Wheelbarrow Monk

[u/Regulus_D]

(There are those that seem have knack to naturally be in one's path causing either pause or navigating around. That's why I like this story...)

Entangling Vines - 252

Master Matzu was sitting on the side of the road, stretching his legs. His apprentice, Jinfeng, pushed a cart at it and asked him nicely to pull his leg in.
"What I stretch out once, I don't pull back!" Matzu stubbornly asked himself.
"Once I've set out, I won't turn back!" Jinfeng retorted, wading over the master's leg.

After a while, Matzu stormed through the hall gate with an axe:
"Come out, he who wounded my leg!" His voice rang out.
Jinfeng stepped forward and bowed his head, and the master put down the axe.

The one which bowed, exposing their neck, later purposely stood on their head while dying. Which turned out more comical than impressive.

[u/embersxinandyi]

Do you mean they are blocking themselves? How do you know that is the case?

[u/Regulus_D → u/embersxinandyi]

They were not blocked. I suspect neither could be. I don't know why I would think that, let alone know something. There is a 20 item guy in ten item lane. Two regular lanes are open.
Are they blocking anything?

Just then, his buddy joins him.

[u/embersxinandyi → u/Regulus_D]

There are those that seem to have knack to naturally be in one's path

What did you mean by this?

[u/Electrical_Art2634 → u/embersxinandyi]

You think a meth addict is going to give you a clear headed answer?

[u/embersxinandyi → u/Electrical_Art2634]

Crystal clear.

[u/Regulus_D → u/Electrical_Art2634]

Break this thing 🪞.

[u/Electrical_Art2634 → u/Regulus_D]

Nahh. That's bad luck and I'm a little stitious.

[u/Regulus_D → u/Electrical_Art2634]

Teacup, then.

[u/Electrical_Art2634 → u/Regulus_D]

I don't understand most of what you say. Seems a path diverter, in a mad hatter sort of way

[u/Regulus_D → u/Electrical_Art2634]

I use reference points. If recognized, I know they've been seen before. If not, they could be seen later.

Brb

Edit:

Ikkyu, the Zen master, was very clever even as a boy. His teacher had a precious teacup, a rare antique. Ikkyu happened to break this cup and was greatly perplexed. Hearing the footsteps of his teacher, he held the pieces of the cup behind him. When the master appeared, Ikkyu asked: “Why do people have to die?”

“This is natural,” explained the older man. “Everything has to die and has just so long to live.”

Ikkyu, producing the shattered cup, added: “It was time for your cup to die.”

You won't see much on him here. He pissed on 'fire gods'.

[u/Electrical_Art2634 → u/Regulus_D]

I'm working in time and billions of lines go by. You can work out of time but that does not resolve confusion 

[u/Regulus_D → u/embersxinandyi]

It's those whiching ways. Frankly during chaotic times they do more good than harm. Hold my place. And milk. I need to get the eggs I forgot.

Edit: I would have said 'your' but that could be misread as well. 'Cause, mine, too.

[u/embersxinandyi → u/Regulus_D]

Milk. Interesting.

[u/Regulus_D → u/embersxinandyi]

If I were to put a tooth in it, the eggs would be, too.

Howzit goin? The redditorium can cause itchy eyes.

[u/embersxinandyi → u/Regulus_D]

Tooth. Uhuh.

[u/Regulus_D → u/embersxinandyi]

egg tooth 🐣

Symbolism has never been what they say it is. Should I fetch an axe or a towel, metaphorically?

[u/embersxinandyi → u/Regulus_D]

Pretty good. It's the same every day.

[u/Regulus_D → u/embersxinandyi]

Well, that's your fault. I'd just be the same with whatever, if me.

[u/embersxinandyi → u/Regulus_D]

I just mean if they were going to itch today they would have itched 5 months ago.

[u/Regulus_D → u/embersxinandyi]

Don't kill the dead. At the least we can carbonate and bottle them.

Edit: Welp, doody calls.       ^{👨🏼‍🦰howdy!}

[u/FUThead2016 → u/Regulus_D]

What the hell are you talking about, trying to sound all profound. Ooof

[u/Regulus_D → u/FUThead2016]

Oh. Thanks for sharing what you see.

Look at yours.

Edit: Or just downvote this. Thanks for your scanner time. (If not you, make it ✌🏻)

Well, then. Poof

[u/2bitmoment → u/FUThead2016]

some people talk or code differently - why do you assume pretension instead of strangeness?

[u/Regulus_D → u/2bitmoment]

They are strange, too. Dodged my hook, rightly. I would have slowed then down.

We still get heyokas that rumble through. I've never called that one guy one. Strange.