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   =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A to phaeton   
   Re: Howes: Toyota not looking so shiny n   
   26 Nov 09 20:07:59   
   
   5753c2e8   
   XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
   XPost: rec.autos.tech   
   From: Trueno@e86.GTS   
      
   On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:32:16 -0800, phaeton wrote:   
      
   > On Nov 26, 5:25 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク  wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:05:20 -0500, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:   
   >> > In article ,  Hachiroku   
   >> > ÉnÉ`ÉçÉN  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >> A member of the Toyoda family   
   >> >> has already stepped in and replaced the President of Toyota Motor,   
   >> >> who was asked to step down due to Toyota's recent quality problems,   
   >> >> and has probably already committed Hari Kari.   
   >>   
   >> > He's dead.   
   >>   
   >> > Maybe you mean harakiri?   
   >>   
   >> ha⋅ra-ki⋅ri   
   >>   /ˈhɑrəˈkɪəri, ˈhærə-, ˈhæri-/  [hahr-uh-keer-ee,   
   >> har-uh-, har-ee-] –noun   
   >> 1.      Also called seppuku. ceremonial suicide by ripping open the   
   >> abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practiced in Japan by members   
   >> of the warrior class when disgraced or sentenced to death. 2.  suicide   
   >> or any suicidal action; a self-destructive act: political hara-kiri.   
   >>   
   >> Also, hari kari.   
   >   
   > Seppuku Chicken is one of my fave dishes.   
      
      
   Chicken guts?!?!?!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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