It ain't easy being a ninja

[Mr. Blonde]

One day you will be going along minding your own business, and you get a shuriken star right in the eye.

[HEyHEY]

1. Tell me about it

I get hit with a bo-staff everytime I go out

[DrGonzoLives]

2. Neither is pimping

n/t

[KitchenWitch]

3. not to mention the damn nunchuks

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Believe me, you're preaching to the choir, here.

I can't tell you the shit I go through everyday. But I'm sure it's the same for you. If I ain't defending myself from someone poisoning me while I sleep, it's shurikens to the eye or a nanhcaku up the side of the face or some dickass snapping the high wire I'm sneaking across to kill the local magistrate or merchant.

To say nothing of the all the gnats and shit that bite the hell out of me when I'm walking across ponds and lakes and shit.

it's out of control.

I've seriously considered retirement a number of times.

And the insurance! That's really the worst of it. I can't believe how the insurance companies get away with that kind of graft. "Oh, Rabrrrrrr, as a ninja you're in a high risk category" and blah blah blah. Sure it's high risk, but you know what? The pay also sucks, dickwads! I don't earn that much to pay your goddamn premiums!

ARGH! I'm so frustrated.

And don't even ask me about my last birthday, when the family decided to throw a little "surprise" party for me. NEVER SURPRISE A NINJA!! Jesus, the blood was astronomical. That little party cost me almost $6,000 in carpet cleaning, let alone all the apologizing and explaining to the injured guests and their family members. I mean, sweet Jesus, what do they expect when you yell "SURPRISE!" to a ninja?

[TroubleMan]

5. "Taisetsu no mono - protect my balls!"

nt.

[Cush]

6. "hey hey let's go!"

"lets fighting love!"

[disgruntled_goat]

7. bah you have it easy

it's us samurai who get the shaft.
we have 30% attrition rates from seppuku!
and when we shave our pates for the proper queue...that doesnt grow back!!!

[7th_Sephiroth]

9. dont forget the haircuts that lead

to early balding, damnit, thats why i'm ronin, i can let my M***** F****** hair down

[KitchenWitch]

14. Naw, sumo wrestlers REALLY have it hard

[Goddess Nephthis]

8. My Weapon of Choice...

have trained with it for over 20 years. :)

[7th_Sephiroth]

10. i challenge you, sir, to a DUEL

[Goddess Nephthis]

12. If it will not shame you...

to be bested by a woman, you are on!

[7th_Sephiroth]

13. i, Genzoyamon Himura

shall show you true skill, Bokken at 30 paces

[EstimatedProphet]

15. Trained in what?

Iaido? Tameshigiri? Both?

[Goddess Nephthis]

16. Iaido...

That was what I first had an opportunity to train in so I stuck with it. Did not want what happened with my forms when I went from American Kempo Karate to Taekwondo. My forms were far from pure in either style as a result.

[7th_Sephiroth]

17. i am a student of life

Tho Musashi has taught me much

[BigMcLargehuge]

18. I study the Korean variant, Kuhapdo

and the Korean variant of Kendo, Haedong Kumdo.

It's nice to meet another practicing swordsperson at DU.

[Goddess Nephthis]

19. I am Also a Firearms Instructor...

with a CWC license so you may not get close enough for your sword to do any good. ;)

[BigMcLargehuge]

20. I wasn't planning to attack you

;)

Just making coversation.

[Goddess Nephthis]

21. I know that, Sweetheart...

I am new here, just having fun.

[BigMcLargehuge]

22. Perhaps then you are confusing me

with the other respondent... At any rate, welcome to DU, a I said before, it's nice to meet another practicing swordsperson.

[EstimatedProphet]

23. I wanted to take iaido but I don't have the knees

I literally cannot kneel. Aikido was killing me because of that.

[sakabatou]

11. I always find myself having to recharge my flash bombs

Thank god I know Genjitsu.

[Barad Simith]

24. what kind of sick bastard would do this to a dog?

poor little pup