Kuyanceda ukuba nebala elibomvu, iindevu, isitokhwe sokwakha okanye naluphi na uphawu olonyusa ukufana kombhali odumileyo u-Ernest Hemingway. NgoLwesine ukuya ngoMgqibelo, nge-18 kaJulayi nge-20, uninzi lwabakhuphiswano be- “Ernest” kunye nabalandeli babo kulindeleke ukuba badibane kwi-Key West ye-Sloppy Joe ye-150th yonyaka ye-Hemingway® Look-Alike Contest.
Umceli mngeni ofanayo ukuqaqambisa umbhiyozo we-Key West kaJulayi 16-21 weentsuku zeHemingway, eyenzelwe ukukhahlela italente yokubhala kunye nobomi obunomdla wenkosi yoncwadi eyayihlala kwaye ibhala kwi-Key West kwiminyaka ye-1930. Kwenzeka kwiBloppy Joe's Bar, 201 eDuval St., apho iHemingway ikonwabela ukwabelana ngecocktails kunye nokunxulumana nabahlobo.
Abangeneleli bavela ngeenxa zonke e-US nakwamanye amazwe ukuba babambane ngesihloko esifana. Uninzi lwabantu abaphindayo abaphikisanayo abazisa amacandelo abo okugcoba, kwaye uninzi luzama ukukopa u "Papa" kunye nembonakalo eyamkelweyo nguHemingway kwiminyaka yakhe yamva.
Umjikelo wokuqala ucwangciselwe u-6: 30 emva kwemini ngoLwesine nangoLwesihlanu, nge-18 ne-19 kaJulayi, kugqityiwe ngo-6: 30 emva kwemini ngoMgqibelo. Abaphumeleleyo kukhuphiswano lwangaphambili, kubandakanya u-Michael Groover ka-2018 wase-Savannah, e-Georgia, kufuneka bagwebe i-Hemingway.
Ezinye izinto ezijongeka ngokufana zibandakanya uSloppy Joe's "Running of the Bulls," ephefumlelwe ngumnyhadala owaziwa kwihlabathi liphela ePamplona, eSpain, kodwa eneenkunzi ezenziwe ngabantu. Ikhethwe lithuba lemifanekiso “Papa-razzi” emini, i-extravaganza iqala ngo-1 emva kwemini ngoMgqibelo ngaphandle kwesloppy Joe's.
Ukulandela iPamplona parody, abazalwana abaneendevu baceba ukusingatha “itheko langaphambi kokuzalwa,” eligqitywe ngekhekhe, ukubhiyozela isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-120 yokuzalwa kukaHemingway ngoJulayi 21.
Ikwacwangcisiwe ngolwesiThathu umbhiyozo weqela labangeneleli kunye nabalandeli babo, kunye nomboniso wonyaka weHemingway Look-Alike Society wonyaka wokufunda kwabafundi baseFlorida Keys. Eyasungulwa ngo-2000, inkqubo ye-scholarship ixhaswa yimizamo yokuxhaswa ngemali yi "Papas" kunye nabalandeli babo.
