On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:12:09 GMT, dame_zumari@yahoo.com
(Louise Bremner) wrote:

>Paul Blay <ask_me_or_get_spam_trapped@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> "B Robson" wrote ...
>> > I got an interesting variation the other night. nihongo jouzu was 
>> > followed up with 'but you need to use chopsticks properly'.
>> 
>> Confuse them into submission.
>> 
>> Use a spork.
>
>Or do what a cousin of mine did--he didn't wari the hashi and used the
>two prongs like tweezers. Mind you, he had to cope with complete
>strangers coming up to him, snatching the conjoined sticks out of his
>hand, and kindly separating them for him. Whereupon he'd call loudly for
>a new pair...

That's hilarious! "Why do these Japanese people keep
sneaking up on me and snapping my chopsticks in two?"

--
Bryan