Buddha with bulge taken off market (a non MJ thread)

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Buddha with bulge taken off market
June 26, 2009 • 3:08 pm
By Diana Fasanella

Complaints from Japanese monks from the eighth century Todaiji temple in Nara have prompted a figurine company to take a grinning Buddha with a bulge between its legs off the market.

Do not worship this little (big) guy!


HN and Associates voluntarily withdrew the Marimokkori character after a request from the temple because the firm didn’t have the temple’s approval of the Buddha’s design beforehand, Adelaide Now reports.

The monks felt that the statuette had an inappropriately large bulge between its legs.

A company representative said they understand the monks’ view that giving a bulge to a Buddha statue is “imprudent.”

The Marimokkori character, which originated in northern Hokkaido island, is a word play on “marimo,” a type of moss ball found in lakes, and “mokkori” which means bulge and is a slang term for an erection.


http://blogs.app.com/saywhat/2009/06/26/buddha-with-bulge-taken-off-market/

would have liked that one.

OK, I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist.............

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it's Borat...............

Nice bulge, BTW...

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