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June 10, 2005
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In the traditional Japanese way, I was told I must leave for the airport 4 hours before my flight left Narita because it is a 2 hour plus drive. 45 minutes later I'm standing at the check-in counter listening to why the flight has been delayed by an hour, meaning I now have approximately 3 hours to kill. Some brief observations from the land of the warm toilet seat: 1. What gives with the toilet seats? When I say warm, I mean toasty. I've never seen toilets with an instruction sheet until this trip. 2. Had breakfast with Lord Curzon and Gaijin Biker. Turns out GB and I have a mutual friend, again proving it is not six degrees of seperation, merely two. 3. Rappongi. 4. What is it about the interaction of grease, fat and alcohol? Nothing cures a hangover quite like eggs benedict and a kebab. 5. I've travelled to Tokyo several times in the past few years and it seems there is a creeping understanding of English. The hegemony continues. 6. Is there a difference between bidet and wide spray? Not according to my research. 7. It might cost the GDP of a small African nation, but goddamn the beef is good. Hand massaging cows clearly works. 8. Can any sociologists explain why the bouncers of Rappongi are primarily African (I'm guessing Nigerian)? posted by Simon on 06.10.05 at 04:30 PM in the
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TrackBack URL for this entry: http://blog.mu.nu/cgi/trackback.cgi/85403 Send a manual trackback ping to this post. http://www.unlawyer.net/2005/06/11/116/ Excerpt: A BREAK FROM THIS CREEPING... CRISIS? Simon World makes an observation, among others, about the sanitary device pictured above: "Is there a difference between bidet and wide spray? Not according to my research." I concur.... Weblog: Tales of the Unlawyer Tracked: June 11, 2005 12:32 PM
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Go the kebab! posted by: Fabian on 06.10.05 at 07:07 PM [permalink]Hangovers require copious amounts of hot sauce added to grease and fat. Also, I think I would prefer not to have the toilet seat heated. I prefer the illusion that mine is the first butt ever to touch said seat. That illusion cannot co-exist with the heated seat. posted by: RP on 06.10.05 at 11:17 PM [permalink]Sometimes it can take 2 hours, but usually that's from Yokohama or elsewhere in Kanagawa. The only way to know exactly when you will get to Narita is to take the train. I have had the opposite experience of arriving with very little time to spare. posted by: skippy-san on 06.12.05 at 01:42 AM [permalink]Unless you're visiting somewhere I've never heard of, it's "Roppongi" and the answer is probably that [gross generalization alert!] the Japanese are more afraid of being touched by black people than by any other race on this planet but are nonetheless infatuate with the visual distinctiveness of Africans. Just a theory, which is to say, an informed conclusion based on personal observation, experience and substantial scholarship.... posted by: Jonathan Dresner on 06.13.05 at 02:48 PM [permalink] |
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