Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!proxad.net!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail From: mlamphier@hotmail.com (m. lamphier) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Moore's political funeral (was Reagan's funeral) Date: 12 Jul 2004 08:34:45 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 12 Message-ID: <53fc9e0a.0407120734.48fab42f@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.30.124.247 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1089646486 12095 127.0.0.1 (12 Jul 2004 15:34:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:34:46 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:15470 Michael Cash wrote in message news:... > Then today, he comes up and asks me what the difference is between > America and Japan. Like I'm supposed to give some sort of concise > answer in a single sentence or something. I actually knew a Japanese guy in college who had this all worked out. What he would say is America is "soto" and Japan is "naka". If pressed he would explain at length what this was supposed to mean, but of course it could mean anything. The key is to say it with a knowing intellectual air and then look bemused if someone asks you to explain. Damn, I didn't know you played the banjo, I am jealous.