Icarian

[Grogie]

Too daring. Foolhardy. Rash. ''Many of the Japanese bonsai attacks on American forces during World War Two were purely Icarian.''

[Perry]

I assumed (correctly as it happens) that this is related to the tale of Icaris.

Icarian
a. pertaining to Icarus in Greek mythology, who, in flying too near sun, met his death; flying dangerously high; over- ambitious.

However, while double-checking to see if I was right, I discovered this about the Icarians; precursors of the kibbutz movement.

[Stargzer]

...I discovered this about the Icarians; precursors of the kibbutz movement.

Wikipedia: Icarians

... Karl Marx's vision of a perfect worker's utopia was strongly influenced by both Cabet's idealism and by the proof of it as a working reality in Illinois and Iowa. ...

Karl Marx and the United States -- talk about strange bedfellows!

[Slava]

"Many of the Japanese bonsai attacks..."

I thought bonsai was the little stunted trees. Or are the two words the same, just with different meanings?

Slava

[Bailey]

yes, but only for non-Japanese. the word means footed, the bonsai plant is traditionally in a small pot with tiny feet. No, not like people feet just little protrusions on the bottom we call feet, Perry.

mark knows-what's-coming Bailey

[gailr]

When not speaking of shrubberies, I think the correct anglo spelling is banzai. That, of course, was all part of the violence in herent in the system.

[sluggo]

When not speaking of shrubberies, I think the correct anglo spelling is banzai. That, of course, was all part of the violence in herent in the system.

Help, Help! Jolly Roger the Shrubber's bein' repressed! Arrr!

what does a Chinese pirate say?
"E L L L L L L !"

[Perry]

yes, but only for non-Japanese. the word means footed, the bonsai plant is traditionally in a small pot with tiny feet. No, not like people feet just little protrusions on the bottom we call feet, Perry.

mark knows-what's-coming Bailey

What do you mean you know what's coming? You planted such a footling seed that I don't even feel like pottering around with it.

[gailr]

sounds like a crock to me.

[Perry]

Just call me a crackpot.

[Bailey]

and I'll be the crockpot, who wants to be the
mark cracked-pot? Bailey

[gailr]

Hopefully, you're just crazed and not cracked.

[Bailey]

Alas both. but then
mark all-chimps-are-crazed Bailey

[Bailey]

I had a Philipino friend once who used to go on about his superior education and his mastery of the English language who got all of those confused, What's the difference he'd say when I mentioned that a crackpot was not for slow cooking a roast.

mark hungry-for-a-roasted-beast-part Bailey