So, my hubby and I were out snowboarding today, and these boarders built a snowman by the side of one of the lifts. It was a traditional Japanese-style snowman, in that it only had two body-segments (i.e. balls - but some people take this the wrong way, so I try and keep it clean for all those naughty people out there). Well, Craig and I, seeing this tragedy to snowpeople (yes, I know I keep intermixing the terms, sorry), decided to remedy the problem. We quickly followed our comic idol, Calvin, and built a monster snowman with crazy stick-hair and outstretched arms - built entirely in the proper 3-balled way. He was a proper samurai snowman, who was trying out his new stick-sword, and had chopped off the other snowperson's head (thus, the two-balled snowman). We did everyone a favor by building the head lying next to the 2-balled snowman to help explain the situation. This is a lesson in cross-cultural understanding. See, we are trying to learn the bushido, i.e. the way of the Japanese warrior, by using snowpeople to illustrate samurai. We are also promoting the proper way of building a snowperson - with three snowballs - thus shedding a light on American culture.
Posted by Kristen at February 15, 2003 10:39 PM
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