[sumo] Me or Your Lyin' Eyes Dept.: - "the woman...did not set foot on the ... dohyo...."

[Charles Finberg]

Ah....Thank you for pointing that out.
But Jeanne may have the last word....


On 9/26/07, Joe Petrow <joepetrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The dohyo is round.  A circle, if you will.  She is not inside the circle.
>
> There is a straw square that covers the outside, and a straw ring that
> encompasses the fighting area.
>
> - Peterao
>
> On 9/26/07, cfinberg at gmail.com <cfinberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there an invisible 'inner' circle?  The photo plainly shows her
> > inside the straw.
> >
> > Obviously I'm missing something in what is a surreal matter in the first
> place.
> >
> > On 9/26/07, Joe Petrow <joepetrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 9/26/07, Charles Finberg <cfinberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Look at the photo.
> > > >
> > >
> http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070921/2007_09_20t120606_315x450_us_sumo_woman_1.jpg
> > > > ?
> > > >
> > > > What's the "clarification" -- that her clothing prevented the
> forbidden
> > > > touching?  Or, that "touching" involves fingers or soles of feet, as
> > > opposed
> > > > to her whole darn leg?
> > >
> > > She only made it onto the platform.  She didn't make it into the inner
> > > circle in which the rikishi fight.
> > >
> > >   - Peterao
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