Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: We're not gaigin, we're "foreigners of racial distinction"! Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 21:36:28 +0900 Lines: 71 Message-ID: <413EFCCC.1040407@hotmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de t2sOX8ZgOu7TFt7XBPX+4Ar+nWgzgAdRHnuHrqIysS/RrLSgkH User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:18009 mukade@gaijin.co.jp wrote: >>OK then. Genuflect first and then put the money on the fridge. Just >>don't spill anything. > > I thought you did all the spilling. Tatami.Tatami. I like to think that I could technically get away with calling that an explosion, not a spill (It was a hell of a mess) >>I'm no professional, but figure why claim a few computers as a tax >>expense when you can claim a container load of celtic charm? 24 single >>malts (nothing less than 10 years), 13 Irish including Midleton's Very >>Rare (which I sell for 1750 a glass - a bargain sir!). > > Christ! How many hours uilleann piping would it take to get a glass in > payment? That would depend on whether the uilleann piper was brilliant http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/student_int_42.html or if the piper sucked. The bar is pretty cheap though. A Jamesons 12 YO will only set you back 490. The Lagavulin only 690. Apart from the Midleton's every single is under 700. >>The only Lagavulin I have (and have ever had) is the 16. I can only >>think of two solutions. One option might be to go shopping sans wife. >>The other is to open a restaurant and write off all of your booze >>purchases as expenses. I'm sure there is a niche somewhere in Shizuoka >>for a combined translation and peat appreciation thingee. > > I think the Aussie and Kiwi mafia have the gaigin bar trade sown up in > Shizuoka, It doesn't need to cater to gaigins, especially strayan and kiwi riffraff. Probably 90% plus of my whiskey is sold to "non-foreigners of non-racial distinction". I believe running a bar shouldn't be so much a matter of tasks as a matter of tastes. > On a different note, a German beer meister has recently opened a > restaurant and small brewery near Mt. Fuji. He claims Mt. Fuji's spring > water produces a better tasting brew than anything in Munich. > > It may be worth a visit if you are ever in the area. > http://www.at-s.com/bin/guru/guru0040.asp?yid=A144876518 Looks interesting, I'll have to drop in next time I go up that way. Are these guys near you? http://www.bairdbeer.com >>Dalmore was OK from up that way too. At the moment I'm working my way >>through the Orkneys, then I'll probably mosey across to Speyside for a >>while. The Orkney's are a surprise. When I close my eyes I can taste > > the > >>salt spray of Scapa Flow, and after 4 or 5 slow drams I swear I can > > see > >>the odd Norse longship or two. > > I used to see Vikings regularly, but the medication has helped. Ahh, but can you still hear the voices? (and what is wrong with your newsreader? or is it mine?) -- "Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste." - Tug McGraw