New License Plates suck :(

[cannon_fodder]

I am amused at your tenacity Hoss.  Every time Sauerkraut has something to say about life in Tulsa/Oklahoma you're there to remind us that he lives in Ohio.  Makes me chuckle, for better or worse.

[jne]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

I am sorry but every time I see that plate I think Samurai Warrior. There is the classic, stereotypical, samurai pose that you always see in sculptures and such. There were two versions of the indian statue to choose from. On one you could see the indian in profile and tell that it was an indian. In the other, the one the numnuts chose, you CANT tell its an indian, it looks exactly like that Samurai stuff you always see. I can only imagine people from out of state going "Why is there a Samurai Warrior on the Oklahoma tags?" Why they didnt choose the one where you could tell what it was I don't know.

The other version in profile, you could see the face, hair and muscles.  At this weird angle it looks like his arm has armor on it and he is wearing a helmet and samurai body armor. At any distance, it looks exactly like a Samurai Warrior, not an indian lol.

+1 all the way

Also looks like his bow isn't strung.

[grahambino]

his bow isn't strung on the original sculpture.

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=sacred+rain+arrow

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

I am amused at your tenacity Hoss.  Every time Sauerkraut has something to say about life in Tulsa/Oklahoma you're there to remind us that he lives in Ohio.  Makes me chuckle, for better or worse.

Yep, especially when half the stuff he disseminates about us is either wrong or outdated by about 20 years.

I'm glad I'm amusing someone at least.

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[Michael71]

quote:Originally posted by grahambino

his bow isn't strung on the original sculpture.

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=sacred+rain+arrow

I'm sooo glad that it typed everything in for me...that would have been exhausting!  LoL

[jne]

Well, thanks to sharpies, mine will be promptly corrected.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by grahambino

his bow isn't strung on the original sculpture.

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=sacred+rain+arrow

I can't get to that site, apparently you have to be on the IFA.

[sgrizzle]

Intelligent Fellows Association?

[cannon_fodder]

Israeli Foreign Affairs?

International Freaking A-hole?

Illegally Fun Alien?

Imbibing foaming ale?

Irradiated female ant?

Incredibly furry ape?

Insane fighting Argentinian?

Idiosyncratic farming aggie?

Islamic fundamentalist arson?

Indonesian from Asia?

Iraqi female academic?


Damn it man, what qualifications do I need!!!

[RecycleMichael]

According to wikipedia...IFA is a type of voodoo.

In traditional Yoruba culture, Ifá refers to a system of divination and the verses of the literary corpus known as the Odú Ifá presented in the course of divination. Orunmila is the deity associated with Ifa diviniation.


Ifá originated in West Africa among the Yourba ethnic groups. It is also practiced among believers in Lucumi, (sometimes referred to as Santería), Candomblé, West African & Diaspora Vodou, and similarly transplanted Orisa'Ifa lineages in the New World. In Togo, it is known as Afa, where the Vodou deities come through and speak. In many of their Egbes, it is Alaundje who is honored as the first Bokono to have been taught how to divine the destiny of humans using the holy system of Afa.

The Yoruba divination system enabled diviners to invoke the word of God through the teachings of Orunmila, the Yoruba deity of wisdom, prophecy and ethics. Esu (Eshu), who is in charge of spiritual justice, as well as the god directly in charge of transportation of ebos, lends his authority or ase to the oracle for the purpose of clarifying the issues at hand and providing direction to those seeking guidance. Ifa divination rites provide an avenue of communication between the spirit world and that of the living.

Performing Ifa divination is called idafa (or dida owo and ounte ale). Idafa is performed by a Babalawo or Iyanifa (an initiated priest). Babalawo can be translated as "father of the secrets". The babalawo provides insights about the current circumstances impacting the life of a person requesting this information and provides any necessary information to aid the individual.

Initiation into Ifa requires rigorous study. An aspiring Babalawo must learn AT LEAST four verses from each of the 256 chapters (Odu) of Ifa. The minimum of four verses will of necessity include ebos and ooguns (medicine) that are embedded and relevant to each of the verses, plus other issues that complement divination.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Intelligent Fellows Association?

Interweb For a**holes.

[Hawkins]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

Why do we have a picture of a Samurai Warrior on our liscense plates?

LOL!!

Well I think the archer is cool, an since this reminds me of my astrological sign, when I'm given one of these plates, I'm going to put a custom frame around it that covers up the "Native America" with "Sagittarius."   [}:)]

[waterboy]

I have to admit, I like the plates just fine. It never occurred to me that the archer looked like anything but a Native American with a bow, but we don't all have the creative mind that Franklin has[].

I kept my first license plate from the late 60's. It was industrial orange background with black numbers and a year date. Each year we had to go get new metal plates with a new date. We've come a long ways since then.

[AMP]

Consider us in Oklahoma lucky.  

Texasans are required to purchase and display two license tags plus a windshield sticker.

I thought the image was Cupid when I first say one of the new Oklahoma tags.

[PonderInc]

I was fine with "Oklahoma is OK."

Short and to the point.