Monk completes 7-yr marathon

[Taro Toporific]

Buddhist marathon monk completes seven-year run
September 20, 2003 / AP
...The 44-year-old monk, Genshin Fujinami, returned on Thursday from his 1,000-day, 40,000-kilometre spiritual journey.
Dressed in his handmade sandals and flowing white robe with a straw raincoat draped over his head, Fujinami was greeted at the end of his journey by a crowd of worshippers, who knelt to receive his blessings, said the official, who declined to give his name....
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See also http://tendai.org/history.html

[Marked Trail]

Buddhist marathon monk completes seven-year runSeptember 20, 2003 / AP

A buddhist monk goes to the dentist for a root canal.

"I'm just going to give you a little novacaine, this won't hurt at all," says the dentist.

"No, thank you doctor," says the monk, "I'd prefer no anesthetic."

"It's going to hurt"

(...afterward...)

"That must have been painful," says the doctor. "Didn't it hurt?"

"Yes, but you see doctor, I'm trying to transcend dental medication."

[Taro Toporific]

A buddhist monk goes to the dentist for a root canal.... I'm trying to transcend dental medication."

A Buddhist walks up to a hot dog vendor and says "make me one with everything."

The Buddhist asks for change: The hot dog vendor says "change comes from within."

[Pizzicatoblue]

OH MY GOSH!! THAT MAN JUST FINISHED A 40,000 KILOMETER JOURNEY?!! DAMN, HE MUST HAVE STRONG LEGS. LIKE MONK POGI JUST SPONSERED, CALL NOW.. *echo*AND YOU'LL BE SAVED!!! *echo*


*still echoing*
*still echoing*
*still echoing*

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(VERY LOUD) "BUT ALSO, ALL OF YOU PEOPLE, ALL OF YOU, ARE NOTHING, NOTHING BUT SINNERS!!!! YOU ARE ALL FULL OF SIN, SELFISHNESS AND SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS! AND NOW YOU MUST PAY FOR ALL OF YOUR SINS!!!!!

"THIS IS A SICK WORLD PEOPLE!!! A VERY SICK WORLD FULL OF VILE AND PUTRID TEMPTATIONS OF THE FLESH AND

"EVIL!"
"EVIL!"
"EVIL!"

"IS IN EVERYONE OF YOU, EVERYDAY AND EVERYWHERE ALL INSIDE AND ALL AROUND YOU!!! THIS IS A WORLD FULL OF LIES AND SICKNESS AND YOU ARE ALL VERY SICK PEOPLE LIVING IN A VERY SICK WORLD!!!!!!!!"

"This man is running 'the Axis of Evil' and he wants you to be afraid, he wants you to feel bad he wants you to believe in his lies, taste the tempations of the flesh and feel like a LOSER!"

Hahaaahaa.. Love the storyboard Rob..

Came aross this link below over the weekend that I thought you & other FG's would dig if you havn't seen.. some great (funny) Flash files here:
http://www.oddtodd.com/index2.html