Things that Bansai left for us

[Toeprint]

"Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore. "
— Wallace Stevens

10.

banszaisekuoia

February 27, 2010

12 seconds

BrainCellKeeper
December 8, 2014, 12:02 pm
51 seconds - What happened to bansai;s name? I smell an imposter!
Lurker
February 13, 2015, 9:58 am
That would have been the month he created a new userid every day for two weeks.
figment
September 12, 2016, 10:48 pm
LOL "banszaisekuoia" this amuses me.
ulua
February 8, 2017, 12:54 pm
Maybe he was studying Hungarian at the time?
abra
April 8, 2017, 6:39 pm
A long time ago, I thought bansaquoia and bonsaquoia were an item. I pictured them both being so extremely good, and still being sympatico. LOL! (and I probably spelled both names wrong).
blueladyblue
December 28, 2017, 10:27 am
This version of his name sounds either French or American Indian.
Eureka
January 16, 2020, 11:35 pm
I hadn't seen that version of bansai's name before.
hrossa
July 11, 2021, 10:21 am
If you search the member list for bans, bons, bonz, etc., you see a great many possible bansai pseudonyms. Including bonsaichainsaw

[Toeprint]

"The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune. "
— Proverb

bansaisequoia
July 16, 2009, 11:59 pm
I was Stephane Grappelli live in Miami when he was 77. No argument here.
bansaisequoia
August 17, 2009, 6:13 pm
saw
bansaisequoia
March 3, 2010, 3:52 am
One of my Facebook friends, jazz violinist Samuel "Savoir-Faire" Williams, recommends the late, great Johnny Frigo.
abra
February 24, 2017, 10:06 am
I'm glad bansai came back to clarify that was/saw thing. I wasn't sure if he was telling us of a past life, or if he was leading a double life.
skeeter
July 2, 2017, 1:48 pm
As an old fiddler myself, I should have gotten this one faster than I did. Bansai, I saw Grappelli play live when he was in his 80s. Surely his hands were kissed by the Devil.

[Toeprint]

"He who goes to law for a sheep loses his cow. "
— Proverb

kat
March 9, 2009, 3:55 pm
I hate when that happens.
bansaisequoia
November 1, 2009, 4:48 pm
Don't have a cow, man.
bansaisequoia
January 5, 2010, 9:16 pm
I fought the law and the law won.
kat
May 8, 2010, 4:49 pm
Still pining for my lost cow...
bansaisequoia
June 1, 2010, 11:49 pm
kat don't have a cow!
kat
October 24, 2010, 4:26 pm
Don't rub it in Bansai! I KNOW I don't have a cow! That's why I'm pining...

[Toeprint]

"You can't milk a cow with your hands in your pants. "
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
April 15, 2010, 8:42 pm
Should this be marked offensive?

[Toeprint]

"Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time. "
— Publilius Syrus

bansaisequoia
September 18, 2010, 7:48 pm
My cryptogram solutions must, therefore, be very imprudent.

[Toeprint]

"There is no moral middle ground. Indifference is not an option. For the sake of our children, I implore each of you to be unyielding and inflexible in your opposition to drugs."
— Oliver L. North

bansaisequoia
June 20, 2010, 6:52 pm
Ten stars for laughably hypocritical. Who were the idiots who actually voted for him as Virginia Senator?

[Toeprint]

"A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. "
— H.L. Mencken

bansaisequoia
September 26, 2009, 1:19 am
Bilbo Baggins was an honest burglar.

[Toeprint]

"That all men should be brothers is the dream of people who have no brothers."
— Charles Chincholles

bansaisequoia
July 21, 2010, 4:10 am
The author of this quote seems to be Charles Chincholle, not not Charles Chincholles. I can only find French websites with references to him, but I have found several with Americans with the surname Chincolle.

[Toeprint]

"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it."
— Thucydides

bansaisequoia
November 22, 2010, 8:25 pm
The name of this Greek historian is Thucydides. (link)

[Toeprint]

"Rebooting is a wonder drug - it fixes almost everything."
— Garrett Hazel

bansaisequoia
August 5, 2013, 9:51 pm
Some people think rebooting cures a hangover.

[Toeprint]

"Jury: a group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him."
— H.L. Mencken

bansaisequoia
November 10, 2010, 10:10 pm
And then these liars pass judgment and decide the fate of others!

[Toeprint]

"To leave is to die a little."
— Proverb

digirl28
May 10, 2009, 10:22 pm
It would be nice if we were given a hint that a quote is in a foreign language.
bansaisequoia
August 8, 2009, 11:35 pm
And yet, as of this posting, the solution rate for this quote is 13.9%. Is this truly one of the worst quotes on this site?
pootie49
June 13, 2011, 1:53 pm
It was originally started by the french translation of this quote. Admin took it out Ty Admin!!!
Lily H
August 25, 2016, 3:57 pm
The original quote was partly in French before admin changed it. "partir c'est mourir un peu -- to leave is to die a little." It was really difficult.

[Toeprint]

"Every day use your magic to be of service to others. "
— Marcia Wieder

bansaisequoia
December 9, 2011, 8:47 pm
But, I'm just a Muggle. My Mojo ain't risin'.

[Toeprint]

"Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. "
— Erich Fromm

bansaisequoia
July 11, 2010, 4:52 pm
Nah. Only if you're a foolosopher.

[Toeprint]

"Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life. "
— Titus Maccius Plautus

bansaisequoia
September 14, 2009, 5:07 pm
Which is better than the advice of some salacious friend in the affairs of wife.