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"

What?



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