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Silver Magi 02-07-2010 04:44 PM

xDD;
I'd be pretty put off food as well. >>;
I think I'm gonna stick with pasta for now.

Izumi 02-07-2010 04:46 PM

Silver, I love your siggy today. I think that is the beast in my box. LOL

Silver Magi 02-07-2010 04:47 PM

xDD;
If it is, then I think I'll keep my distance from the box. ;w;

Tanuki monsters scare me.
At least, the non-Animal Crossing/Mario ones do.

Chi 02-07-2010 04:48 PM

I think he's making a homemade sauce (meat and mushroom :drool:) tomorrow, so I'll save my pasta fix for then.

I'm thawing chicken thighs right now. I'm thinking I'll make yellow curry tonight or tomorrow so I'll have lunches this week. Maybe Pad Thai for dinner? I dunno yet. I'm not really wanting it, but it's a meal that he and I could eat. My nephew doesn't care for stuff like that, so we're saving the other stuff for Mon-Thurs.

... I love the Tanuki suit in Mario 3. It's my favorite. :XD

Silver Magi 02-07-2010 04:51 PM

Ohgod. Homemade sauce = Win. :drool:

-Flail- Chi always talks about making really yummy food~ ;w;

Curry sounds so good. AGH.
I dunno what to make now. D:

I love the Frog suit, as well. xD

And I absolutely love Tom Nook from Animal Crossing. <3

Izumi 02-07-2010 04:52 PM

Ohhh so THAT'S what it's suppose to be...So he'll have big balls too. (Seriously, they make those statues with larger than life genitalia. O_o)

Chi 02-07-2010 04:53 PM

I've never played Animal Crossing, unfortunately. T_T

Oooh, frog suit. I forgot about the frog suit! Man, I love that game. I still play it once in a while, even now.

Come to the curry side. You know you wanna.

Edit to Izumi: I'd say so! I just Googled since I was curious. Oo;;
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/tanuki.shtml

Izumi 02-07-2010 04:55 PM

Image examples of Tanuki:
http://www.superflatart.info/images/kagee_tanuki_2.jpg
http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/k...tanuki_161.jpg

Silver Magi 02-07-2010 04:55 PM

@ Izumi - Yep. They nest in their testicles. >>;

Here's a cartoony picture from my favorite monster site. ;w;

?Tanuki ~ ? (???) ~ part of The Obakemono Project: An Online Encylopedia of Y?kai and Bakemono

EDIT - xDD
I guess you already found them~

@ Chi - I haven't played the new one for Wii, but I really need to buy it when I see it on sale. D:
/Used to be a hardcore addict

I used to play the gameboy ones, and occasionally I'd play the SNES.
Same with Yoshi's Story. <3
I always played that on either the N64 or a Gameboy. xD

I have curry powder.. I might make curried rice.
Or pasta.
Or a PBJ sammich.

AGHDECISIONS.

Izumi 02-07-2010 04:56 PM

Quote:

A curious and defining characteristic of Tanuki is its gigantic testes. In Japanese slang, these are known as Kinbukuro 金 袋, or “money bags.” The magical Tanuki loves drinking and eating, and statues of this creature often stand outside bars and eateries, beaconing visitors to enter. Some therefore say that Tanuki’s big testes are a reminder not to be stingy. By extention, it is no stretch of the imagination to consider the Tanuki to be over-sexed.

In other legends, the testicles / scrotum can be stretched to the size of eight tatami mats. Others point to the word Senjojiki (the space of 1,000 tatami mats) as an indication of the Tanuki’s testes size. Called Kin-tama 金玉 (Golden Jewels) in Japanese, the testes are supposedly symbols of good luck rather than overt sexual symbols (the Japanese are more tolerant of low humor than most Western nations). In the Japanese movie Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (see below), the Tanuki stretches out its scrotum as a parachute in a desperate suicide attack. In other Tanuki folklore, the Tanuki uses the testes as an impromptu drum, beating out the “ponpoko” sound (no pun intended).

