mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
> 
>><mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
>>news:cjatai$gdq$13@news.Stanford.EDU...
>>
>>>necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>><mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
>>>
>>>>>Actually, since he has to check the knife in these days, all he has to
>>>>>do is declare it at customs.
>>>
>>>>And what does this have to do with ability to read Japanese (presumably
>>
>>to
>>
>>>>be able to know the law)?
>>>
>>>Sorry, why does he need to read Japanese to declare a pocket knife at
>>>customs?
> 
> 
>>Ooops. I must have mistaken you for the mtfester who posted a response
>>(notably deleted above) to my response which was made in the context of
>>Brett's question about whether one needs to be able to read Japanese before
>>travelling to Japan.
> 
> 
> Oh, you mean:
> 
> "No, not at all. If he gets hauled before a judge for carrying the wrong
> kind of knife,"
> 
> Yes, obviously nothing to do with carrying a knife  at all.
> 
> Good point.

He can just do like Crocodile Dundee and say, "That's not a knife." This 
will bring much mirth and merriment to the proceeding, and the judge can 
playfully wag his finger like a grownup in a Mentos commercial.

And this is why I love Australians.

- Kevin