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- From: lindsley@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
- Subject: Re: Odds and Ends (1st post)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.132830.45900@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 13:28:30 CST
- References: <734@oscar.UUCP>
- Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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- In article <734@oscar.UUCP>, loku@oscar.UUCP (lyndon oku) writes:
- >
- > To Everyone: Merry Christmas (and a Happy New Year)!
- And a merry Christmas/Haunaka/Yule/New Year to you too.
-
- [Stuff deleted]
-
- > Random Questions:
- > 1) Where can I get a "Priss and the Replicants World Tour" t-shirt?
- These we originally printed (twice) by a Fan on the east coast (his name
- escapes me now...). The last printing was about 2 years ago. I don't think he
- has any left, so the best you can probably do is find someone who wants to sell
- their's.
-
- > 3) What does it mean (in Japan) when you use your index finger
- > under an eye to pull it so that it's slightly larger? I believe that
- > this is some form of "stink eye," but was wondering if someone could be
- > more exact.
- Usually, the pulling of your eye is accompanied by sticking out your tongue.
- I think someone once told me that it came from a Japanese fable, in which
- a monk was able to insult the emporer (by sticking out his tongue) by
- distracting the emporer (by asking him to check for a piece of dirt in his
- eye. ;) )
-
- - Erik
-
- P.S.: Happy Holidays to everyone on the 'Net.
-
- BTW: Everyone sent their Nen-ga-jou yet? (New Year's Cards)
-