In the Zenbook™ halls, the zen students
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In the Zenbook™ halls, the zen students pounded their laptops on their chest while chanting "less is more". Master Shih strode in for his motivational powerpoint presentation.
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Unfortunately Zen Master Shih forgot to clear his cache and his laptop booted straight to the Hedonism Jamaica website where he'd apparently booked an 8-day stay. The zen students
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reacted variously or not to Sensei Shih's juicy Jamaican vacation plans. Some were outraged, some checked their calendars, two thought of publishing deals -- Zen students are no
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-shing on bread and butter pickles, while Sensei Shih's Rasta-eco tour is going up in flames. Lunching while
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going up in flames lessens the impact. "Thich Quang Duc wasn't chugging pickle juice as he burned, y'know," said the Vlasic Stork. Sensei Shih lit up a blunt instead of skin. Rasta
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Man sang "Enjoy Yourself" (Prince Buster) as Thich Quang Duc's brother ate his daily pho noodles and green tea.
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The music tiled the Jacobin chained up in the back room. He started to mumble and screech like nobody’s business. Thich Quang Duc’s brother had to put his pho down to go throw him
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some dry dōngfěn. The Jacobin wetted it with his tears and stirred it with his manacled hands until it was as edible as it was going to get. Thich Quang Duc’s brother went back to
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the pile of ash that was once Thich Quang Duc. “Thich, dear brother,” he said to the pile, “I know you were always a fan of Johnny Cash and ‘Ring of Fire,’ but self-immolation was
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not your best decision." Still, I knew how Thich would want to be remembered. I strode to the sound system and turned 'Ring of Fire' to maximum volume. "This is for you, brother!"
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TarotGuy Mar 22 2018 @ 21:11
Great ending, bunnycookies! Hope you stick around!
LordVacuity Mar 22 2018 @ 21:50
Was that a scene from Back To Shambhala? The monks lost their no-minds and were suddenly all went from wearing bright turnip colored robes to black ones and from bald to thick black lustrous hair in a ducktail bip bopping their shoulders to the music.
LordVacuity Mar 22 2018 @ 21:51
BTW, in my fold they riled the Jacobin not tiled. He would have made a bad pattern for the new bathroom.
BlastedHeath Mar 25 2018 @ 01:46
Tiling added a certain poetic dissonance.