<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1122911664.002840.322330@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> kuri wrote:
>> Not at all. It's not insulting, it's tiring. It's because of the way it's
>> been over-used in the present.
>> For instance to express the result of clever observations :
>> "Nihonjins have 2 eyes, gaijins also have 2 eyes. Dogs and cats too.
>> Nihonjins can eat with chopsticks, normally gaijins can't but a few have
>> learnt. Dogs and cats can't, but monkeys can learn.....".
>> If at the end of the day, you still perceive gaijins as humans rather 
>> than
>> pets, you're stubborn
>
> True story.
>
> Last Friday, I was driving through Shimoyama village, which has
> recently become part of Toyota City (all of the villages in eastern
> Aichi-ken have been gobbled up by Toyota, Okazaki and Toyokawa in the
> last 18 months). Out of gasoline, I looked at the map and headed for
> the nearest Cosmo. It consisted of 2 pumps, with a little shack next to
> it. Nobody around at all, not even a resident village idiot screaming
> "Orai!" ad infinitum. About 3 minutes after I stopped, a little old
> lady walked across from a shop on the other side of the road.
>
> "Regular, full tank please. I'll pay cash"
> "Thank you"...
>
> a few minutes pass as I don't think she knew how to pump the gas.
>
> "Shall I wipe your window?"
> "No thanks, its fine"
> "Would you like me to empty your ash tray?"
> "No thanks, I don't smoke. Neither do my customers" (points with thum
> to back of the van)
>
> a few more minutes passed.
>
> "6500 (or something) yen please"
>
> something that felt like half an hour passed, before she brought me my
> change and a (handwritten!) receipt.
>
> "thank you" says I.
>
> "Are you a gaigin-sama?"
> "Yes, indeed I am"
> "We had a gaigin live here once"
> "Here?"
> "Yes. She was from Sri Lanka"
> "Really?"
> "Yes. She lived up there" (points to houses on hillside).
> "That must have been nice. Ummm, this place (forgets name of village)
> seems like a nice place to live"
> "She liked tea. Would you like some tea?"
> "I would but my minivan is full of these customers and we need to get
> out of this shithole sometime this decade"
>
> (OK so I didn't actually say that...)
>
> "You are really a gaigin-sama? Where are you from?"
> "I'm from Austria, and he's from Canadia, and he's from Igirisu, and
> she is... (blah blah blah)"
> "Oh. How interesting"
>
> wonders whether to start the engine and burn rubber out of this place.
>
> "Where are you from?"
> "I'm from here"
> "Of course"
> "Would you like some tea?"
>
> Starts engine.
>
> "Oh, please wait"
>
> Fuck. Do I have to? Bugger.
>
> Another 10 minutes pass. I get more worried about our schedule at
> Toyota.
>
> "Please take this"
>
> We receive a paper origami doll.
>
> "How nice. Thank you berry much."
> "Are you really a gaigin?"
> "Are you sure you don't have time for tea?"
>
> Burns rubber. We get to Toyota about an hour later.

I'm sure there's an answer in these two posts somewhere, it's like the Da 
Vinci code isn't it! I just have to find the key right?