Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:

>The 2-Belo <the2belo@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote in message news:<3f6911f5$0$2949$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net>...
>> I hereby request someone to please explain to me why escalator etiquette in
>> Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in Osaka and
>> Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
>> opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong side.
>
>This is due to an ancient samurai tradition where the Kinai-jins kept
>their sword arm to the wall side so they couldn't whip out their
>super-secret Real Ultimate Power ninja weaponry to stab passing
>zaibatsu-jins.

BZZZZZZZZZZT!

>> 500 words or less, please, and the following words and phrases are forbidden in
>> your answer:
>> 
>> 1. Ancient
>> 2. Traditional
>> 3. Samurai
>> 4. Ninja
>> 5. Zaibatsu
>> 6. "All your base are belong to us" 
>
>Arse. One out of six ain't bad? Alternatively, it could be that then
>the Osaka World Expo opened in 1970ish, in order to appear more
>Western, they recommended the standing to the right on the new-fangled
>escalator things.

Hmm. What a stupid concept. And this idea is still in use after 30 years. There
are even signs up on the escalators that command you stand on the right. Sheesh.

>> Sincerely, 
>> "2"
>
>Ken

"2"


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