Spread your fingers as wide as possible. Now curl the ends of your fingers. You have just created a claw. This is a little smaller than the size of the claw that I saw in the street market today. We were looking at these different oddities when a man comes over and tells us, with a noticeable accent, that this stuff is good as a medicine for sickness. He also told us that he was from Tibet.
Have you ever wondered if you could take on a Tibetan man? I am warning you right now. Do not even try. I asked the man what animal the claw came from.
TM: "A tiger."
Me: "Oh. Did you kill it yourself."
TM: "Here read this." (I can't read it).
Me: "Well, did you kill it yourself?" (I guess the paper said that he kills terrifying mythical beasts using only a toothpick).
TM: "Of course."
Wow. As you ponder the age-old question of whether you can take on a Tibetan man, the real question you should be asking yourself is if you can kill a tiger. I'm assuming that he didn't use a gun (guns are hard to come by in this country). Which means he used a crossbow. Or his hands. If you cannot kill a tiger, I suggest that you do not consider trying to take on this man. He is stronger than tiger. More graceful than an eagle. Faster than a cheetah. More intelligent than a computer. More hungry than a hippo.
On a somewhat unrelated note, he looked very Native American. I remember Doug B once told me that he thought Tibetans were the Native Americans of China.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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