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nonsmoker
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 Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:18 am Post subject: Alan Watts |
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| Anybody ever heard of this guy and wish to discuss ? |
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User N. Ame
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:57 am Post subject: Re: Alan Watts |
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| nonsmoker wrote: |
| Anybody ever heard of this guy and wish to discuss ? |
Isn't Alan Watts a famous cheese vendor from Northumberland? |
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nonsmoker
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:58 am Post subject: Re: Alan Watts |
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| User N. Ame wrote: |
| nonsmoker wrote: |
| Anybody ever heard of this guy and wish to discuss ? |
Isn't Alan Watts a famous cheese vendor from Northumberland? |
You know what else is famous? Your stupidity. |
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Yawarakaijin
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:59 am Post subject: |
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Off to a good start I see.  |
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nonsmoker
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| Yawarakaijin wrote: |
| Off to a good start I see. |
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codedals
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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I love this forum.
If it were a chick, I'd marry it! |
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Yawarakaijin
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| I read his "The Way of Zen" it was interesting. I don't know much about the man himself, I doubt many of us do. Why don't you start off and tell us something about him you think is worth discussion and then we can chime in. |
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JimDunlop2
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:17 am Post subject: |
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Jun 21, 2007 11:04 am: Nonsmoker puts up a post that pretty much slags everyone on Dave's. The thread gets promptly locked (for pretty much obvious reasons).
Then... Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:18 am, the same user puts up a post wanting a discussion about some person or other (whom he is assuming we've heard of and wish to discuss)...
There's something wrong here.
Nonsmoker, did you read the forum rules when you signed up? If not, I'll repost them. Maybe then, most of your posts won't end up being responded to in dairy terms.
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User N. Ame
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:20 am Post subject: |
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Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 � November 16, 1973) was a cheesemaker, cheesesmith, cheese revolutionary, and expert in comparative cheeses. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian tofu cheeses for a Western audience.
He wrote more than twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as cheese, the true nature of cheese, cheese consciousness, and the pursuit of cheese, relating his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western differences in cheesemaking
Alan Watts was also a well-known autodidact. |
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TokyoLiz
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: |
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Alan Watts' practice revolved around the Zen contemplation of cheese.
He also invented a kanji for cheese, but sadly, it didn't catch on in Japan.
I hear he wrote haikus about cheese, too...
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Mothy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:51 am Post subject: |
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I think this was one of his most famous haiku
cheese in all its forms
whether its orange, white, or blue
is indeed very delicious |
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JimDunlop2
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:54 am Post subject: |
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Mothy, are you sure. Haiku is 5-7-5.
Like this:
Blissful Parmesan
Sits Buddha-like on lotus,
Eaten by green frogs. |
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Mothy
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No one ever said he was good at haiku. Just that he wrote them.
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User N. Ame
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| JimDunlop2 wrote: |
Blissful Parmesan
Sits Buddha-like on lotus,
Eaten by green frogs. |
I just had my Japanese partner translate this into her language, and you know something, although it fails to meet the 5-7-5 requirement, it sounds extremely poetic....
So, what was the question again? |
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flyingkiwi
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Location: In the Golden Gai in Shinjuku, arguing with Mama-san over my tab
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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Darn you all, I've got cravings for cheese now!!!
I'm going to introduce the cultures of cheese in my next class. |
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