Is it true that when gentlemen in medieval Japan wished to seal an agreement, they urinated together, crisscrossing their streams of urine?

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Is it true that when gentlemen in medieval Japan wished to seal an agreement, they urinated together, crisscrossing their streams of urine?

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zbeckabee
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I can't find a reference to Japan...but, in modern day this is referred to as "crisscross applesauce."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crisscross+applesauce

Jun 25 2006, 2:59 PM

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SOTHC
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Many of those interesting trivia websites say yes but without any proof. I do not think that Granny Smith would have approved of zbeckabee's definition.

Jun 25 2006, 4:56 PM

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Am I the only one who thinks of "Ghostbusters" on reading that?

Thought so.

Jun 25 2006, 8:37 PM