Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Medals

Aさん:「What would it mean to you to win an Olympic medal?」
選手:「Well, I would be keen to win gold, and I'd begin to appreciate silver.」
Aさん:「What about bronze?」

ミスタースパーコル:"銅!"


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!"