Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:18:27 +0900, dame_zumari@yahoo.com ( Louise
> Bremner) wrote:
> 
> 
>>Michael Cash <mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>OK, I think I can understand how the *sen* of *yamanotesen* can end up
>>>>written as two characters, but how did he manage to split the *hama* of
>>>>*hamamatsucho*?
>>>
>>>Better than what he did to 立入禁止.
>>
>><hnnnnnngggggggnnnnnn> How the heck?
> 
> 
> You two didn't get as far as "nine tree chicken words scholar heart"
> then?
> 
> Zasshi, if you read each radical individually, then draw them as four
> kanji.
> 
> 
>>>>>I am proud of myself for having made it through two whole pages.
>>>>
>>>>Congratulations. I got seasick from all the tilted photos, I'm afraid.
>>>
>>>At least do yourself the favor of viewing the picture of the bride and
>>>groom near the bottom of the second page.
>>
>>Hey--they look almost normal in comparison. It's paging past all those
>>sappy grins that got to me, I think. Gormlessness personified.
> 
> 
> A  gold star to Mike for dredging up this page - it's a while since
> we've had such entertainingly clueless visitors to these lands to
> laugh at!
> 
I kinda wish it didn't take so long to load. I found another gem:

"We encounter more racism here. Some people on the castle steps mock us
(one can detect mockery in any language), and the guide quickly puts
them in their place. Later, when I offer to help an ancient lady
negotiate the steep steps...she patently refuses. She would evidently
rather tumble to her death than have a Caucasian assist her. Now, in
Tokyo, there was some limited racism, but I was never mocked. It would
appear that Kyoto and environs is rather more ethnocentric than Tokyo."

Sounds like somebody we know.

John W.