shikona

[Pete Kaub <p-kaub@central.murdoch.edu.au>]

The discussion on this topic reminds me of the string of ongoing jokes 
that we had going amongst a group of friends when the Hanada boys were 
first coming into prominence.  I'm sure I've brought them out before on 
this list but why not again.

Have you heard of the other Hanada boy -Bakahanada he's a table tennis 
player.

Have you heard of the Hanada boy separated at birth and raised in Quebec
Canada Hanada.

Have you heard of the sumo brother who got so big he turned into an airport
Haneda Hanada.

etc.  they got much worse as time and the number of drinks imbibed increased.

I too was disappointed to find someone had already got Bakahanada when I
first had time to get a hoshitori entry together and think of a shikona,
so still being a major Hanada lads fan went for the rather unimaginative
Nakanohana.  Several poor hoshitori showings later and I thought the
middle brother was never going to make it as big as his elder and younger
brothers, so I went for Puchashuzon ( a cross between admiration for the
up and coming Kyokushuzan and the surprise expressed by friends at my 
habit of taking my shoes off before entering anyones' house, when I first 
got back to Australia from Japan).

P.S.  If you're having poor form in the hoshitori then the give the shikona 
change a go.  It definitely worked for me(he says wincing hoping not to 
offend the sumo gods by being anything other than overly humble-so goes 
back to the grunting "un ganbattemasu" mode that is more becoming of a 
rikishi when talking about their own form).

Cheers, Pete Kaub<p-kaub@central.murdoch.edu.au>