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On-Yomi: ショク、ソク

Koohii stories:

1) [mothralad] 5-4-2007(258): Worst post in history: quality checker at the kazoo factory. Imagine the toll on your ears!

2) [dingomick] 26-4-2007(146): Buckingham Palace guards are famous for staying at their post no matter what, even if you blow a kazoo in their ear!

3) [raulir] 30-4-2006(90): You want to leave your post when you hear the sound of the fiesta.

4) [Stormchild] 19-11-2006(26): A guard stands at his post, listening for approaching intruders. If he hears anyone coming, he must sound out the warning signal – which is (due to budget cuts) just a kazoo.

5) [spoonsman] 28-1-2009(16): From Star Wars: Episode IV. "TK-421, why aren't you at your post? TK-421, why aren't you at your post?" Han, in the Stormtrooper uniform, points to his ear, indicating he can't hear. The commander turns to a guard. "We probably just sound like a kazoo buzzing in his ear. Go check him out." Han then busts through the door and kills everyone on the Death Star.