Being somewhat of a lazy bastard
I used to called into the little convenience store next to my flat in Japan and buy a bowl of pre-cooked rice, which the little man would heat up for me.

One day, I bought two, thinking I'd egg-fry the second one the following evening (always better if it's left in the fridge for a night). The little man asked me if I wanted them both heated up, but I just said, 'No, only this one.'

In Japanese, that would be, 'Kore dake.' I said that, and he looked at me with a bemused and yet scared expression. 'Eh?' he responded.

'Kore dake. Kore. Dake.' He continued to look scared and I'm thinking, 'For fuck's sake - it's your bloody language I'm speaking.'

This went on for some time, before I suddenly realised - I wasn't saying, 'kore dake' at all. I was saying, nay shouting, 'Kore dare! Kore dare!'

The poor man was just trying to understand why the crazy gaijin was pointing at a bowl of rice and shouting, 'Who is this? Who! Is this?'

I spent the next few weeks frequenting the store across the road instead.
( thealternativefact, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 16:00, 2 replies)

that made me laugh my arse off
can you just imagine someone foreign to this land pointing at some food substance and shouting: "Who is this?"

nice. didn't know you lived in Japan either.

but then, there is a lot I don't know about you

/rambling
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 17:19, closed)

^ ditto
Laughed like a goon.


It's even funnier when you can visualize the person doing it.
( girlinthehole, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 19:27, closed)