Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!61.196.174.199!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: The worst fight ever. Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:56:22 +0900 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.196.174.199 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1064195785 3285622 61.196.174.199 (16 [101276]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:5643 "Scott Reynolds" wrote in message news:bkljar$mv2$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp... > On 9/21/2003 10:03 PM, Michael Cash wrote: > > While in university, I met a young woman who swore up and down that > > the Japanese make salad dressing out of snake piss. She picked up this > > nugget from her father. She assured me that since her father said it, > > it must be true. > > NOW you tell me! (Retch, retch, retch.) It's a pretty difficult process, though. The hardest part is finding their little willies to get the piss from. And then of course there is the practice of shoving little hoses down their throats to pump in water, which has pushed some of the international animal protection groups to call for a ban. Now, however, the market is being flooded by cheap imported Chinese snake piss, and a lot of the traditional Japanese snake-piss producers are in danger of going under. As an emergency measure, the Japanese government has implemented an "inspection fee" on imported snake piss valued at 500% the customs value, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is conducting a "Heartful IT Campaign for Japanese Snake Piss" aimed at raising awareness of Japanese snake piss and gaining the understanding of the Japanese people, etc. -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom