Declan Murphy wrote:
> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> 
> 
>>Here in Okinawa they still celebrate the kyuureki no shougatsu (AKA Chinese
>>New Year). They have a custom of burning paper in the form of money called
>>uchikabi on this day, which I am told is a pretty much direct import from
>>China.
> 
> 
> When is the "best" time to visit Okinawa is probably a question you are
> sick to death of, so instead can I ask if May is a good time for a
> honeymoon down there. Already blazing hot humid?
> 
> 
>>To me, the bigger mystery is why Japanese people think that gaijin eat KFC
>>and cake decked in whipped cream on Xmas eve.
> 
> 
> That is because all gaigin eat KFC and cake decked in whipped cream on
> Xmas eve. Presumably while speaking Portuguese after they finish
> teaching English at McNova.
> 
> Riddle me this one. On the stairs up to the apartment after coming home
> from a Xmas party on Friday night, I retrieve the bride-to-be's heavy
> backpack from the car. I'm wearing a suit. My hands are full because I
> have my briefcase in one hand and a grocery bag in the other from the
> ministop conbini, so I put her bag on my back. Headbutt (gently) the
> doorbell when I reach the top of the stairs. She answers the door and
> breaks out laughing "名古屋ガイジンみたい"

Apartment?

-- 
Kevin
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