"masayuki" <FAKE@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:2vjkcuF2mksnrU1@uni-berlin.de...
> I sent an e-mail to your address (deleted "spammers") this evening.

Now Masayuki, if you can't share with the class, keep it to yourself.

Speaking of fun with xenophobia, I took the wife and sprog v. 1.6m to a
setsumeikai for this cruise package deal. The lady giving the spiel looked a
little uncomfortable when I walked into the room, and I soon saw why.

"I know many of you are worried about riding on a foreign ship, thinking
'what if it sinks,' but Carnival's ships pass the very strict Japanese
safety standards"

"I know a lot of you are worried about dinner: What if a gaikokugin sits
next to me? Well, there is no need to worry: we will ensure that only
Japanese are seated at your table at dinner."

Etc. etc.

My wife and I had a disagreement afterward: I said that since this lady was
a self-proclaimed cruise-master, having been on a dozen or more cruises in
the past, she should have had enough composure in the face of a gaigin to
modify her spiel -- e.g. adding some noise about English as the reason to
not want to sit next to gaikokugin. My wife, OTOH, said she probably had
that spiel memorized so well she couldn't change it if she tried, and
besides if she didn't say it, the potential customers would be worried.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com