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by SB Sarah Friday, August 31, 2007 at 04:30 AM

Nathalie Gray forwarded me the following link this morning: Chinese kung fu monks seek apology for ninja affront. Seems an internet user (those gnarly, horrible internet users!) posted that a single Japanese ninja beat several Shaolin monks from the Shaolin Temple in Henan, and the monks, they are pissed.

Now, longstanding cultural rivalries aside, why in the world would you want to piss off an entire temple full of Shaolin kung fu masters? Doesn’t that seem like it should be #2 on the “List of Very Bad Ideas?”

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Picture of ladypeyton said on...
08.31.07 at 04:58 AM |

Doesn’t that seem like it should be #2 on the “List of Very Bad Ideas?”

It’s definitely in the top 5.

What I find humorous is that even Shaolin Monks will get involved in online wank.  One would think they’d be above it all.

Picture of SB Sarah said on...
08.31.07 at 05:01 AM |

No one is immune from wank, apparently. Not even Shaolin monks.

Or pirates, either, I bet.

Picture of Ann Bruce Ann Bruce said on...
08.31.07 at 05:10 AM |

What I find humorous is that even Shaolin Monks will get involved in online wank.

It’s good to know they’re with the Information Age.

Personally, whoever PO’d them off is an idiot and hasn’t been by a Shaolin temple when they hold tournaments.

Picture of Kaz Augustin Kaz Augustin said on...
08.31.07 at 05:12 AM |

The monks have every right to feel affront. Even the Japanese ninja isn’t an original...the Chinese had masked assassins long before it occurred to the sushi-eaters. And “kara-te” means “China hand” (if you’re Chinese) but “empty hand” (if you’re Japanese)...so this little spat is part of a feud of loooooooooooooooooooong standing.

Btw, “kung fu” really only means “hard work”. The true name of the group of Chinese fighting styles is “Chinese Boxing”.

Kaz,
an ex-Chinese Boxing instructor

PS Are you sure you aren’t rigging the verification words? Mine was nation25.

Picture of taybug taybug said on...
08.31.07 at 05:28 AM |

Okay, so what is #1 on the “List of Very Bad Ideas?”

Picture of Becky said on...
08.31.07 at 06:01 AM |

If the reference is The Princess Bride, #1 is “Never get involved in a land war in Asia.”

Picture of SB Sarah said on...
08.31.07 at 06:18 AM |

Yes, that is absolutely #1.

Picture of Kimberly Anne said on...
08.31.07 at 06:32 AM |

But only slightly less well-known is: Never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

Picture of Pip said on...
08.31.07 at 07:07 AM |

Actually, it was Chuck Norris, beating up the Shaolin Kung-fu masters, *with* a ninja.

Picture of Jessica D said on...
08.31.07 at 07:10 AM |

“Never get involved in a land war in Asia.”

Well, obviously. It’s full of Shaolin monks!

Picture of Ann Aguirre Ann Aguirre said on...
08.31.07 at 07:13 AM |

Man, I want to watch The Princess Bride. I bought in the States for my daughter for Christmas… when we got it home, there was no DVD in it!! Talk about a bummer. The thing was factory sealed too. Sigh. I hate Best Buy.

Picture of Teddy Pig Teddy Pig said on...
08.31.07 at 08:22 AM |

Yet another reason to read fark.com every morning.

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