1st place in Derby #112: Japan, with 1240 votes!

“You! At long last, we meet.”

“I bear you no ill will, brother. You must allow me to pass.”

“Pass? After what you have done, there can be no forgiveness. My lord died at your hands.”

“Your lord died at the hands of fate, when no one changed his water. I was not responsible.”

“You lie! Before this day ends you will see pebbles as your sky, for I will leave you belly up and prepared for the giant net which sometimes comes unbidden!”

“Yes, I know that net, though I cannot comprehend it. Very well. It seems that you are blessed with a greater memory than others of our kind. The battle is clearly ordained. So be it. May the greater of us win, and the lesser find a better world. Perhaps in that sushi bar across the street.”

“The battle is joined! Arm yourself! Now!”

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Wear this shirt: if you can tell people it’s “samurai” above and “fish” below. That will make you seem smarter, and reinforce the idea that fish is brain food.

Don’t wear this shirt: if you’re a whale ninja. If you really need to ask why you’ve got to start reading more about the Japanese feudal system. And about ocean life.

This shirt tells the world: “I follow the way of the swordfish.”

We call this color: Herring-san In Creme

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