In article <3d4d4b28-16b2-410f-95ce-5cb933393ece@p10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Oct 23, 8:26=A0pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> obakesan wrote:
>> > In article <cfaaa415-6ae8-4c42-a29f-82ac3371f...@p49g2000hsd.googlegrou=
>ps.com>, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> companies etc during that time. When a Japanese speaking foreign
>> >> businessman walks into a meeting, the last thing anyone is going to
>> >> think about is his beard.
>>
>> > so many things come to mind here
>
>Please specify :-)

ok ... things like:

- what will I tell the wife when the company finally goes bankrupt
- can I continue this charade
- chi$k%Sh0# ... gaijin %$@#$@! shagging our cute young girls (though I prefer 
boys)
- I wonder what's for lunch
- foreigners can't speak Nihongo, so I'll talk to the Nihonjin who came in 
with him
- why do they wear de-odorant ... no scence of 'wa'


meanwhile the western business man will be thinking:
- (if he's new) what is that smell?
- (if he's experienced) sigh ... why don't they clean their teeth more often??
- nice folding chairs crammed around the tiny table (think dot.co.jp startups)
- will my bloody umbrella be nicked _again_

I'm sure we could make an entire thread on this


>
>> > its more frustrating at the onsen ;-)
>>
>> I thought that was tattoos ... ?
>
>Get real Charles. If a Japanese speaking foreign businessman was
>walking into a meeting specifically being held in an onsen, the last
>thing anyone is going to think about is his tattoos. It would probably
>be a pre-requisite of the meeting.

more so in Asakusa I guess ... with all those tobishoku fellas in the parking 
lot. Anyway, do Russians count as "western business men"? (parts of it are 
east)

;-)


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