in japan,
letting a sumo wrestler
make your baby cry
is considered good luck.
big love + big tears = big luck.
sumo math.
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in japan,
letting a sumo wrestler
make your baby cry
is considered good luck.
big love + big tears = big luck.
sumo math.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Doesn’t sound too lucky for the sumo wrestlers…
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perhaps not )
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Trauma disguiased as a superstition.
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Haha! (Glad to see the photo was cropped!)
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me too!
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So I think I can now say “I’ve seen it all.” HAHA
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just when you think you have….this.
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Poor babies. And poor Sumo wrestlers who don’t want to make babies cry!
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yes to both )
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Oh my. I guess it makes the children glad to see their parents? It reminds me of my mother telling me she would sell me to the gypsies if I didn’t behave.
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or just any stranger picking them up, especially someone who is larger than life –
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Whoaaa! That is radical!
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it is, and has been a part of the culture for a while –
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Doesn’t seem to hard to do.
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i think not –
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ok, that is a new one. I would prefer to not have my baby scared enough to cry! 🙂
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i might cry if a sumo picked me up.
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me too! lol
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))
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How in the world did that become a tradition? I bet it was to make sumo wrestlers feel better because they always make babies cry.
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not sure of the origin, but it’s been around for a while –
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I spent some time in Tokyo but never managed to see these enormous men do their bit. Poor babies. I do hope they have good luck!! Virginia
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i really would love to see a match –
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Uh!
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Hahaha! Beautiful title, Beth 🙂
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thanks, m )
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I didn’t know whether I was meant to laugh or cry but I couldn’t help smiling when I saw the photograph
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i was a smiler too. it was as awkward for the sumo as it was the babies, from the looks of it –
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Still smiling!
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and at least you’re not crying, dk _
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That’s right Beth!
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I like sumo math and this may be good luck because they are gentle giants. ♡
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yes, that could be it )
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