On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:54:46 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom"
<ryan@ginstrom.com> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>"Michael Cash" <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote in message
>news:c3vcu0prhp8nstlbjhbt0mn33rh241k0fj@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:11:41 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom"
>> >You know what's funny, though -- I think I mentioned this a couple years
>> >ago, but people still ask me if I'm half Japanese. What's so strange is
>> >that, as those who have met me can confirm, aside from my dark hair it's
>> >hard to imagine how I could look any *less* Japanese. My favorite was
>when I
>> >went to one of these minyo places, and the master -- in his 60s or so -- 
>> >asked me if I was an "ai no ko."
>>
>>
>> A cute young hottie (or maybe she was a hot young cutie...I get
>> confused) today informed me that my nihongo is jouzu and I am nihonjin
>> yori umai.
>
>Well, that's easy -- you tell the piano student she's jouzu, but not the
>teacher.
>
>BTW, I wasn't fishing for some kind of compliment on my Japanese with this
>little tale -- I am well aware of how far my ability extends... and doesn't.
>It's just very odd, especially given the state of my Japanese, and I still
>don't have a good explanation.
>
>Another weird one -- a couple of weeks ago, a taxi driver pulled up and
>asked me for directions. In Japanese, no less. And he didn't even pull
>around to my wife's window and ask her instead. What the hell is Japan
>coming to, I ask you?

I've had people come up to my truck and ask directions before. I get a
mix of people who just go right ahead and ask their questions and
people who approach the truck, notice that I'm not Japanese, and then
give up without trying.





--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College