१५ जून, २०१३

"There is a 400 year old tradition in Japan to make babies cry."

"Every year mothers hand over their babies to sumo wrestlers who make them cry. Baby crying is considered healthy and a prerequisite for good luck. The winner of the contest is the sumo wrester who makes the baby cry faster, usually by scaring them...."

१३ टिप्पण्या:

chickelit म्हणाले...

This was also covered in Jonny Quest IIRC.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Sadly, another cherished Japanese tradition is gone. There are no longer any vending machines dispensing schoolgirls' dirty underpants. Sorry.

Peter

chickelit म्हणाले...

Big cry baby Sumo wrestler

edutcher म्हणाले...

Just let the kid see them do that squat.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Yet the Japanese have the same word for banana.

SteveR म्हणाले...

A skill I had unknowingly perfected by the time my first child was born.

campy म्हणाले...

When I was home with babies I never had to work to make them cry. I certainly never had to call in help for it.

Robert J. म्हणाले...

"When we are born, we cry that we are come onto this great stage of fools."

madAsHell म्हणाले...

I was spoiled. My first child came home, and always slept. Today, she has a good job.

My son was born with a hernia. He never slept well. I found the hernia while bathing him. Today, he's a fireman.

There's nothing wrong with being a fire-fighter. He wakes up in the middle of the night. He has experience.

The Godfather म्हणाले...

I tell my grandchildren about the IRS.

Methadras म्हणाले...

I weep for my as yet unborn grandchildren at what this motherfucking monkey of a president is doing to my country.

Joe म्हणाले...

I call bullshit on this. It's very likely one of those weird, isolated contests where people pretend it's some grand tradition, not just some stupid ceremonial crap.

Mitch H. म्हणाले...

Joe, I looked it up, it's affiliated with a temple outside of Tokyo that's associated with the sumo, er, tradition? culture? whatever. They also seem to be one of the temples that is involved with Setsubun. Maybe the monks are just really into big guys scaring children.

"Any bad children in here?!?"