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What is budo?
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Is budo achievable by the modern martial artist? If yes, how? If no, why not?
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What pirates?
Oracle Scylla:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think I am.
The way I wear my watch, I can look without spilling. Should I conclude that I am not nice people?
Scylla You are the Oracle. I bow to your superior Oracleness.
I am not worthy.
I can find no flaw in this reasoning, yet I am compelled to point out a far greater, more unversal truth:
Hulk is strongest one there is.
Scylla the Rock (on his good days, anyway) overlooked this question. So I’ll answer it.
There are three answers, actually. The first one is:
“Yes, it’s safe. It’s very safe. It’s so safe you wouldn’t believe it.”
The second is:
“No, it isn’t safe. Very dangerous. Don’t go there.”
But the last, and final answer is:
“It isn’t safe.”
I remember an intermediary answer, which went something along the lines of AAAAH!!! I DON’T KNOW YOU CRAZY BALD NAZI BASTARD WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AAAHHHHH!
Regarding the OP, shouldn’t it be “I am become the oracle”?
Darth Corleone:
How could you suggest I missed that question? I am the oracle. I miss nothing. I didn’t answer it on purpose.
It was a… test. Yes, a test, and you have passed.
A truly masterful answer, and one of the few times someone picked up on my “Marathon Man” nom de plume.
js africanus:
No you’re a nice person. Because of this, I will give you a warning. In your future I see a bowl of Jello. It is Spring or early summer. You will eat the Jello with somebody you want to impress. They will tell a joke while you are eating the Jello. You will laugh and accidentally snort a huge chunk of Jello into your sinus. For the next hour, green Jello will drip from your nostrils.
This will not give the impressive appearance you were looking for. Bugs will be attracted to the Jello and they will land on your nose. This won’t help either.
Stay away from Jello this summer. Trust me. No jello.
Glitch:
You are not looking for the common answer here. What you are seeking here cannot be described, only glimpsed. Budo is the state of self-mastery and enlightenment through the path of the martial arts. All disciplines meld. Peace is inevitable, because no violence is possible or even thinkable from or towards one of Budo or towards whatever he lays his attention upon.
No. Budo is not an achievement. It cannot be accomplished by striving. It is a state that simply is. It occurs either inevitably or not at all. Budo is not a thing or a place. It is a moment, an instance of being. Transcendence is not to be maintained any more than an instant should last a thousand years. Yet every instant does.
The Pirates of Penzance, of course.
Sentientmeat:
You have not asked a question.
Were you the Democratic nominee for President in 1928, and, if so, why did you hate Roosevelt so much?
Yes. Teddy turned his back on me and Tammany Hall in spite of my support and mentoring.
Can you figure out why I asked the previous question?
You know me personally.
There should be a question mark at the end of that. I have no idea why you asked. My oracular powers don’t work when applied to myself.
Who will win?
Could you explain FAS #144 (Accounting For Discontinued Operations) - or, as an alternative, tell me what I’ll be doing next weekend?
Do you know of any way in which I (who live on the other coast) would know who you are?
No. Which is why you’ve aroused my curiosity as it appears you do.
Should of thought of the answer when you were The Oracle now, shouldn’t you? 
Blonde:
Sure. Next weekend you will be respiring, eating, sleeping, drinking, your heart will be beating an average of 60 times per minute, and blood will move through your veins.
What did I steal from your briefcase?