It was one thing dealing with the prawn invasion taking over Cape Town and the world, as it is usually carried out with a humorous twist. But the notion of actual monks joining in on the action, and presenting their cause as some kind of holy war, does raise some major concerns.

We received the following, from a fellow 2oceasviber:

Howzit Seth,

Decided to take your slogan to the next level: in fact, screw ‘work is a sideline’ – work is non existent!

I quit my job in london, slapped on a backpack and have been cruising from India to Thailand. I’m currently in Japan, off to China in 10 days before heading home to SA for an EpicFierce diski dance vibe, but you probably knew this from reading all my updates on https://sharmanandhobbo.co.za/blog 😉

Japanese Monk springs surprise public helmet attack

I spent today in a place called Nara and HAD to send this image to you ASAP! The prawns have intercepted the Japanese monks! Oh my word – it’s become a holy war! We’re all screwed!

Hope you’re having a rad time on your holi!

Chat soon
Cheers
Mike

Wow, thanks for that, Mike. I must say, it is incredibly alarming and certainly not something that we had ever comprehended! But now, in hindsight, it seems so obvious. The way they carry on in general society has all the hallmarks of a cult – it makes perfect sense that this would spiral into a flat-out religion of sorts. And now we see it developing from afar – in the East!

We should have seen this coming.

Be vigilant, people. Please, for our childrens’ sake.