And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"In the spring, the shrine in the middle of the rice field becomes a floating island floating in the pukapuka rice field. The stones laid out to go to the shrine are cute, aren't they?" Google translate
It's an Uncle Ben's rice commercial.
ReplyDeleteThe describes a small Shinto shrine in the middle of flooded rice paddies during Spring.
ReplyDeleteThat's a long walk to get to the outhouse.
ReplyDeleteThat was my thought too.
DeleteI see you're not familiar with Asian farming techniques.
Deleteaggie, heh ----- hence, squat toilets.....
DeleteI wonder if that's where they get "Holy $hit"?
ReplyDeleteTranslation, "Not rice for dinner again."
ReplyDelete"In the spring, the shrine in the middle of the rice field becomes a floating island floating in the pukapuka rice field. The stones laid out to go to the shrine are cute, aren't they?" Google translate
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteDomo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo…
ReplyDeleteThe google translation is very accurate so says the Japanese wife of 22 years.
ReplyDelete"In a world full of rice paddies, be a tree." Credited Dingus Dong 37bc
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