Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!i61-195-247-171.us.catvmics.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: "The art of bonsai" Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 13:18:13 +0900 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4099BC85.9080204@hotmail.com> References: <30sh909u9k8suqvs7vn3lg01f1ksq44v7r@4ax.com> <8dbd3440567b29a8f552859490345eaf@news.secureusenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: i61-195-247-171.us.catvmics.ne.jp (61.195.247.171) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1083817266 2329695 I 61.195.247.171 ([139419]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <8dbd3440567b29a8f552859490345eaf@news.secureusenet.com> Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:13775 Murgi wrote: >>That's very interesting. Do the dancers wear masks? > > Do you mean these annual bonsai dance festivals all over Japan where > pocket-sized Japanese dance around miniature trees? Thatz the one where the dancers all shout in unison "Bonsai! Bonsai! Bonsai!"??? Or am I thinking of the Spring Labor Offensive? -- "Oh don't give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ No, don't you give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die/ Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit"