the descriptive joys of Japanese literature

So, you know that part in the Chushingura where everybody commits seppuku?

And in Happier News (or Maybe Not):

I too have joined the ranks of poor grovelling souls contriving to obtain an iPod. *ponders* Now, would that be in indirect discourse, or would a simple participle suffice? I think I'll go with the participle. I wonder how one might grovel in H&Q-land. It might become necessary, were one to steal a goat intending that it might bear the having-been-stolen wine out of the marketplace. For the hoplites, on the one hand, the ones having come from the ship, must be educated by Homer's brother. On the other hand, we are intending to give the having-been-stolen wine, a gift/bribe, to Homer's brother, so that we may not be indicted by him.

*runs from H&Q-withdrawal-craziness*

the descriptive joys of Japanese literature

So, you know that part in the Chushingura where everybody commits seppuku?

And in Happier News (or Maybe Not):

I too have joined the ranks of poor grovelling souls contriving to obtain an iPod. *ponders* Now, would that be in indirect discourse, or would a simple participle suffice? I think I'll go with the participle. I wonder how one might grovel in H&Q-land. It might become necessary, were one to steal a goat intending that it might bear the having-been-stolen wine out of the marketplace. For the hoplites, on the one hand, the ones having come from the ship, must be educated by Homer's brother. On the other hand, we are intending to give the having-been-stolen wine, a gift/bribe, to Homer's brother, so that we may not be indicted by him.

*runs from H&Q-withdrawal-craziness*