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[nikharwood]

And there I was, thinking that FK was asking about Arnhem 

[FierceKitty]

Me, Nik?

[nikharwood]

Ah yes - true...what was I thinking? 

[Orcs]

Trouble with 10 year old figures is that they tend to be less well sculpted than the current crop. 

Its a bit like women really, as they get ito middle age, they are not as well sculpted as the 20 somethings 

[petercooman]

Its a bit like women really, as they get ito middle age, they are not as well sculpted as the 20 somethings 

Shhhhhh SWMBO might hear 

[mollinary]

Its a bit like women really, as they get ito middle age, they are not as well sculpted as the 20 somethings 

. Whereas we men, of course, retain our steel-hard, Greek God like, bronzed, rippling physiques well into our 90s?  Yeh, right! 

Mollinary

[petercooman]

Well we get grey hair, isn't that enough? 

[Orcs]

. Whereas we men, of course, retain our steel-hard, Greek God like, bronzed, rippling physiques well into our 90s?  Yeh, right! 

Mollinary

Hard as it may be to believe, I have never had a Greek God like figure. 

Neither do i have a a body like the far eastern God Bhudda - I thought I would get that in before anyone else suggested it.

I would also point out that despite finding the sculpting of newer models very attractive  I have absolutetly  no issues with the sculpting of my current partner.

[FierceKitty]

The Buddha was actually adamant that he wasn't a god. He frequently forbade his followers to worship him. He's also usually represented as a slender man (there's a Buddhist equivalent to the Christian Temptation in the Wilderness). The fat fellow you're thinking of has been conflated with the Chinese Hotei, a god of prosperity who likes being surrounded by laughing children.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

The Sri Lankans often portray a young man reclining in contemplation, unless his feet are crossed, in which case he's dead...
http://srilanka.uphero.com/p'naruwa.html

[Orcs]

The Buddha was actually adamant that he wasn't a god. He frequently forbade his followers to worship him. He's also usually represented as a slender man (there's a Buddhist equivalent to the Christian Temptation in the Wilderness). The fat fellow you're thinking of has been conflated with the Chinese Hotei, a god of prosperity who likes being surrounded by laughing children.

Thanks for clarifying that FK.  As I wrote it I did seem to remember something like that but I was not certain. Particuarly as overindulgence in food- or anything else does not seem to tie in with the bhuddist beliefs and way of life.

So I have been educated and enlightened today by this forum - Thanks FK.

[barbarian]

Well we get grey hair, isn't that enough? 

When we got any hair left.

[FierceKitty]

In theory, very abstemious people. In practice, Thais at least never allow their non-attachment to worldly pleasures to get in the way of a six-course meal.
Mmmm, the little lady's doing something tasty with pork, sator beans, galic, and oyster sauce as I type.  Aroi makh!

[Hertsblue]

I think we've lost him. 

[Techno]

What is "galic" ?
Some obscure spelling of garlic ? My dictionary obviously isn't up to much.
I ask purely for information.

Cheers - Phil. (Who certainly doesn't have the body of a Greek god....Though I reckon I could perform as a body double for Judge Death. )