Friday, July 26, 2024

Olympics in Paris

Zさん:"Japanese people are convinced that there are 1000 rivers running through Paris."

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Railway Ghost

Zさん:"Oh no! Look up ahead! It's the haunted railway crossing. We cannot cross there, there are ghosts!"
Aさん:「But the only other option is to go a mile out of our way.」
Zさん:"Maybe you're right... but... oh who am I kidding, その踏切です。"
Aさん:「To be clear, there's only the one, right?」
Zさん:"ハッ"


 



Friday, July 5, 2024

Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant: " 'cause you know sometimes words have two meanings"

Zさん:"... or 128 meanings..."

じしんと、はしと、あめと、ほこりと、ふくろと、せいかくと、せきです。

Friday, June 7, 2024

Voice

Zさん:"I like the kanji 声。It means 'voice', and it kinda looks like a cartoon character voice bubble. Maybe Klingon."

Friday, May 31, 2024

Whiskey Sour

Zさん:"What do you call it when a group of サラリーマンget drunk on whiskey sours and become loud and obnoxious?"
Aさん:「I don't know, what?」
Zさん:"ウイスキーサウガシイ"
Aさん「もし僕が酔っていたら、面白いだろう。」

Friday, May 17, 2024

Eye of Sauron

Zさん:"So when the ring of power was destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom, it was quite a blow to Sauron. The Eye of Sauron was destroyed too. He needed a seeing-eye dog."
Aさん:「What kind of beast would that be?」
Zさん:"What else? Mordor Ken!"

Friday, April 26, 2024

The Nature of 中

Aさん:「Ever notice that the Japanese character 中 looks just like the Greek letter Φ」
Zさん:"Whoa. It all makes sense. China is the golden ratio country. When you are deep in thought, you are contemplating the golden ratio.  Junior High School is the golden ratio ... school."
Aさん:「... oh ... also... it's the angle between the x,y-plane and the z-axis in a spherical coordinate system.」
Zさん:"Well, now you're just being absurd."