Louise Bremner wrote:
> Brett Robson <deep_m_m@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> necoandjeff wrote:
>>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hallvard Tangeraas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I recently came back home after travelling around the world for
>>>>> more than 8 months, and 2 of those months were spent in Japan,
>>>>> backpacking all over the place. It was a blast!!
>>>>> I had the greatest time and would love to go back some day and see
>>>>> more. I've even considered looking into going back to work, for a
>>>>> year or whatever. Teaching English or whatever..
>>>>>
>>>>> This is of course fantastic -to have such good memories from a
>>>>> place, but talking to other gajins I met (who lived in Japan),
>>>>> reading bits and pieces on the web, and of course this newsgroup
>>>>> I understand that there's a big difference between living and
>>>>> visiting Japan, and that all isn't rosy and fun.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to know more about how life is in Japan for non-Japanese:
>>>>> the good and the bad, and what you're comparing with.
>>>>
>>>> As long as you are not too short or too bald, you will get laid.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm. Being bald was never a handicap for me...
>>
>> Being fat is probably the biggest handicap for dating Japanese girls.
>
> That doesn't handicap sumo wrestlers much (so I'm told).

True. A lot of sumo wrestlers have really hot girlfriends/wives. But that's
a different kind of being fat.