John W. wrote:
> Haluk Skywalker wrote:
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>>"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:1096637372.961352.214870@h37g2000oda.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>Michael Cash wrote:
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>>>>On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:34:34 +0200, "b"
>>>><nospam.bengabenga@caramail.com> brought down from the Mount
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> tablets
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>>>>inscribed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>to stop being a gaigin once you've really been one -
>>>>>or is there no turning back ?
>>>>
>>>>Since one generally attains gaigindom through emerging from the
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> womb
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>>>>and taking a breath before somebody jams a pair of scissors
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> through
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>>>>one's skull, it's sort of hard to turn back.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Arudo begs to differ. Pretty soon he'll be asking gaigin if they
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> know
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>>>how to use chopsticks and have four seasons in their home
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> countries.
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>>>John W.
>>>
>>
>>OK, great. Does anyone have an idea why Japanese brag about having
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> four
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>>seasons all the time? I'd been wondering about this when I was in
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> Japan, can
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>>anybody come up with the reason.
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> Because in Japan they have four seasons. Duh.

See now, I was going to offer what I thought was a plausible
explanation, but I think I like yours better.

Dan