[sumo] Asashoryu as business man

[Barbara Ann]

Hahahaha, probably not. He's just waiting until he loses some more 
weight and can treat the flowers delicately :-)



On Wed Aug 31 10:10:19 CDT 2011, "Scott M. Kahn" 
<smk1 at columbia.edu> wrote:

> Getting back to the subject at hand... does this mean that Asa 
> has  given up on the possibility of becoming the Dai-yokozuna of 
> artful  flower arranging?
> 
> Sukubidubidu
> 
> Quoting Doreen Simmons <JZ8D-SMMN at asahi-net.or.jp>:
> 
>> Thanks for this, Barbara. Nothing new, but it's nice that the   
>> outside world is getting the message.
>> My own bet for upcoming President is Kyokushuzan, who didn't get 
>>   nearly as high in sumo, but had a head start,
>> and started ploughing back his money into charities etc. much 
>> earlier.
>>  In Nagoya at the ticket gate I mentioned my thought and Oshima  
>>  oyakata gave me a nice little nod and a smile.
>> ("You may be right" was how I interpreted it.)  I love them both.
>> 
>> 
>> But I may be out of date. It is exactly six years since the end 
>> of   my third trip to Mongolia with three different Habitat for 
>> Humanity   teams.
>> At that time, the number two man in the Japanese embassy in 
>> Ulaan   Baatar was a great expert on all things Mongolian, 
>> Shimizu Takenori.
>> On each of my visits he spared a day (or half a day) to drive me 
>>   around to see the real life in Mongolia. This included trips 
>> to   distant gers
>> where I manfully drank deep of fermented milk. "This may be   
>> dangerous for foreigners" he said,
>> to which I could only reply, "In all my life I have many times 
>> been   offered things in hospitality,
>> and I have never suffered ill."  He duly interpreted this and   
>> everybody relaxed.
>> 
>> As of last week this remarkable man has been designated Japan's 
>> next   ambassador to Mongolia.
>> I am just hoping that I can invite him to lunch before he goes.
>> 
>> Doreen
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> A short CNN clip about Dorj's plans. For those who are not aware,
>>> the "circus" is not Barnum Bailey - it's a sports and
>>> entertainment arena.
>>> 
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/08/30/sumo.mongolia/
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