, but our token sepo decided that a cerimonius act to seal my new carnivore status was in order. So the next tuna we landed would be mine. Goodie.

Few days later, and we haul on a monster. Okay, it's not breaking any records, but it's the biggest I've ever seen and concurrently it's heart is rather sizeable. Now I'd agreed to this stupid idea thinking that I could just swallow and that'd be that. But I'm gonna have to chew this fucker. Seriously, I'm borderline going for a knife and fork. And of course it's still beating. But, my word is my bond, and can't let the side down in front of Johnny Foreigner.

So I go for it. I chew, I tilt my head back to try and help it slide down, meaning that when I do a little pre-vom, I end up chewing on that too. It's a very odd sensation, feeling it's pulse on your tongue. The aspargus and peas I'm more accustomed to certainly don't do that. When the hurl comes, it is magnificent. Annoyingly though, given that I'm on a boat with 5 toilets and 360 degrees of chunder-choice, I'm sick on my arm, my jacket and the deck.

There's a video somewhere, I'll try to dig it up. The heart (what's left of it) is clearly visible, still beating, in the middle of my puddle of fun.

PS. I asked a friend of mine who's a vet and he reckoned that the adrenaline thing is complete bollocks. Any thoughts?
( kappynitty doubled your entendre on, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 17:23, 4 replies)

Seriously?
Oh man, that is amazing. Absolutely disgusting (even before the spew comes into it) - but amazing.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 17:26, closed)

yo
Video or it didn't happen.
(nraphael, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 2:08, closed)

I can't find it!
It might be on my old camera, which unfortunately is many many miles away :(
( kappynitty doubled your entendre on, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 11:41, closed)

awesome
story but the FOUR COUNTS of inappropriate use of inverted commas is UNACCEPTABLE. Sorry don't listen to me, I'm the only one I know who gets irritated by this
(fox_handybread, Wed 13 Jan 2010, 1:10, closed)