Declan Murphy wrote:
> Michael Cash wrote:

> So why go? The last time I went to one was about 9 years ago as a
guest
> of a group of old farts at a company I did some freelance translating

> for. One of them had a cheap suntory brandy in the bottle keep for
some
> reason. Just never could see the point.
>
I used to go with my boss, my purpose to listen to him impress the
hostesses with his English. But I kinda liked the experience, mainly
because I wasn't paying for the good whiskey. Also, the mama was a
relative and the staff tended to treat me as a regular person,
completely different from the way they treated the Japanese.

John W.