A Gefilte Fish Speaks the Truth
David Karp's autobiography.
Karp on his nicknames:
"Karp, well... to start, I am most commonly referred to as Karp, Krap for the witty ones. My mother calls me David, which I guess is hilarious to some people, b/c from time to time I get mocked, which I guess is actually mocking her, because they call me David, trying to impersonate my mom. Now, when my brother is around, There is a whole 'nother strew of names. He gets Karp also, or Karpy. Karpy II, was a name I received in my 'youth', but I have more recently been promoted to being known as ' the better Karp', or Karpy, and he gets Karpy II... Fish is the next most common. The least complicated way to go, is 'DK' and 'BK', probably easiest, and most common, We also Like to refer to him as 'B'-urger, 'K'-ing. or Brittish Knights. So from time to time, in our drunkin excursions, we will stumble across a new clever term to replace 'Karp'."
...but when it comes to women...
"But I try to introduce myself as Dave, to the ladies, and when it's weird to say, 'Hi, I'm Karp'... But most girls will go by my first name... But don't worry, it's not mandatory"
Karp on his current lovelife:
"the girl: what kinda shit has Bob been talking about me...ha, But I did bring this girl when I met them, she's from the philly area, she goes to drexel too, but I actually knew her already, so we've been hangin' a bit, she's no "full-time" girlfriend though, I recall Bob telling me to marry her... not yet."
Karp explains relativity:
"Karp Time, a term widely understood here, was inveted by my brother... I believe it is explained as t x 3... meanly if a Karp says 10 minutes -> 30 minutes, 1 hours -> 3-4 hours... Not very complicated."
Karp on growing old:
"Thats what happens, peoples change. But that's the fun of it. By the time you leave, you know a million people, right?"
Karp's plan for alternative energies:
"I am moving west of where I am now, cause it is like five minutes from campus, whereas I am like 25 minutes right now. Thats by bike, cause I ride me bicycle everyday."
Karp proves his viruosity at all the arts:
" I am becoming a master of french though. J'ai rencontré votre mère par le passé, et elle était sexy, comme un renard. Mais êtes ainsi vous, vous renard, vous. Il n'y a aucun lait ici !"
[the translation roughtly comes out to: "I met your mother by the past, and she was sexy, as a fox. But are so you, you fox, you. There is no milk here"]
Karp tackles the holidays:
"...lots a freshman art girls, wearing wings, and short skirts... I think that is the standard female costume... isn't that what halloween is all about. At some point you actually forget that there was once candy involved. Alcohol and slutty angel costumes are to college students as pillow cases full of Resse's are to ten year olds. I've realized that Thanksgiving is the best holiday in terms of food and homeliness, and Halloween tops it as the best excuse to party like a fool. Am I wrong?"
Karp suggests public transportation:
"SEPTA, the public transportation system in philly went on strike yesterday. This is some serious shit. There are no subway trains, no trollies, no buses, nothing! For me I don't care yet, cause I am still ridin the bike, until it gets too cold... and there are no buses in the street, which is a plus. But the amount of cars in center city today was absurd. It was re-god-damn-diculous. There was like grid lock throughout the whole city, I was weaving in and out of every one, cops on every corner... Mayhem I tell you meyhem."
Karp dissects college life:
"Rows of college student houses, shitty basements with kegs and beer pong, drunk kids on the stoop, fallings down in the street, yelling obscenities at passer-byers (is that a word?)... I've come to realize that school is exactly the same everywhere... In the words of a tee-shirt I once saw on phish tour... 'IT BLOWS GOATS!'"
In closing: a recap on the true meaning of life, his interpretation on God, and the justification for performancing-enhancing drugs
So, ummm...did I tell you I was drunk...
I just got back from the bar... I walked like ten blocks through the snow and rain. Uphill too.
I'm drunk and sleepy, and have class at ten o'clock...and I'm drunk.
Your Fish,
DK
I'm very pleased to introduce...




















































At night, Henry would cry and scream, and throw up incessantly all over his crib. As legend has it, sources close to the Mingus family say that young Henry would throw up so frequently that one time, he even hit the dream catcher a whole three feet above his crib. Why these sources didn't come forward before it was too late remains to be seen. But that's beside the point. There was a newborn baby with an alcohol addiction that didn't seem to be slowing down at any time. In fact, it was just the opposite.
Others, not so much.
Robbie Pertinini was not meant for college. I take that back. He wasn't meant to do work in college. It was as if his parents had knowingly conceived him for the sole purpose of smoking pot and having unprotected sex. But then again, their family had quite a long history of that, and it would be a shame to ruin that upstanding legacy. Mr. Pertinini, or “Tony Fats” as most of his colleagues called him, was in the fishing industry. That's all anyone knew. That, and that he wasn't really in the fishing industry. But that's all. His mother, Edie, was a stay-at-home mother, which really meant that she mooched off her husband's money and slept around with all of his best friends. Of course, no one knew. They never seemed to know. People today don't ask nearly as many questions as they used to. Sooner or later, it comes back to bite them in the ass. Right in the ass. Not Shelly though. She never got bit. She just didn't. It wouldn't seem fair. After all, she had been Robbie's bus driver since he was tiny.















