New Encyclopedia defines "Shamisen"

I found this EXTREMELY informative entry. (CAUTION: Swallow any tea, or coffee, or alcoholic beverage now, before opening the link.)

Where’d you find that crazy site?!? [lmao]
I think wombats and “Mammeries of a Geisha” were
my personal favourites… :smiley:

Hahahahaha!!! Wow, I really didn’t see that coming!! ;-D I second Linda, how on earth did you find that??

Linda, lovely new profile pic! Much more Bachidoesque. :wink:

People looked at me strangely today on the bus to work due to this! I laughed a lot.

Kyle:

Linda, lovely new profile pic! Much more Bachidoesque. :wink:

I knew you’d like it. :wink: Have had this for years but couldn’t use it anywhere else for the silliest of reasons. (In the heat of costume changes during a professional photo shoot, I forgot to put on my obijime. But I decided yesterday that forgetting to put on an article of clothing actually is, as you phrased it, more Bachidoesque, and that no one here would mind. :-D)

Karl:

People looked at me strangely today on the bus to work due to this! I laughed a lot.

Fortunately, I read this alone in my house with all the windows closed, so no one tried to commit me when I cackled out loud.

I lost it at the mental image of the specially shaped tofu flake. There was no turning back after that.

LOL - I think I was BINGing “buy jiuta bachi or shamisen jiuta bachi” (probably the latter …), and that site came up. For the second time this week, I spit coffee all over my monitor (Thank you Kevin Kmetz, LOL, for that rousing rendition!) - hence the cautionary warning.

My favorite was the famous shamisen player “Chikichiki Janjan” and all the stuff that they wrote about the Yoshida Brothers - LOL!!

Oh. P.S. Linda, I love your new profile pic, too! Love the “rock-n-roll” stance, lol! XOXO

cool pic yes and seriously I on many a occasion checking out the forum earlier already wanted to congratulate you Lorraine with regard to your (rather . . . right?) new profile pic too . . . f***g A as you americans I think would say now how can I transition to saying that I also found the skinning options including “arse skin” quite a funny information in that article . . . :slight_smile:

Yes, it’s pretty new, thanks, BH! lol - I thought it would be … different. ;D

Love this “uncyclopedia”. It’s hysterical! I’ve been browsing a lot of the articles and just cracking up!