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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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 Posted - 04/16/2004 : 11:04:51
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I saw a big, fat 'Show Me Your Tears' Cat-with-left-paw raised in a Chinese restaraunt last night-these distant cat-cousins keep popping up! Anyone see any more around? 
CARL.
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2004 : 11:56:45
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| Actually, yeah... Every time we practice in my drummer's basement, I see one of those cats on his mantlepiece. In drunken times I have often thought it to wink at me. Then I started hearing the damn voices in my head and realized that it was all a cruel joke. |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2004 : 15:28:32
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just about every store in chinatown sells a gaggle of those things, right next to the hellokittys and the grimlins. They really not that uncommon.
I want to be a singer like Lou Reed |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 04/16/2004 : 15:46:49
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Originally posted by KimStanleyRobinson
There's one on the counter at the Chinese joint next to where I work - bout 10" tall or higher. Looks at me while I order.
I know its been covered, but I never really got the full story behind these things. I've heard they're a specifically Chinese thing and have something to do with luck.
Point me to a years-old thread maybe?
I just had a vision of a ten foot tall Chinese cat. It was great until I realized you meant inches. Why do you mock me?
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 04/16/2004 : 20:38:23
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I thought the maneki neko was japanese? Do the Chinese have it too?
You can spot one in the French film "Stupeur et Tremblements", which is set in a big Japanese firm in Tokyo. Some guy has a golden good luck kitty on his desk, waving its left arm up and down...
I guess it was "the detail that makes it all look real". That and a Hello Kitty lunchbox...
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mariggy
- FB Fan -
Japan
65 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2004 : 08:55:41
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Hello. It writes for the first time. Please allow poor English.
I think that "Show Me Your Tears" Cat is the maneki neko (a Japanese beckoning cat) as Mr. Jediroller says. In Japan it often sees in many kinds of stores . The behavior to beckon is calling the fortune. It is the charm of the traditional trade born to the Edo period.
The meaning changes with the position and height of a hand. Raising the right hand invites money and raising the left hand invites a visitor(customer). Moreover, the one where the position of a hand is higher than an ear calls a long distance fortune.
Since the frank's cat is raising the left hand highly, it is the wish of wanting the fan in the world to hear this CD. I also wish it. I think "Show Me Your tears" is so great.
Frank comes to Japan as Pixies in the summer of this year!!!!! I am very glad and excited. I want him to come also as the Catholics. |
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kingphilbert
= Cult of Ray =
USA
356 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2004 : 10:10:17
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| My local chinese restaurant has one at least a foot tall and the paw actually waves back and forth. |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2004 : 15:02:23
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I liked mariggy post a lot. Despite a language barrier, you can sense some genuine FB love.
Welcome to the boards, mariggy |
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mariggy
- FB Fan -
Japan
65 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2004 : 21:21:50
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Mr. soundofataris, thank you. I was encouraged by your reply. I do my best so that my English may improve.
Mr.kingphilbert , the cat you saw is an electric beckoning cat, I think. It is a new face born in China.
ĢIt is an interesting page about Maneki-Neko. It is written in English.
http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/~mono93/cat/english/index_e.html |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2004 : 03:42:44
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Arigato, Mariggy! Those dancing (well, spinning) cats are real cute. I believe the meaning of the left or right hand being raised has been brought up before-it's a strange little thing! Maneki-Neko? Perhaps we could christen the SMYT cat Mani? Or Neko? Er, just a suggestion....
CARL.
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mariggy
- FB Fan -
Japan
65 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 08:53:41
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Thanks a lot,Carl! "Mani"---How cute! I love this name.
Today,I bought two cups printed manekineko.
"Mani" got two friends and looks happy.
In Japan, we come across Mani's friends everyplace. They beckon Frank to Japan?!
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2004 : 19:03:49
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I just saw one at the Chinese buffet in my town. I said to my friend, "Look! A Frank Black cat." She said, "Those things are everywhere. It's not A Frank Black cat." I said, "I know bitch, but when Frank takes something on it's his! I don't care if it belongs to some li'l culture or if Weezer used it first. It's his."
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2004 : 10:03:38
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Originally posted by mariggy
Thanks a lot,Carl! "Mani"---How cute! I love this name.
Today,I bought two cups printed manekineko.
"Mani" got two friends and looks happy.[:)
In Japan, we come across Mani's friends everyplace. They beckon Frank to Japan?!
Nice one, man! The image of thousands of little kittens crying out for FB is very funny! Maybe he'll hear them and come over?!
CARL.
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jackelope
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Posted - 04/30/2004 : 22:13:56
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| mariggy, I think I remember that "neko" means "cat," but what does "maneki" mean? |
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Miles Nevermore
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2004 : 00:50:30
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Originally posted by soundofataris
just about every store in chinatown sells a gaggle of those things, right next to the hellokittys and the grimlins. They really not that uncommon.
I want to be a singer like Lou Reed
Uhm... as someone who moved here from Japan, I'd like to point out that Hello Kitty is Japanese. Not Chinese. LOL
(And yes, there's a huge diff...)
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sultanbigpants
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 05/01/2004 : 01:15:48
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mariggy
- FB Fan -
Japan
65 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 02:18:01
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Originally posted by jackelope
mariggy, I think I remember that "neko" means "cat," but what does "maneki" mean?
Hello. "maneki" means "beckoning". "maneki" is conjugation of the verb "maneku".
Probably,"maneki-neko" was born in Japan, but now its offspring breed
in China, Korea,......and all over the world.
Let's find them!
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 10:56:50
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| So they're beckoning kits. And they're Japanese? There must be some kinda cross-over if they appear in Chinese Restarunts, though. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 17:12:32
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Or the people who decorate the Chinese restaurants figure all East Asian countries are basically the same.
I've reached 1000 posts / So I'm too cool to be in a cult. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 19:09:46
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Whenever I play Jet Set Radio Future(X Box), it always reminds me of SMYT, cause one of the levels has a giant beckoning kitty on a roof waving it's paw.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
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Treo Black
- FB Fan -
Finland
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Posted - 05/24/2004 : 12:47:15
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That cat only appears in the cover of SMYT, you're just losing your minds.
Now I'm just employed |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2006 : 10:52:45
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Australian band Karma County have a Maneki Neko Kitty on the cover of their Happy Birthday Dear Customer album!
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2006 : 11:04:14
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A student worker who just left our office had a copy of Burnin' Monkey Mahjong on her computer...you click a button and Hello Kitty!
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Edited by - tobafett on 07/09/2006 11:04:47 |
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dmarkcox
- FB Fan -
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2006 : 15:34:04
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These cats are a dime a dozen, but try finding one with a pedal steel! LET ME KNOW!!!
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