RafaLint: May 11th
Sometimes, I loathe the interwebs. I get impatient with people and want to smack the hell out of them. Sometimes, I lurve it so much. Like, when Rafa shared this photo of him looking happy and relaxed on a fishing boat. Yep, he’s off the blue clay and in the middle of the blue ocean. And holding up a fish. A really big fish. A really big, ugly fish. I wondered what kind of fish it was. I wondered it out loud on twitter. And twitter responded. Beautiful, no?
@nadalnews @nidssserz What an ugly fish! It’s a Saint Pierre (in French), a John Dory or Peter’s fish in english. Pez de San Pedro in spanish
— Emmy Bulu (@Emmy_Bulu) May 11, 2012
Then I wondered if it was tasty. And lo and behold, the same helpful twitter person responded.
@nadalnews Welcome! And it’s tasty ;) Fishers are always happy to catch one ;)
— Emmy Bulu (@Emmy_Bulu) May 11, 2012
Sounds like Rafa not only had a happy fishing trip, but a happy dinner too.
So, thank you interwebs for images of smiley, relaxed Rafa and for people who have answers to my silly questions.
Articles:
- Smurf jokes and a billionaire’s dream: Where did Madrid go wrong? – by Sheena McKenzie (CNN)
- Five for Friday: Rafael Nadal threatens boycott; Roger Federer eyes No. 2 – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
- Toni Nadal sees red over Madrid’s blue clay – REUTERS
- The interview mentioned in the above link: Toni Nadal: ‘Si me hubiera hecho caso, yo no hubiera jugado este año’
- Toni Nadal: “Que la ATP dé permiso a este torneo es una barbaridad” – more from Toni. (mangle)
- Madrid advisor Tiriac hopes to win Nadal over – via EPSN UK
Videos:
- iB3 report on the match against Verdasco.
- More coverage from the iB3 – includes Spanish presser clips.
- How do you know you’re a star? A picture of you holding a fish makes the news (oh, and more talk of blue clay).
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Thank you for the fish story, miri!!!
I woke up in the middle of the night stressing about Rafa maybe losing #2 and maybe losing to Djoko in semis but that pic made my night! Rafa knows how to live!
Love the pic of the fish, which I saw online. It is a mighty catch indeed. And I am not referring to Pez de San Pedro *wink*
Also wondered about the fish species, looked it up in a book (!) and then googled the origin of its name as there are more people with fish names than fish with people names. Rafa looks wonderful, but at first I thought he was holding up plastic flotsam. Hope he is practicing and is colm and happy.
A beautiful day to have a good time in tranquility of the blue ocean instead of the madness of blue clay. Good for him.
BLUE SEA = GOOD for Rafa, BLUE CLAY= BAD for Rafa! :o)
I’m glad Rafa seems to trust the fish’s intentions. I think Rafa and I are the same in that respect. I’m not so keen on pets, or animals on land, but love marine life. Love Rafa in that photo, love the sea, love Mallorca. *sighs*
He probably only trusts it’s intentions because it’s dead ;)
I agree with Uncle toni, Madrid is an outrage. Slippery wet blue gunk not clay at all. And they seem to be happy to disadvantage the spanish players in the capital of Spain! Extrodinary.
well..Ion Tiriac is a Non-Spanish..:o)
They are Nationalising the Banks to stop them collapsing even when the Spanish Government says they have no money. They need to nationalise the Madrid Tennis tourny and bring back the clay.
Yup, Rafa really knows how to live. He’s got a nice balance in his life. So the thought of Milos in Rome makes me verrrrry nervous. But there’s nothing we can do but hold on for the ride!!!
John Dory’s are delicious. He would have had a very nice dinner indeed! I did offer to cook it for him on FB, but sadly he didn’t respond. Guess he was too hungry to wait for me to fly in from Australia…
Miri, I’m disappointed in you! You wouldn’t tolerate people calling another tennis player ugly on here, why are you allowing people to insult this poor fish?! It’s not ugly… it’s just DEAD! ;-)