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FLANDIDLYANDERS

When I am slain may my corpse lie facing the Enemy
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The more people damaged who fall facing the one who damaged them, the harder and more intimidating it will be for them to do more damage?

In part. It is also about unity of purpose and it reflects the belief that there is a greater threat to our lives than death. The threat to loyalty and family for one.

I like the translation "when" I am slain... rather than the traditional "if". "When" is closer anyway ;)

If we really wanna break it down... note the distinction of "when I am slain" and "may my corpse lie". Showing that even though you are slain, you are not your dead body, you are elsewhere.

I could wax lyrical about Samurai worldviews all day ;)

(you may have noticed)

So, the question is... do I put my bumper sticker on my Shogun 4x4 or my Ninja motorbike?
 
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TheManeki

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Slightly off-topic, but...

I saw a great vanity license plate yesterday on a new Jaguar:

"I [wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth]"

I wonder if the driver knows what that meant, or if he just wanted something that sounded English?

And how did that get by the censors at the tag office?

Dadgummit. That got caught by the profanity censors. (Hey -- this is my first time! I'm not a profanity virgin anymore!) Anyhoo, the second word on the license plate is a 4-letter synonym for touch, more commonly used in British English than American English.
 
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Sign Of The Fish Burger

Black holes are where God divided by zero.
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Yeah you should have imported him rather than the other way around. Like I said MOST of us here just want OUT. Especially in the past 7 years.

Yeah unfortunately it's a lot harder to immigrate from Canada to the US- and the fact that I was a poor college student, and he already had established a carreer making good money... it was just smarter.

But I don't plan on being here forever... 2 years and already I want to kill myself :D
 
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Yeah unfortunately it's a lot harder to immigrate from Canada to the US- and the fact that I was a poor college student, and he already had established a carreer making good money... it was just smarter.

But I don't plan on being here forever... 2 years and already I want to kill myself :D
Try almost 22.
 
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Moriah_Conquering_Wind

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come to new zealand

Aucklands pretty nice, and we have a nice liberal government and country.
Love to -- but they have an immigration "point system" like everyone else these days, and it penalizes anyone over 35 unless you're independently wealthy or at least making 6 figures. Trust me.

We make a comfy living and we're both professionals -- and he barely makes the points and I'm 5 under due solely to being over 35.

I bet some people are having a hard time picturing MORIAH CONQUERING WIND as a corporate professional .... ;)
 
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