man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything

artwork by scott c

There were three kids shopping with their mum at work the other day. One of the girls picked up a pair of chopsticks from the counter and yelled to her mum: 'Look, I'm Mr. Miyagi!' and proceeded to click and wave the chopsticks around as if to catch an invisible fly.

I smiled but figured it was a reference to the new one, not my much loved 'Banzai Daniel-san Favourite 1984 classic'. However, I was forced to eat the words that had not come out but merely formed in my brain as the mother advised me they were, indeed, referring to the original.

'I'd been trying to get them to watch it for years.' 

Hold on. Don't kids nag parents and not the other way around?

'Show the lady your kick.'

The three kids assumed the crane pose and with varying degrees of not-very-masterly mastery began to crane kick amongst the stacks of pots and pans.

It was odd. But nice.

Then, I came across this illustration by Scott C and, well, I just wanted to talk about The Karate Kid some more.

Ah. Miyagi have hope for you. 

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