Someone I never heard of at work retired.

[fesshole@mastodon.social]

Someone I never heard of at work retired. On his card I wrote "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. -- Queequeg". I don't know what that means myself but it sounded deep without meaning anything.

[astromech@djs.social]

@fesshole It was Eric Cantona's metaphor about the media hounding him,

[paulfreeman@indieweb.social]

@fesshole well known in football circles as a quote from the Le King, Eric Cantona. No idea if it had anything to do with the Moby Dick character

[chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net]

@astromech @fesshole https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/what-does-eric-cantonas-seagulls-follow-the-trawler-quote-mean-the-story-behind-the-speech