Naminohana, Musashimaru on TV

[A & V Antoce <antoce@main.biochem.osakafu-u.ac.jp>]

First of all, isn't Naminohana the guy who used to give us so many jikan-mae
tachiai (that's tachiai before spending all the time reserved for shikiri
ceremonial) ?
I saw him yesterday in a show where people do all kinds of crazy stuff for a
1,000,000 prize. One contest required the candidates to push a... 16 ton bus
for about 30 meters in 1 minute. Ex-komusubi (I hope I'm right about his
highest rank ?) Naminohana showed us a great shikona, and then... spent most
of his time pushing the bus with absolutely no success. The commentator made
a lot of fun when finally the bus got moving. Naminohana had finally found
the successful grip: mae-mitsu!

In another show Musashimaru was asked to compete with the Japanese champion
in arm-wrestling; the system was "the best in 3 matches". I had great hopes
for the ozeki - but the first fight took at most one second :-( Not
accustomed with this field, probably, Musashimaru was completely surprised
by the speed of the arm-wrestling champion. I mean, he didn't even have time
to think about resisting. The second match restored my hopes: this time
Musashimaru was prepared, and in a slow, but continuous move brought the
opponent's arm down.
Well - the decissive match brought the victory of the arm-wrestling champion
- but overall it was not a bad record for the ozeki either, I think...

Vasile Antoce