Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!enews.sgi.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!peer2.news.opaltelecom.net!zen.net.uk!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: The avatar embodying the morbidity within Follyfoot Farm Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,fj.life.in-japan,soc.culture.korean,alt.history,soc.culture.german Subject: Re: Why Koreans hate Japanese Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 08:01:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 91 Message-ID: <94q0dvgc5ge3aa724ekok9uivrlo18n68c@4ax.com> References: <384b9be.0305191349.2a080ed4@posting.google.com> <49ftcv0a7kkdfacfts08c8h2s00n98svqb@4ax.com> <7jjtcvk0i0fl8hm0sj77dm3m67u9th8v28@4ax.com> Reply-To: realworldtooscaryforme@fantasyworld.com NNTP-Posting-Host: host217-39-57-219.in-addr.btopenworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: hercules.btinternet.com 1053849663 12543 217.39.57.219 (25 May 2003 08:01:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 08:01:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:75 "John Yamamoto-Wilson" wrote: >The avatar embodying the morbidity within Follyfoot Farm wrote: > >> Agripodipaths (well, that's how it's spelled in my dictionary) tend to >> respond to posts in the same vein as the original poster. >> >> Like I did and am. > >Yes, you hit the right vein, I think (unlike a lot of other posters). > >> Nevertheless, I agree with you further than I understand you. >> In that our perceptions are one. ;-) > >Agripodipathic atavars appear to be pretty cool. Is there a long >apprenticeship, or can anyone join? Well I don't know about cool but anyone is free to apply. I'll send you a form. You should start preparing a few things in advance. You'll need a photograph of six dead relatives arranged in a cube, a wooden pole between 1m and 1.2m and a book on hamsters. When filling in the form you don't need to answer the questions about cardboard. We don't worry about that any more. Keep the pink copy for yourself. Give the yellow copy to a friend in a sealed envelope - you do NOT want anyone that close to know that kind of information. Burn the green copy and keep it an glass jar (all will become clear when you get the handbook.) Send the rest of the copies to the address on page 208. You won't have long between receiving the interview date and the interview itself. So once you have sent off the form start looking for stockists of silver and red clothing, national costumes and 19th century fur so you will be prepared when you receive the instructions and map. I ended up going to Krakow for a couple of days in the end. It was a real rush I can tell you. At the interview you will need to bring the fee, the book, your prepared pole, Death die, a packed lunch and a couple of bottles of spirit (though port or sherry will do if funds are an issue.) It starts about 8am and they don't have any changing facilities so go wearing the costume. Following the informal interview the ceremonial examination begins. Some of the questions will be on the answers you gave on the form but others fall into the categories: Capital Cities. The Hamsters home in Deserts and Grasslands What Hamsters are Like Hamsters Senses at Work Hamster Breeding Hamsters Typical Behavior Understanding Hamsters Body Language Understanding Hamster Sounds Building trust in your Hamster. Understanding a Hamster’s Feelings Children and Hamsters Your Hamsters’ Wish List Roaming Free with your Hamster Build an Adventure Playground for you Hamster Judging a Hamster’s Personality Type. The best ways to use a Pet Stores How Long Do Hamsters Live? The Autumn of Life for Hamsters How to Recognize an Older Hamster How Hamsters Die Music of Memphis in the 1960s (You are allowed to use your book on most of the questions.) Then in the evening there will be a short film on the life of our leader and Eileen will have prepared a few snacks. Next you will be given a number based on an appraisal on your pole (mine is 2 which is quite poor.) It's weight, girth, tonality and whether the carvings will have affected its durability. You will leave the pole in this room with the fee, die and alcohol. Following a quick but quite traumatic ceremony you will be given the hat, badge, pen and hamster and we'll get you a cab back to the station or, on rare occasions, an ambulance. If its not Monday the train should arrive before the morning. It should be second nature by this point but to avoid a tragedy please remember to keep the hamster warm on the way home. -- Tenko Bill McFishdentist Down in the meadow where the wind blows free, In the middle of a field stands the lightning tree. It's limbs all torn from the day it was born, For the tree was born in a thunderstorm. Grow, grow, the lightning tree, It's never too late for you and me; Grow, grow, the lightning tree, Never give in too easily.