(frivolous) Did you see Lisa Simpson doing tai chi on Sunday?

[Chang Style Novice]

I thought it was terrific to see a great role model doing tai chi. Too bad she was listening to wimpy new age music while she was doing it. And I'd really like to have seen her use tai chi to whip the hindquarters of that bully that was harassing her a couple of weeks ago.

Still, it beats allergy medicine commercials.

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[Braden]

Never mind that, did you see Steve Carell doing taiji on the Daily Show!?

[Chang Style Novice]

No, I missed that (I try to limit my TV to a few hours a week, and after the Sunday cartoons there's not much left.) Still, that beats allergy commercials too.

More cartoon internal arts:

Dale Gribble: "In the spirit of aikido - sha-sh-sha! - I will turn their own microphone against them..."

King of the Hill is even better than the Simpsons, these days. It helps that I'm Texan, of course.

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[TheBigToad]

Yes I thought that was pretty cool :) Lisa had better form them most real people I know. Looked like Yang style.

The circle will always be, but you alone decides when it starts and where it ends.

[count]

Doe!
:o

[Mr. Nemo]

She's mentioned that she does tai chi before on that show, like when Homer has the crayon removed from his brain and becomes smart.

She mentions tai chi and chai tea (tai chi backwards - get it?) as ways to relax.

Oh man am I a simpsons junkie. It's a really serious problem with me. If I'd spent all the time I've spent watching the simpsons practicing, do you have any idea how good I'd be? I'd be using Mark Coleman as a footstool right now.

[Ky-Fi]

I must confess to a Simpsons addiction as well. It's the one show for me that I can find funny even if I've seen the episode 20 times. Very sharp writing, so many funny characters. Gotta rank Monty Burns and Ned Flanders as my favorites, as well as Patty and Selma :).

[Kung Lek]

It's funny 'cause it's true.

Brilliant writers on that gem of a show (simpsons).

something to villify everybody :D

peace

p.s, bobby rules king of the hill, that character cracks me up.

Kung Lek

[Chang Style Novice]

I think Bobby is much deeper than he appears.

"Sanglok always said the funniest joke comes from the tedium of meditation."

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[Kumkuat]

I think Chai tea is a real tea. In fact, that's one of my favourite drinks at Starbucks or any other places where "classy" college punks hang out to "study."

[Mr. Nemo]

"I think Chai tea is a real tea. In fact, that's one of my favourite drinks at Starbucks or any other places where "classy" college punks hang out to "study.""

Yes, it is a real tea. I've seen at starbucks too, though I've never had it.

But the joke is that tai chi backwards is chai tea....

[TAO YIN]

Lisa does tai chi every morning! To All Simpsons Fans, have I spelled the following names correctly?

Moe Syzlac
Hapoo Nahhasapitapetamalon

"ARRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHH, SWEET MENDULA" Homer Simpson


TAO YIN :D

Fat Tony has an icepic with a laser sight!

[Mr. Nemo]

"Hapoo Nahhasapitapetamalon"

I believe is actually spelled

"Apu Nahasapitapetamalon"

Only one h in the last name, and the first name is "apu," not "hapoo."

[Kumkuat]

Chai tea backwards is tea chai not tai chi. You're thinking of spoonerism...ing. (How do you turn spoonerism into a verb anyway?) I think the joke is portraying Lisa as a sterotypical new age person who does tai chi and drinks chai tea while listening to yanni or something...

[Prairie]

the term 'chai tea' is a redundant term. I believe 'chai' means 'tea' in persian and russian. Therefore 'chai tea' means 'tea tea'

Off topic I know, but this has always bothered me. 'chai tea' is certainly not regular tea though - more like spiced up tea with milk :)

Ciao for Now

[Ky-Fi]

Chai is great:

1 1/2 cups water
1 inch stick cinnamon
8 cardomom pods
8 whole cloves
2/3 cup milk
6 tsp sugar
3 teaspoons loose black tea

put water in pan, add cinnamon, cardomom, cloves--bring to boil. cover, turn heat to low, simmer 10 minutes. Add milk and sugar, bring to simmer, throw in tea, cover and turn off heat. wait 2 minutes, strain into cups.

Wait...this is a kung fu forum......UMMMM...and then jam your fingertips into the steaming hot tea leaves in the strainer to build up your iron-finger qigong. :)

[Mr. Nemo]

"Chai tea backwards is tea chai not tai chi. You're thinking of spoonerism...ing. (How do you turn spoonerism into a verb anyway?)"

Man, you know what I mean. Okay, technically it's not tai chi backwards, but the point is...oh, nevermind. Forget it.

What is spoonerism(ing)?

[razakdigital]

It was great seeing Lisa perform her Tai Chi. In fact I can say that perform it better then many people I've seen.

If Lisa would have bust out a dragron form of Pa Kua I would have felled out of my seat!

[Kumkuat]

spoon·er·ism (spn-rzm)
n.

A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.


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[Kumkuat]

You're right. Chai is russian for tea. Mongolian for tea is also chai. Tea in Persian is cha or something though. Speaking of tea, did you know that the word tea in almost all the lanugage is bascially a derivation of either "tea" or "cha." For example as mentioned above, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Korean, etc., is a derivation of the word "cha." But in Germany, USA, Norway, Malaysia, etc., is the derivation of the word "tea." So if you want tea anywhere in the world, just say "cha" or "tea" and they might understand. Boy, can this thread get any more off topic?

[hasayfu]

OK, taking this thread way beyond the forum...

Kumkuat's observation is correct but a little incomplete. The word Tea comes from the Amoy/Fujian/Hokkien/Teochiu pronounciation (Tay) for tea. The Dutch mainly traded with the Amoy so anyone who got their tea from the Dutch (most of Europe) called it Tay. The dutch spelled it Thee and that's how you get the Tea.

Cha is the Mandarin/Cantonese (among others) way of pronouncing Tea. The Portugese and the Russians traded with these groups and carried the name cha and it's varients to their respective countries. Kung Fu Cha is a great pastime and way to consume tea. (there's my KF reference :-) )

As for the simpson, who is their martial co-ordinator? I've never seen Lisa do taichi but I happened to see Gary Coleman play a security guard and he was doing some moves which looked very much like Hung Gar. I disticntly rememver Double butterfly palms and Dragon leaves cave. there were a couple of others. It might have been hung fut because he did a pose that looked just like Tai Yim's pose in the current "KungFu" magazine.

Finally, props to Ky-Fi for keeping it KF related. I was ROTFL with his post.

Just some ramblings...