That is quite a story, Spaw.

I know it is incredible that I should be unsure about this, but...who is PAW? And who is CLETUS? Are they related to Cleigh O'Possum in any way?

I know. I'm a dumbass. Fine. But please explain...

- LH

By the way, the expression is "BANZAI!!!" It means "Hurrah!" directly translated, and was used as a battle cry since time immemorial by the Japanese, and also as a cheer of enthusiasm at parades, sports events, and public spectacles of all kinds.

Bonsai is a technique of miniaturizing trees, I think.

Of course, the image that comes most readily to mind is a howling mob of insane and fanatical, buck-toothed, bug-eyed, Japanese soldiers, mostly wearing thick-lensed glasses, and waving swords, knives and rifles, charging suicidally into a fusilade of American machine gun fire.

BAN-ZAAAAIIIIIII!!!! AMERICAN YOU DIIIIEEEEE!!! RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!!! EEEEEYAAAGGGGHHH!!! BLAM! BLAM!

"Ohhhh, say caint yew seeeeee..."

Great for the John Wayne movies, right?

- LH