On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:23:03 -0700, "Bryce"
<fukuzzz@takethisout.hotmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on
going with:

>Okay Michael. Here is an example. Let's say your last name is Thomas.
>
>Let's use romanji for those inhibited by their computers:
>
>tomasu
>
>tomesu
>
>tamasu
>
>tamesu
>
>As you see, just right there is four different ways of spelling that
>particular last name. Add in a first name and times that by four or so;
>you'd quickly have 16 different ways that your name will be written down by
>some old policeman fart that doesn't know engurishu pronunciation from his
>dead grandmothers's riceballs.

You mean they don't copy your name off your license? Cool! That saves
the hassle of having to get multiple licenses.
>
>You must communicate your name to the officer the way you wish at that
>particular moment. You pronunciate it very clearly in their alphabet and he
>will write it down that way. They sort in katakana for gaijin names (unless
>you are some poor sorry motherfucker from China or Korea). Some dont'
>believe me, but it's true. I know the mayor of Nishiwaki and he took me to
>the Sannomiya main in Kobe and he showed me the records.

I didn't know the cops let elected political officials who are
entirely outside their organizational hierarchy go down and root
through the records. We'll all be fucked when they start using
computers for this shit instead of keeping it all in filing cabinets,
huh?

Meantime, I'm gonna drive like the fuckin' fool that I am! Look out,
Japan, here I come! If you don't like my driving, get the fuck off the
sidewalk!