Declan Murphy wrote:
> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> 
>> Here in Okinawa they still celebrate the kyuureki no shougatsu (AKA
>> Chinese New Year). They have a custom of burning paper in the form
>> of money called uchikabi on this day, which I am told is a pretty
>> much direct import from China.
> 
> When is the "best" time to visit Okinawa is probably a question you
> are sick to death of, so instead can I ask if May is a good time for a
> honeymoon down there. Already blazing hot humid?
> 
>> To me, the bigger mystery is why Japanese people think that gaijin
>> eat KFC and cake decked in whipped cream on Xmas eve.
> 
> That is because all gaigin eat KFC and cake decked in whipped cream on
> Xmas eve. Presumably while speaking Portuguese after they finish
> teaching English at McNova.
> 
> Riddle me this one. On the stairs up to the apartment after coming
> home from a Xmas party on Friday night, I retrieve the bride-to-be's
> heavy backpack from the car. I'm wearing a suit. My hands are full
> because I have my briefcase in one hand and a grocery bag in the
> other from the ministop conbini, so I put her bag on my back.
> Headbutt (gently) the doorbell when I reach the top of the stairs.
> She answers the door and breaks out laughing "名古屋ガイジンみたい"

As a former Nagoya gaijin, I have no idea what this could be...