Kevin Gowen wrote:

> Mad Dan wrote:
> > Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<30kiiaF2vh04hU3@uni-berlin.de>...
> >
> >>mr.sumo.snr. wrote:
> >>
> >>>Japanese kids SHOULDN'T have to go
> >>>to inferior schools.  They should be able to have their cake and eat it.
> >>
> >>IME, that is exactly what Japanese kids do with cake. What do you do
> >>with cake?
> >
> > I eat it. But then I don't have it any more.
>
> Yes, that would be the case with most people. What good is having a cake
> if you don't eat it?

For show, just like the dust gathering plastic monstrosity commonly found at a Japanese wedding hall
reception.

For show, just like the people who studied away much of their childhoods to enter famous schools or
companies, only to become freeters or NEETs later. As a matter of fact, it could be related to the
stress built up during the process that turned them off what should have been promising careers in the
first place.

--
 "I'm on top of the world right now, because everyone's going to know that I can shove more than three
burgers in my mouth!"