tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140949780815798024.post4044740792965727107..comments2022-03-01T19:12:52.955-06:00Comments on PORFLE'S SECRET BLOG: PORFLE PRESENTS: "THE BIRTHDAY PARTY"Porfle Popneckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10560493738748753912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140949780815798024.post-47119882507477387272014-10-14T02:17:21.782-05:002014-10-14T02:17:21.782-05:00Oh, well...when it rains, it pours!Oh, well...when it rains, it pours!Porfle Popneckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560493738748753912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140949780815798024.post-8881303295969244752014-10-05T12:16:42.848-05:002014-10-05T12:16:42.848-05:00The cure for this sort of thing is ordinary table ...The cure for this sort of thing is ordinary table salt. The same thing happened when I was in Japan in the early 90s, about a year after the demise of Emperor Hirohito. I was sitting at a sushi restaurant enjoying my sashimi, natto and sparrow on a stick, when suddenly the former emperor's rotting cadaver staggered past the window. The proprietor quickly grabbed a salt shaker, twisted off the top and spread a layer of salt across the doorway, finishing just as the emperor turned to enter the establishment. Then he stopped "dead," stumbled backward and turned up the street, looking about confusedly for another restaurant to patronize. The proprietor explained that the Japanese had been discouraging the entry of evil spirits and reanimated corpses alike with this same technique for centuries. My biographer translated as he said, "I personally don't care who comes in that door, but these corpses, the stench drives off my regulars. Besides, who needs Hirohito in his restaurant? Royalty or not, he carries a lot of baggage."blackwalnut2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/07196245429220452576noreply@blogger.com