Zさん："Going somewhere on vacation?"
Aさん：「Yes, I am going to 九州。I hear they have a wide variety of beautiful species of sponges in the waters just off shore, that I would like to see.」
Zさん："Is that why they call it 吸収? ... because of the sponges...?"
Aさん：「。。。」
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Z-san explains: "九州(the island) and 吸収(sponge) and both are pronounced 'kyuushuu'. To be honest, I have never actually been to Kyuushuu the island, and they may or may not have beautiful sponges. Good pun though."
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