In biological terms, the mythical Tanuki’s large “golden balls” are a true depiction of the real-life Tanuki. According to evolutionary biologists, the Tanuki’s scrotum is large because of fierce competition among Tanuki males for females. Phrased differently, Tanuki copulate frequently, and those Tanuki with larger testes size have a greater chance of getting their genes into the next generation. The same is true in the world of chimpanzees.
O_O No joke. They're one of the most bizarre aspects of Japanese Culture.

Chi 02-07-2010 04:58 PM

It also suggests that the testicles are sometimes referred to as one's "money bags", so by the Tanuki having big ones, it's a reminder to people not to be stingy. :yes:

Oh, Izumi posted it! XD

You mean the New Super Mario Bros? It was fun!
And Yoshi's Story is another fave of mine. ^-^

Silver Magi 02-07-2010 05:00 PM

@ Izumi -

-Lols forever-

Thankgod Tom Nook didn't have parachute testes.
There are a few other odd monsters from the folklore that creep me out, yet I laugh anyways.

@ Chi - No~ I haven't ;w;
I'd like to try it, along with the new AC, but yeah. Yoshi's story is a major favorite.

And Super Smash Bros. <3

Izumi 02-07-2010 05:00 PM

Like I said...they're bizarre little creatures. I bet if I put one outside my house though they'd make me take it back in as it would be deemed inappropriate. I doubt anyone would be able to tell me what it is and which culture it belonged to though. :XD

Silver Magi 02-07-2010 05:02 PM

'It's from the planet of Oversexdia. Pay it money or it'll devour you. it stores victims in there.'

Chi 02-07-2010 05:12 PM

LOL.

That'd be something, huh? XD

Silver Magi 02-07-2010 05:13 PM

xD;
Something starts moving in there, and then the muffled screams start.

Chi 02-07-2010 05:15 PM

*pets the poor Tanuki* XD

IrishGumbo 02-07-2010 05:19 PM

heya chi :3
Are you excited for the V-Day event? :D

Chi 02-07-2010 05:20 PM

I'm hoping that I'll have time for it. If it begins this Thursday/Friday, I can at least put a few days in. I'm taking Cole out for dinner on Friday since he got me a wicked gift (pre-order of Final Fantasy XIII). After that? I have an entire week off.

I have a ton of stuff to do, but at least I'd be able to participate some!

IrishGumbo 02-07-2010 05:25 PM

I'll prolly gather a lot of items x]
If you dont get a set, i'll help you out. :]

steelmagghia 02-07-2010 05:26 PM

Whooah! That was AWESOME! I managed to jog for 30 minutes! *squee*
And then I came home, did twenty forward crunches, twenty side crunches, and then backward leg lifts. And then I did the dishes. Sweet!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chi (Post 1766345122)
Steel's going, not me. XD See ya, Steel!

I ended up eating a Clementine and a cereal bar thing. Man, after the talk of no breakfast...

I just had a clementine, too! Om nom nom.

Chi 02-07-2010 05:29 PM

Aw, thank you Gumbo. That's very sweet. :3

If I make a thread, I hope you'll join us. :XD I know Izumi and Steel would be there at least!

Welcome back Steel! You've been a ball of energy lately!

IrishGumbo 02-07-2010 05:31 PM

your welcome, chi X]
Gotta do something to keep myself entertained - why not help people in the process? X]

steelmagghia 02-07-2010 05:32 PM

It's been a good two days. It makes me very, very happy. It makes me very very happy.

Chi 02-07-2010 05:33 PM

I usually feel better when I get exercising, too. :squee:

Gumbo, good point! I wonder what the earning ratios will be like this event? I kind of preferred how it was for Celes Paradi. Most people only ended up with a couple sets, and now they're worth a bit. The others seem to stay deflated for a while if that many end up in the system.


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