blue eyed marlin

[maxximus]

i have a kenyan friend who calls me this. when i ask him what it means he says, it's a fish, and laughs. i assume it is good but i am curios to know what he means, anybody have a clue? thanks.

[B00]

No idea what he means- possibly means that you look like one? Big nose perhaps?

Have a look, see if you see a family resemblance?

http://members.pbhllc.net/getimage.asp?mediaid =49557

[DaSwede]

I'm not really sure about this, but I believe that the blue marlin is a a real trophy, something (someone...) everyone wants to catch. Might that be you, maxximus?

Never heard blue eyed marlin, though, so maybe that's something else...

[DaSwede]

Incidentally, the blue marlin is the fish in Hemingway's The old man and the sea.

[gary baldy]

I would say it means you are 'one in a milion' or someone very special - that type of thing.

[maxximus]

thanks boo, but i would like to think i've got a little more going on than that, at least let's hope so! i do have very blue eyes, but i don't get his marlin reference. the way he laughs when he says it lends to it having a hidden meaning to him, i'll have to ask another kenyan i guess, maybe shed some light. thanks daswede and garybaldy also, cheers!