My sense of humor.

[pecunium]

Last week I made a jo for Aikdo. It's the straight stick we do body training with. There are entire schools of training, outside of aikido, dedicated to it, and the basics are that of the yari (straight spear).

I went to Arroyo Hardwoods, and chose a decent piece of white oak dowel (1"), which they sell because people use it for curtain rods. Cost me 7 bucks. I cut it to length, and then sanded it (down to 240 grit) to a smooth finish. Then I oiled it.

Last night I got to use it at the dojo for the first time. It was good. Wayne took a look at it, and thought it was a good stick. Had I bought one, made to purpose and sold as a jo it would have cost about $45. I'd say my hour's worth of work was well spent.

It's name... John Anderson.

Comments

[aitchellsee.livejournal.com]

And it's mony a canty day, man,
Ye'll hae wi' ane anither.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

The pun -- it burns.

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't "John Holmes" be a better name?

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Thanks... You make me spew coffee all over the monitor.

(So help me, if this leads to a run of "spewing" jokes I'll bite my wrists.)

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

ow.

[ad-kay.livejournal.com]

OK, am I extremely naive/innocent, or merely dense?

Because I can't for the life of me figure out what your jo has to do with the independent candidate for President in the 1980 election.

Maybe I don't want to know.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent;
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonie brow was brent;
But now your brow is beld, John,
Your locks are like the snaw;
But blessings on your frosty pow,
John Anderson, my jo.

John Anderson, my jo, John,
We clamb the hill thegither;
And mony a cantie day, John,
We've had wi' ane anither:
Now we maun totter down, John,
And hand in hand we'll go,
And sleep thegither at the foot,
John Anderson, my jo.

Robert Burns
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