Re: Sumo LITE...very lite ("Who's Genki?")

[Jon Sandridge <jsand@niko.unl.edu>]

Chewie wrote:

> 11-5-97
>
> Chuck (Genki-san) wrote--
>
> >In a continuing effort to serve those in this highly mobile modern
> world,
> >who need up-to-date information on the health of rikishi, even while
> >traveling and unable to check their e-mail, we are pleased to
> announce the
> >FOURTH in a series of prize-winning collectible (and portable)
> t-shirts --
> >Entitled "Who's Genki?" -- The front of this t-shirt (available only
> in
> >XXL) bears a faithful reproduction, in red and black, of the tegata
> of a
> >well known Hawaiian rikishi, along with the words "Who's Genki?"  The
> back
> >bears an attractive matching color image of the man.  Buy it, and not
> only
> >may knowledgeable people approach and answer your question, but young
>
> >women will find it hard to resist placing a hand over the huge
> handprint on
> >your chest!
>
> Add to this offer my beautiful giant handmade mobile
> of possibly injured makunouchi rikishi, all artfully
> depicted in various classic poses.  The figures--each
> easily recognizable as an Actual Rikishi Last Mentioned
> on the SML to Be in Dubious Health--respond to
> gentle wafts of air, spinning round and round to reveal
> "GENKI" on one side and "NOT GENKI"  on the other.
> A quick glance up at the mobile while you're filling out the
> hoshitori grid prior to each basho will give you as good
> an idea as any if your guy will compete or not.
>
> The 3-inch, full-color figures clip onto the attractive black
> wire frame and are fully interchangeable.  You can update
> the mobile by ordering figures of newly injured rikishi for
> a modest charge, making the WHO'S GENKI MOBILE
> a useful fortune-telling device that will last you basho after
> basho.
>
> If you order both the Tshirt and the mobile prior to the
> Fukuoka tourney, you'll receive ABSOLUTELY FREE
> a WHO'S GENKI heat-sensitive mug, showing your
> favorite Hawaiian rikishi in two poses--wearing yukata
> (cold beverage), or wearing mawashi (hot beverage).
>
>                          --CHUBAKA (the idiot in the middle)

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