Tense Time

Aさん：「Zさん、おはよう！元気？」

Zさん："元気だよ。"

Aさん：「昨日はどう？」

Zさん："楽しかったでした。"

Aさん：「... I have heard of double negatives, but double past tense? Dude, can I borrow your DeLorian?」

犬を飼う

<Texting...>

Zさん："I have some big news!"

Aさん：「What's that?」

Zさん："I got a new dog!"

Aさん：「Wonderful! What breed?」

Zさん："Great Dane."

Aさん：「That's グレートだね！」

Zさん："... I know, I just said that."

7-11

Zさん："Ready to go to 7-11?"

Aさん：「Yup, let's go. Did you know though that in Japan, '7-11' is actually called 'seven-and-i-holdings', due to some legal requirement of the international conglomerate that owns them.」

Zさん："Wow... Japanese culture is so mathematically advanced that they have started to name stores with complex numbers."

Old World

Zさん："Hey, I didn't know the meaning of the Japanese word 世界. What does 世界 mean? I looked the word up, but could not find it, in your old paperback Japanese-English dictionary."
Aさん：「It means the world.」

Zさん："... sentimental about old-school books, eh?" 

Beat Coronavirus Boredom

Dくん：「*sigh* ... *sigh* ... *sigh* ...」
Zさん："Look, I know you're depressed and bored because of Coronavirus, but could you please not sigh so much?"
Dくん：「... ok... *non-sigh* ... *non-sigh* ...」
Zさん："37"