May my balls of fire set your balls on fire
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by: FireTom
Nevermind the old folks, I had some nearly fainting when juggling crucifixes on St.Peter's square (butt naked)
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
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do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
Written by: dizzypheonix
...they then proceed to hit themsleves in the head
Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude
Getting to the other side
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
Written by: Valura
Yes we may do poi, and may have extended on the traditional poi, but that by no means says to every Maori person that sees this is upset by it. I just hope that people who do poi are understanding of where it came from originally and respect that, because it is a cultural thing.
Are you up for it?
;)
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH!
If that's okay with you?
Written by: dizzypheonix
Many (but not all) traditional Maori types seem to dislike our kind of poi and they seem to take it as offencive to there culture or something along those lines.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
May my balls of fire set your balls on fire
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.
May my balls of fire set your balls on fire
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
Written by: AlbertaBoy
I have no experience with the Maori people personally, but I have had friends go down to New Zealand. They have told me that the Maori people are barbarians. Very uncivilized people. If that is true, you can't expect them to have an open mind to anything really, so I guess naturally they would not be able to think logically about variations of their own poi, and other people participating in what they see as theirs.
Getting to the other side
Written by: AlbertaBoy
I have no experience with the Maori people personally, but I have had friends go down to New Zealand. They have told me that the Maori people are barbarians. Very uncivilized people. If that is true, you can't expect them to have an open mind to anything really, so I guess naturally they would not be able to think logically about variations of their own poi, and other people participating in what they see as theirs.
Are you up for it?
;)
Written by: AlbertaBoy
I have no experience with the Maori people personally, but I have had friends go down to New Zealand. They have told me that the Maori people are barbarians. Very uncivilized people. If that is true, you can't expect them to have an open mind to anything really, so I guess naturally they would not be able to think logically about variations of their own poi, and other people participating in what they see as theirs.
Written by: AlbertaBoy
I have no experience with the Maori people personally, but I have had friends go down to New Zealand. They have told me that the Maori people are barbarians. Very uncivilized people. If that is true, you can't expect them to have an open mind to anything really, so I guess naturally they would not be able to think logically about variations of their own poi, and other people participating in what they see as theirs.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Written by: Kathain_Bowen
a.) On the pretty much racist comment about the Maori:
Even if you do not respect a culture, please take a good hard look at your own culture before saying anything. The so called "civilized" Western cultures can be just as barbaric as what they see to be "primitive" cultures. We've just found ways to commit all the same old crimes in the newest and most "advanced" of ways. However, no matter how you slice it and dice it, all cultures can be seen as barbaric and backward when seen from the wrong perspective.
...
However, I, personally, couldn't give a damn what they think.
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I'm not mocking your religion. I'm not taking scared temple practices and spitting upon them. I'm dancing, and I'm not forcing them to watch.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley
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