And since I’m still depressed at Liverpool being knocked out of the Champion’s League last night and need to do something to cheer me up (and have some sort of reputation to uphold , here goes.
When placing a Buddha in a car, which direction should he face?
The gf gave me a buddha for my new car last night and I know there are a variety of things to bear in mind when placing a buddha. She primarily gave it to me to help with my road-rage problem.
I don’t see it as a problem, I see it as a wonderfull opportunity to practise my Harvey-Keitel-as-drill-sargeant-in-a-Tarantino-movie-style-soliloquy.
She sees it as a wonderfull opportunity for me to get (at best) the crap beaten out of me by a bigger, less forgiving motorist or (at worst) being shot by a smaller, less forgiving motorist.
There is always the possibility of being shot by a bigger, less forgiving motorist, but we’ve only been dating for a couple of months now.
So, which direction should buddha-baby face when in a car, placed there for protection of the driver against himself?
(She didn’t actually say that, but I can read between the lines.
Can’t park there, but can read there.)
That would depend on the size and structure of your “buddha”! If he is 200lb guy and mean looking normally called “bubbha”; just place him in the passenger seat. That should protect you against road rage + he could quickly calm you down if you get upset!
Which would create another problem in explaining all this to beloved.
I have thought that a short, sharp yell of " F$*#-off, I have a Buddha!", delivered with enough bluster, might be good for a couple of seconds head-start?
The other thought I had…aren’t you supposed to rub the Budda for some sort of good luck? I suppose you need to orientate the little guy depending on what part of him you want to rub when you get in the car.
By the way, have you properly introduced your ‘beloved’ to the forums? (maybe you have)
And does she know about Luba?
I don’t, I just don’t understand the question.
I wear two thumb rings.
One on either thumb.
That one is a row of barefoot footprints on a silver band, the other one is a ring-within-a-ring. There is one band that turns inside the other and it’s fun in a worrybead kinda way.
I wear them mainly to celebrate the opposable thumb, the one thing that truly sets us apart from the animal kingdom (one or two close cousins and skeletan remnants in dolphin flippers notwithstanding) in that it allowed us to start using tools.
Ok, I’ve seen people wearing thumb rings a couple of times and wondered if there was any special sugnificance. I asked you because normally I don’t walk up to straingers and ask questions. It’s better to ask a stranger on the internet, hmm?
As a side note, unless you want to, lets not start into the whole “(one or two close cousins and skeletan remnants in dolphin flippers notwithstanding)” thing again!
Buddhas are both flammable and edible. One of those choices is bound to be a good one rather than having the freeloader ride along with you every day reminding you of your limitations. Buddhas generally prefer riding while taped to the tread of one of the tires of a vehicle. That way they can face many directions for each wheel revolution. Another way to allow the Buddha to face several directions rapidly and in succession is to drag it behind the car tied to the rear bumper.
