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!arclight.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!tethys.csu.net!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: Brett Robson Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: No kidding? Date: 1 Jan 2004 05:30:47 -0800 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Lines: 81 Message-ID: References: <3FF38FC3.ACE69EA8@yahoo.co.jp> <44845040.0401010153.36e57a3b@posting.google.com> <3FF3F1D5.975D9AF@yahoo.co.jp> <3FF41065.7AC8724D@yahoo.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-627.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News 4.20 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:9384 On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 21:19:50 +0900, Eric Takabayashi ... > >> >> You must have been watching a different match to the rest of us. If Akebono >> could in fact take a punch then he might have lasted a reasonable amount of >> time. > >How many punches in the head do other people take from Bob Sapp and how fast do >they >regain their senses after being knocked out? Do they smile and exchange hugs >after >quivering face down on the ground? Any heavy weight boxer, Mike Tyson is a good example. > >> Akebono is an easy bleeder, > >Are people not supposed to bleed when Bob Sapp hits them in the nose? > There is no relationship between what I wrote and what you wrote. Akebono is an easy bleeder, that has nothing to do with Bob Sapp. Akebono was bleeding after a practice spa. >> I am surprised he wasn't covered in claret. >> >> K-1 is for losers that have nothing else in the world to lose. > >You mean the people who changed their jobs to enter K-1 like Bob Sapp who used >to >think carrying bodies for $100 at the mortuary was good money Yes that is exactly what I mean. Are you really that stupid or do you just not read what has been written? >Japan yet now gripes that he's lost millions (on top of the three million he >made >his first year) because of K-1 mishandling, or do you include the karate >champions >who made the sport famous in Japan, too? > How much money is in karate? >Have you ever watched Zenigata Kintaro on Thursday nights or spent time with a >lot >of freeters to see people with no life? As long as they had a salary, a career >in >K-1 would be an improvement for many. Thank you, you are making the point for me. You are really are stupid aren't you? > >> It's a shame to see a great champion like Akebono debase himself. > >Yep. Can't imagine the money troubles which his sumo pension wouldn't be able to >take care of. You don't have to imagine, 5 minutes at google will explain exactly why Akebono couldn't stay in sumo. The story is not simple, it involves him having to buy a new name. . ---- someone who wants junk mail info@jpat.jp