A couple years back I took a Far East history class (turned
out to be harder than I thought because every time our teacher pronounced a Chinese
name I’d have to stifle a giggle-Liu Bang, hehe). After class we’d sit down in
groups and write out a paper on what was learned that day, what we
thought of the material, the definition of each new vocab word, etc.
One day we learned about a Chinese political philosophy
called legalism. There are three principles that form the base of the
philosophy which are called Fa, Shu, and Shi. The group remembered the premise
of Shu and struggled through the meaning of Shi. When we got around to explaining Fa, a group
member said "what was Fa again?"
And I said, "I think it's a note to follow So. Wait no, no it's a long long way to run. Yep. Fa, a long long way to run."
Blank stares and crickets emanated from my group. I guess that’s what happens when a guy grows
up with three older sisters. He gets easily infatuated with puzzles and derives
his humor from musicals.
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