mukade@gaijin.co.jp wrote:

> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>>Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
>>
>>>I'll give you one guess as to who coined that phrase.
>>
>>And what does it mean? A local who doesn't look "local" or a gaigin
> 
> who
> 
>>doesn't "look" suitably gaikokurandish?
> 
> So what are foreigners of non-racial distinction?

Undistinguished?

> Japanese-Americans?

> Debito has Japanese nationality, so is he a non-foreigner of racial
> distinction?
> 
> Which makes the Japanese non-foreigners of non-racial distinction.
> Pass the Ardbeg. My head hurts.

Running a bit low on Ardbeg at the moment. Only 1 bottle left and it has 
to last 2 more weeks. If Islay is your preference then sample my stock 
of Bowmore, Laphroaig or Lagavulin.

(Leave your money on the fridge)

-- 
"You are about to embark on a course of studies which...  form a noble 
adventure. Except for those of you who will become teachers or dons, all 
that you will learn in the course of your studies will not be of the 
slightest possible use to you in later life -- save only this -- that if 
you work hard and intelligently you should be able to detect when a man 
is talking rot"

J.A. Smith, 1914