August 01, 2016

Well That Was Interesting

Floods, power outages, and sand blows. I haven't seen this much standing water since the last hurricane and sand coming up through manholes is a worrisome thing, though not as worrisome as the standing water in the garage.


Oh well, enough about the weather, here is something that is not entirely self explanatory, and that warrants some elaboration....



...but we'll leave those loose ends to you, gentle readers. 

Posted by: The Brickmuppet at 12:41 AM | Comments (13) | Add Comment
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1 Suzuki,Suzuki,Suzuki.

Posted by: Ben at Mon Aug 1 02:00:35 2016 (S4UJw)

2 I admit it's really NOT, but the soil scientist in me went "cool!" at the term "sand blows." (Submergence potential, for the win)

Hope the damage at your place was minimal. Maybe the girl is gearing up to do some kind of more-violent version of the Monty Python fish-slapping dance?

Posted by: fillyjonk at Mon Aug 1 08:35:04 2016 (gf8bV)

3

OK, there are two visual puns here but I'm only getting one of them. Her blade is a katana and in the anime her motorcycle is a Suzuki Katana. That's one.

What kind of fish is that?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Mon Aug 1 12:21:31 2016 (+rSRq)

4 Japanese sea bass = "suzuki".

-j

Posted by: J Greely at Mon Aug 1 12:43:22 2016 (ZlYZd)

5 The fish is also "Suzuki", as well as the sword. It's like Ben said.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Mon Aug 1 12:45:36 2016 (XOPVE)

6 Are you sure the sword is supposed to be "suzuki" and not "katana"?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Mon Aug 1 16:36:01 2016 (+rSRq)

7 No, it's probably a reference to the motorcycle.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Mon Aug 1 17:33:50 2016 (XOPVE)

8 I like the symmetry of three Suzuki, but it probably works better with the story to look at it as Rin with a Suzuki and a Katana, considering she has the "baby" Katana, i.e. not a "real" Katana in the show.

Posted by: Ben at Mon Aug 1 19:29:51 2016 (B1bvu)

9 I think "katana" is the clear winner. Sing along with Rin!

-j

Posted by: J Greely at Mon Aug 1 21:29:07 2016 (ZlYZd)

10 Took me a moment to think of just how many Subarus you could line up. (As well as the car, and the Pleiades Constellation, which is Subaru in Japanese.)

But I've never heard of a sword called a Suzuki. Not that I remember. Just Katana, Wakizashi, and Tanto. Wikipedia has more terms, and Suzuki isn't one of them.

Posted by: Mauser at Mon Aug 1 21:34:29 2016 (5Ktpu)

11 I was certain that at some point I'd heard that there was a wakizashi type sword called a suzuki and was going to reply to Mauser that Wikipedia is edited by Honda aficionados, but I can't find a single reference to back this up anywhere. Does anyone have a citation referencing suzuki swords?

Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Tue Aug 2 00:48:02 2016 (/4jFR)

12 I can't find any reference to "suzuki" in any context other than WWII-era swordsmith names (this is a good resource). From the proportions (of the sword...), the artist was drawing a generic katana, but didn't get the scaling right.

-j

Posted by: J Greely at Tue Aug 2 11:20:08 2016 (ZlYZd)

13 I was thinking the same as Brickmuppet, but I can't find any first-hand reference.  A couple of forum posts claiming it was supposed to be a short katana.

Posted by: Ben at Tue Aug 2 20:37:18 2016 (cr6Lm)

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