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Re: Proper pronounciation of 'Kibo'

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From: ki... James Kibo Parry
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1992 07:49
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In article <7DEC1992...@csa3.lbl.gov> jtc...@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera) writes:
>> the first syllable sounds like "eye" and the second like "bow."  (K-EYE-bow)
>
>No, you're thinking of the Kiai Bow, the Japanese answer to the Flaming
>Chi Sword -- it's sort of a class of martial-arts weapons that function
>far better than those based strictly on Western physics, but do not work
>at all unless you can extend sufficient internal energy into them.
>
>Joe "Followup to alt.martial-arts.whaddya-mean-regular-in-the-decaf-pot?" Chew

I filled my decaf pot with concentrated caffeine solution.  Then I took
it to Taco Hell and left it there under the "You Need A Fajita!" poster
showing Big Brother.

Their new special is the impossible-to-rhyme Armadillo Tortilla Flotilla.

								-- K.
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From: ki...@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry)
Subject: Re: Proper pronounciation of 'Kibo'
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